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Designing a professional learning and development programme generally begins with knowing where to start. We can help identify and clarify your particular needs and guide you towards preparing a successful application.
Tailored specifically to your requirements, programmes can include a mix of 1 to 1 coaching, group workshops, whole staff sessions, or online courses and virtual support.
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Drawing on our educational leadership knowledge and expertise, we work with principals and Kāhui Ako leads, deputy principals, Boards of Trustees and middle leaders, showing people how to turn theory into practice.
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We show people how to build effective relationships, create better processes and cultural change that align with your organisational vision and values, making your strategy become lived and real, and your organisation, stronger.
The Waitaha Board of Trustees and leadership team employed Rob Clarke to support and guide them during their two most recent strategic planning reviews. Rob ensured that relevant and enquiring questions were the focus of the sessions, and he guided… and challenged the Board to think critically and innovatively. Rob’s in-depth and current knowledge of education practices ensured that the sessions were focussed and relevant to the Waitaha setting and to its community. His input ensured that the end goals were relevant, achievable and innovative. Rob is extremely professional and he will deliver quality outcomes. “…strategic planning end goals were relevant, achievable and innovative”
…fantastic! He really makes me and think about the deeper issues facing our school and is supporting us to strengthen the teaching and learning across all aspects of the curriculum. His insight into leadership is helping to develop a stronger… and more future-focused leadership team. “Helping to develop a stronger and more future-focused leadership team”
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Matt is supporting us in a variety of ways that align and support our culture and kaupapa – team teaching, growing leadership, making connections and gathering learner voice. We have been lucky enough to work with Matt Richards for almost… 5 years around project-based learning and learner agency as part of a Digital Fluency PLD contract. Matt is a visionary for us. He listens too and acknowledges our own vision, values and aspirations. Condensing what we think, and identifying what we are trying to achieve in succinct and interesting ways. Matt can work with everyone on the staff and use his world perspectives to motivate and guide us. “Innovative learning… digital fluency”
Craig is an insightful, reflective, leadership coach. I have appreciated his questions, prompting and input to help ensure my own ongoing development. Craig has also worked with our Board of Trustees to facilitate a review of our strategic plan through… effective engagement with staff, students and parents. We have appreciated the expertise Craig has bought to this role. “Craig is an insightful, reflective, leadership coach”
I have appreciated the expertise and professional experience that Rob has brought to the work he has done with us. This coupled with a willingness to listen and problem solve together has seen us achieve results that are collectively owned.… Kāhui Ako o Wakatipu is well set up to collaborate and innovate. “Expertise and professional experience”
It has been a pleasure to work with Rob for our leadership appraisal. He helped us identify our strengths individually and as a leadership team. He guided us on how to work with these strengths and support each other by… delving into our potential as a team. Rob has a knack of being able to lead and support from the side without telling us what to do but by asking probing questions that enable us to think on a deeper level about our goals, both professionally and personally. “leadership appraisal helped us identify our strengths individually and as a leadership team”
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It has been a pleasure to work with Rob for our leadership appraisal. He helped us identify our strengths individually and as a leadership team. He guided us on how to work with these strengths and support each other by… delving into our potential as a team. Rob has a knack of being able to lead and support from the side without telling us what to do but by asking probing questions that enable us to think on a deeper level about our goals, both professionally and personally. “leadership appraisal helped us identify our strengths individually and as a leadership team”
The Puketeraki Kāhui Ako Leadership Team employed Learning Architects very early in our development. We were aware that to connect leaders and teachers across seventeen schools we needed some form of digital communication system. Rob Clarke sat in on our… early management discussions and was able to co-construct a google on-line communication system. This system has been a building block for our Learning Community. With simple ideas relating to naming protocols and filing to more complex google plus communities, Rob guided us through a process of development. We are by no means a finished product but we are currently functioning enthusiastically and building an effective learning community. Thanks, Rob. Your knowledge of how schools work and how to blend possibilities with technology is unique and makes this sort of community building possible! “Knowledge of how schools work and how to blend possibilities with technology is unique”
Over the last two and a half years Rob has been an integral part of the appraisal process and the professional development of our senior leadership team at Queenstown Primary School. Initially, he worked with our six team… leaders to help them grow and develop their practice and to help with consistency across our very large school. He then went on to work with the DPs. This was an 18-month journey of professional learning and development tailored to suit our needs as well as the BoT and teachers council requirements. Rob is an experienced ex Principal and is knowledgable and passionate about the work he does. He helped me gain insight into my strengths and how best to put them to work in my work. He is always approachable and easy to deal with while remaining professional and honest. If you are looking for an appraisal that will fit your schedule while helping you grow and develop not just tick boxes I recommend giving Rob at Learning Architects a call. “…integral part of the appraisal process and the professional development of our SLT”
I have appreciated the expertise and professional experience that Rob has brought to the work he has done with us. This coupled with a willingness to listen and problem solve together has seen us achieve results that are collectively owned.… Kāhui Ako o Wakatipu is well set up to collaborate and innovate. “Expertise and professional experience”
I tried several times to get my head and my staff across the line in using google doc’s and google sites. Having contracted Learning Architects to work remotely in a support and mentor role I achieved this and more. Beyond… the technical expertise, what really helped was the strategic, feet on the floor and considered recommendations. You don’t know what you don’t know so to have Rob push my thinking, share new ideas and guide into a better way was a huge win. I see my schools’ connection with Learning Architects as a partnership, a mentorship and a great ongoing decision. “A partnership, a mentorship and a great on going decision…”
Matt is supporting us in a variety of ways that align and support our culture and kaupapa – team teaching, growing leadership, making connections and gathering learner voice. We have been lucky enough to work with Matt Richards for almost… 5 years around project-based learning and learner agency as part of a Digital Fluency PLD contract. Matt is a visionary for us. He listens too and acknowledges our own vision, values and aspirations. Condensing what we think, and identifying what we are trying to achieve in succinct and interesting ways. Matt can work with everyone on the staff and use his world perspectives to motivate and guide us. “Innovative learning… digital fluency”
Craig is an insightful, reflective, leadership coach. I have appreciated his questions, prompting and input to help ensure my own ongoing development. Craig has also worked with our Board of Trustees to facilitate a review of our strategic plan through… effective engagement with staff, students and parents. We have appreciated the expertise Craig has bought to this role. “Craig is an insightful, reflective, leadership coach”
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