NAPP Curriculum Strand Success indicators

a. Developing Self Outcomes:

Leaders will reflect on their personal growth including:

• self-awareness: personal effectiveness, values, beliefs and assumptions (NAPP Hui 2016 Session 1 - April 24 post)

• emotional, spiritual, cultural and social intelligence: understanding own strengths and weaknesses (Taking indigenous world-views seriously - April 4 post)

• developing and communicating a strong moral purpose for equity for social ad education justice (Eliota:Sad days at Auckland Grammar - Feb 23rd post)

• personal goal setting, inquiry and a PD plan

• appreciating the bi-cultural heritage of Aotearoa-New Zealand and its responsibility for education. (Mere Berryman: Learning from students - April 28)

b. Leading Learning Outcomes:

Leaders will demonstrate an understanding of:

• the nature of pedagogy and learning – what does successful classroom practice look like? (10 Tips For Launching An Inquiry-Based Classroom: Dianna Laufenberg Ted talk -May 4 post)

• the nature of pedagogical and educational leadership (Hattie Ranking: Influences And Effect Sizes Related To Student Achievement - March 27 post)

• assessment for learning principles and practice

• the principal leadership practices that best enhance student achievement (from the Leadership BES)

• developing and communicating a strong moral purpose for equity for social and education justice. (Education investigation: The great divide - April 2 post)

• understanding how assessment practices can enhance student learning. (How to Teach the Standards Without Becoming Standardized - March 12 post)

• the importance of culture, identity and language in ensuring equitable outcomes and for Māori achieving success as Maori. (The place of Cultural Standards in Indigenous Education - April 6) (Hekia is right about our history teaching. Well, half right - May 20 post) (Colouring in the White Spaces: Reclaiming Cultural Identity in Whitestream Schools - June 10)

c. Leading Transformative Change

The elements of this strand that are crucial are:

• understanding the culture of the school

• understanding diversity within the school (Reframing education outcomes - August 10 post)

• sharing leadership (6 Immediate Strategies For Improving Teacher Morale - March 15 post)

• developing the school as a learning community

• having shared norms and values (Why Multilingual People Have Healthier, More Engaged Brains - August 29)

• engaging in reflective coaching dialogue on leadership and learning (Don’t Leave Learning Up to Chance: Framing and Reflection - September 15)

• having a collective learning focus (Huakina mai: Doorways toward culturally responsive education - September 14 post)

• gathering, analysing, interpreting, using, and reporting evidence, to inform practice

• having a whole-school collaborative focus (Responsive Written feedback - September 29 post)

• being an adaptive leader (School Report - what's going on? - June 24 post)

• developing inquirymindedness (10 Tips For Launching An Inquiry-Based Classroom - August 2 post)

• Understanding change processes

d. Future-focused Schooling Outcomes:

Leaders will have an understanding of:

• preparing students for a future that is complex and uncertain (21 Things That Will be Obsolete in 2020 - March 28 post)

• culturally responsive pedagogies that will ensure Māori achieve success as Māori (What can Pākehā learn from engaging in kaupapa Māori research? - July 14) (Colouring in the White Spaces: Reclaiming Cultural Identity in Whitestream Schools - June 10)

• the changes that will impact on schools:

- the nature of knowledge

- the nature of learning, e.g. personalised, assessment for learning

- the nature of culturally appropriate pedagogy, e.g, Pasifika, Māori (Is my identity in my DNA? - March 26 post)

- the importance of educating for diversity

The growing diversity of the student population and its implications eg increasing numbers of special needs students, the impact of technology

Involvement of all stakeholders in the future focus of the school.

e. Understanding the Role of the Principal Outcomes:

Leaders will gain an understanding of the multi-faceted managerial role of a principal and be aware of the resources available that would provide support when needed.

The aspects would include:

- finance (Module 2 - June 3 & June 15 post)

- personnel

- property (Module 2 - June 3 & June 15 post)

- legal

- the principal as manager of resources (for learning)

- understanding the NZ context - diversity and self-management – and its impact on the principal role

- understanding the variety of NZ contexts for principalship