National Aspiring Principals Programme

2015
Lyn Jones
To teach is to touch a life forever
Lyn Jones
He aha te mea nui o te ao?
He tangata! He tangata!
He tangata!
B Tchng/Lgn (Canterbury)
Cert.TA (Massey)
Dip NZPFA
My educational philosophy.
To build learning communities founded on principles and practices
that:
Empower all stakeholders to become effective, articulate,
confident problem solvers and life long learners who are resilient,
competent and critical thinkers.
Arouse curiosity about the ever changing world we live in and
provide them with the skills to achieve and be self- motivated,
self- monitoring, creative and reflective learners.
Provide all students with meaningful learning opportunities that
challenge, provoke and ignite a passion and love of learning.
Promotes values and attitudes that grow socially aware and
culturally responsible future leaders and citizens.
Leadership Dispositions:
Passionate, dedicated team player who leads by example; demonstrating
a life long commitment to developing my own knowledge and skills
through on-going professional development, risk taking and genuine
Inquiry as a teacher.
Personal vision to ensure all learners Strive to be the best they can.
Guided by a strong moral compass; to be honest, ethical, principled,
empathetic, considerate and respectful in my dealings with all but still
possess the wisdom to act decisively when required.
Committed to positive change that leads schools and education into the
future by fostering sustainable culturally and socially responsive
practices that aims to raise achievement for all.

Leadership Skills:
Ability to think outside the square; be creative, find new solutions,
critically reflect on current knowledge and pedagogy and evaluate new
ideas.
Expertise and experience to fiscally manage a sustainable learning
community, possessing excellent organisational skills, curriculum
knowledge and be able to think strategically for the future.
Ability to act fairly, respectfully, calmly and sensitively under pressure in
a measured and confidential manner.
Ability to quickly build and foster sustainable relationships with staff,
students, whanau, outside agencies and the wider community.
Ability to encourage, support and grow others professionally providing
positive feedback and next steps relating to evidence based best practice
and learning progressions..
Leadership Skills:
Being able to scaffold and inspire self belief in others, encourage them
be innovative, take risks, set and achieve goals.
Act in a inclusive, collaborative manner that seeks and respects the
views, perspectives and opinions of others.
Willingness to understand and enact the rights of Mori under the
Treaty of Waitangi.
Hold a realistic view of life forged by many very real life
experiences.
Prepared to work hard to achieve personal and professional goals.
Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of cultural and
socio-economic groups.



Effective Leadership includes:
Leadership and the Treaty of
Waitangi.
The partnership forged by the Treaty of Waitangi requires
all leaders to enact and support:
- the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in the history of NZ.
- the rights afforded to Mori as tangata whenua of this
land.
- the special place of Mori culture in New Zealand (a
multicultural nation built on bi cultural foundations).
Partnership:
This implores leaders to provide opportunities for all students to
experience, use and grow their knowledge of Te Reo and tikanga.
Young people who will work to create an Aotearoa New Zealand
in which Mori and Pkeh recognise each other as full Treaty
partners, and in which all cultures are valued for the
contributions they bring. NZC pg 8.
This means learners of all cultural backgrounds gaining skills and
understandings to develop respectful relationships between
themselves and knowledge about what it means to be living in
Aotearoa and the significance of the Mori language and culture
in our past, present and future.
Leaders in schools need to develop strong ties with whanau
through home - school partnerships built on mutal trust, respect
and desire to retain our cultural taonga.

Leadership and the Treaty of
Waitangi.
Protection:
Leaders need to ensure that Te Reo and tikanga is embedded in
clasroom practice and strive to protect the language, culture
and history of our tangata whenua.
Teachers need to be encouraged to teach in authentic contexts
across the curriculum upholding the principles of the Treaty.
Leaders need to identify places of local significance to Mori,
their kaumatua and include them in the consultation process of
protecting the culture, language and heritage of their people
and other Mori students in their school.




Leadership and the Treaty of
Waitangi.
Participation is about equality of opportunity and outcomes.
Students need to learn how to participate and contribute as
active citizens through opportunities to explore and appreciate
the rich and diverse cultures, languages, and heritages that
shape their identities as New Zealanders. NZC Update Jan 2012
Leaders need to explore what opportunities exist, or could
exist, in their learning communities that showcase the skills,
talents and achievements of their Maori students and promote
the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Kaumatua should be consulted and encouraged into shaping the
learning in schools, playing an active role in the life of the
school , supporting and complimenting teaching where
appropriate.




Participation:
Leadership for Future-focused
Schools:
Leadership for future focused schools is about developing the
understanding within learners that they have a stake in their future,
the future of their community, nation and the planet.
These fall under the categories of:
Citizenship: Developing leaders and serving your community.
Sustainability: Protecting the taonga; the environment, culture,
heritage and social principles of humanity.
Enterprise: Creating new industry, new wealth, new tools, new
thinking by encouraging innovation, curiosity and
inquiry.
Globalisation: Understanding our place in the world and the need
have a voice about protecting things that
sustain life.

A final thought.
A leader takes people where they
want to go
A great leader takes people where
they dont necessarily want to be.



Rosalyn Carter.