Presentation for the Christchurch Primary Principals' Association in 2015 about the drivers of future focused education and the importance of networked organisations in relation to that.

1. Effective Collaboration
for Change in Education
Rebbecca Sweeney (M.Ed), 2015

8. image credit: Mark Osborne

10. We need...
brains that move quickly and fluidly
creativity
confidence
connectedness
process driven, not output driven
risk takers
mistake makers
collective mental models
growers
explorers
innovators
inquirers

11. Future focused education; design
thinking; co-teaching or MLP; MLE;
learner & whānau agency!!!!
http://www.core-ed.org/thought-
leadership/ten-trends/ten-trends-
2015/networked-organisations

15. “Spirals of Inquiry for Equity and Quality” by J. Halbert & L. Kaser
Spiral of Inquiry

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