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- From: Hamish Chalmers <hchalmers AT ashs.school.nz>
- To: ictenglish AT lists.tki.org.nz
- Subject: [ICTs in English] Emerging Leaders Unconference 21012 - 16-17 April
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:22:54 +1300
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Hi everyone,
Just some information on an upcoming unconference for emerging leaders in Education.
- 10,000 of New Zealand's 50,000 teachers are nearing retirement age.
- 50% of newly-qualified teachers leave the profession within the first 5 years.
Ignition is an event run by teacher for teachers. We bring great educators together, host them at Albany Senior High School and have them share ideas on how to transform schools into the kind of 21st century innovation engines we need them to be. The difference between Ignition and other professional development that takes place in schools is that instead of helicoptering in external visionaries, we use the unconference format to give teachers the chance to lead, persuade, inspire, challenge, provoke and convince the other educators in the room. It's a conversation and dialogue-based approach, and it's strengths-based.
Last year we had 80 teachers attend Ignition, but this year we really want to scale it up. Already we're seeing the teachers who attend take up leadership positions as Principals and Deputy Principals in schools, thereby spreading the innovation even further.
Registrations are open now at http://emergingleaders.school.nz/ Send this to anyone you see as having something to contribute. Help spread awesomeness.
- [ICTs in English] Emerging Leaders Unconference 21012 - 16-17 April, Hamish Chalmers, 02/23/2012
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