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Robin Kirkham
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| Employer: | Botany Downs Secondary College | ||
| Occupation: | Deputy Principal | ||
| Country: | New Zealand | ||
| Skype address: | robin.kirkham | ||
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My Profile
I am in the middle of my life and have a wife and two children.
I live in Auckland New Zealand
Professional Background
My teaching career started in about 1982 when I worked at Cayon High School, St Kitts in the West Indies as a Science and Maths teacher. Since then I have worked with young people in theatre in England, Belgium and Israel, performed on the streets of many European countries with British Events Theatre Company and taught in high schools in South Africa and New Zealand. I am now a Deputy Principal at a New Zealand High School.
Personal Background
I have emigrated twice
- From UK to South Africa in my early 30's
- From South Africa to New Zealand 61/2 years ago
My Beliefs and Values
The decisions I make and the style I adopt are based on my values, beliefs and principles.
I believe…
- Leadership makes a difference.
- Change is a given – I lead change.
- An effective leader uses positive public statements … always.
- As an educational leader I must build leadership capacity in and around the school.
- As a leader I model the behavior I am trying to build/encourage in others.
- That to be a teacher is a higher order job that is significant and valuable in society.
- Education must be designed around learning.
- The way I see myself (mindscape) determines the way I see others (landscape)
- We construct meaning based on prior experience.
- In almost every situation I can position myself in a way that will get a positive outcome.
- The most effective staff development takes place through inquiry based methodology motivated by data and supported by research.
- Students will behave how I expect them to behave.
- The strong should help the weak.
I value …
- Personal integrity.
- Dialogue and reflection as a means of lifelong learning.
- Both data and intuition.
- Creativity and innovation whilst preserving and recognising what is good from the past.
My Interests
- Teaching people of all ages
- The concept of Leadership
- New Technologies for Learning
- Birds
- Wildlife
- Tramping and climbing
My Projects
I am especially interested in trying to use wiki spaces in Virtual learning environments. I lead this program in our school and am trying to upskill myself.
- Robin, you will soon have a chance to choose whether you wish to use the editor/embedding features currently only available on Wikispaces/Wetpaint/PBWiki etc. --Nellie Deutsch 10:55, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- Robin, we have added a few online workshops that may interest you as a developer, participant, or facilitator. Here is the list of new online courses on Wikieducator
My Sandbox
My Lessons
My Reflection
Otago Polytechnic may provide helpful ideas for the BDSC LMS
| This user is a Learning Designer who assists with the instructional design of free content projects. |
This is perhaps more of an aspiration than a current reality. With my colleagues I hope to design some really effective learning materials.
