Principal Possum

This blog is about my thoughts on schools and learning and how we might lead in those spaces. After 20 years of principalship at Opotiki College and Hobsonville Point Secondary School (Foundation Principal) I now operate a consultancy, HMWLead, to support school leaders. I spend my spare time running ultramarathons, listening to vinyl records and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me.

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Choice vs Equity: A Personal Response to Tomorrows' Schools Review

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While there are a lot of questions around some detail and some implementation wonderings, it’s important to look at the Tomorrow’s Schools...
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Saturday, March 16, 2019

Tomorrow's Schools Review - Alternative Facts

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I was pretty down after the recent ASSPA hui and wrote about that in my last post . I have been heartened by the comments on the post and th...
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Saturday, March 2, 2019

Tomorrow's Schools Review: Winner vs Loser Schools!

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It was at a recent Roadshow hui hosted by Bali Haque and fellow members of his Tomorrow's Schools Review team with a group of fellow sec...
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Sunday, November 18, 2018

DisruptedNZ has arrived

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It's been an interesting week for the education sector, with most of the focus on teacher industrial action. It's disappointing the ...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

NCEA Review - Let's have one qualification, not 3.

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Like a lot of education people I've thought deeply about the opportunity we have had to contribute to the review of NCEA. I have includ...
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Sunday, September 16, 2018

Powerful Partnerships - Hononga Kaha

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Last Wednesday we were privileged to launch New Zealand's first Secondary School Maori Cultural Kit, Te Pātaka. This is an App which all...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

Well-being - How Dirt Church Radio Came to My Rescue

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I've been really struggling - nothing major but a combination of worrying about resourcing (current staffing formulas don't support ...
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Friday, April 27, 2018

A Step Forward: Knowledge and Skills, Capabilities and Competencies: the Chicken and the Egg

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I'm loving the kōrero flying around about the hierarchy of skills, knowledge, competencies and capabilities. Much cleverer people than m...
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