Springboard Trust - such an awesome opportunity to grow your strategic leadership skills

Thrilled to see this write up go public from Springboard Trust sharing the journey and positive outcomes that we experienced after I had the opportunity to participate in the SLPP - Strategic Leadership Programme for Principals.

 I would highly recommend this professional development opportunity to all school principal's out there wanting to grow their understanding, knowledge and skills in strategic planning.

https://www.springboardtrust.org.nz/news/a-golden-plan-tamara-bell-on-how-slpp-helped-southbridge-school

Chinese Language Week - celebrating our cultural diversity!

wǒ xuéxí pǔtōnghuà

I somehow got thrown in front of a camera to share a little bit about what Cobham Intermediate is doing to celebrate Chinese Language Week, but more importantly, to acknowledge and celebrate our Chinese students and families.  

Cultural responsiveness is one of our school focus areas for professional development and so far this year, this has been strongly aligned to working with our Māori and Pasifika communities, but with a 21% Asian student population at Cobham, how we welcome, support and celebrate the asian cultures and what they bring to Aotearoa is extremely important to me as an educator, to all of our students and of course to our wider school community.

I don't think I will be getting a call from Hollywood anytime soon though ;)