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During the Orbis Instructional Leadership program, Bruce Armstrong took a deep dive into neuroscience, exploring the foundations of habit forming. Our South Australian school leaders were challenged to think about their modus operandi, and how their habitual behaviours influenced their leadership. Read on to find out how to create positive habits, and how to bring the tribe with you.
We’re all creatures of habit.
Think about it for a minute…how much of your daily routine do you do on automatic pilot?
Would you have guessed almost half? Recent ...[read more]
Are leaders born? Or is it something you can learn?
The concept of leadership is complex and multifaceted. During the instructional leadership program our experts have presented cutting-edge research around impactful educational leadership. In our final intensive, Bruce Armstrong explored characteristics common to effective leaders.
Read on as Bruce discusses whether leadership is learnable.
Google the word ‘leadership’ and the search result (today, at least) is 2,630,000,000 links! What an enormous field of inquiry, research and opinion. Here, I weigh in on the topic, with a view to ...[read more]
I undertook the Orbis Literacy R-3 program in 2019 and have been rewarded with new skills and knowledge, and a deeper understanding of how students learn. In addition I have gained valuable insight into resources and models that improve students’ literacy learning.
The opportunity to collaborate with other educators from across South Australia was of particular benefit to me personally and professionally. The Orbis program allowed us to build relationships, share resources, communicate planning, analyse data and share our expertise with one another. I strongly believe ...[read more]
Along with my colleague, Cath Pearn, we were honoured to be the first presenters to work with a cohort of teachers at the new state-of-the-art Orbis facility. It was great to have the opportunity to work with some of the many committed reception to year 3 educators in South Australia. The aim of the 8-day program we are facilitating is to support teachers to develop children’s confidence in understanding and using mathematical concepts in the early years of schooling. The program sets out to ...[read more]
We showed this video at the Orbis launch event. It explains our values and goals.
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