Paul Seiler and Ian Munro from the Ministry of Education in Wellington visited us today. Great to have a chat with them about Wellington, Ministry and schooling.
I find the Ministry people always great to talk with but sometimes the inertia of their organisation sometimes stops things working. Do all educational bureaucracies around the world struggle with this aura of conservatism and inertia? The biggest barrier to making changes around the way schools operate is the bureaucracies. But not the people in them! There is a contradiction there which I think is probably the demands of the political process.
Showed them around the school and it was just great to see so many kids actively engaged and some really good learning.
Really pleased at the great interactions going on with staff and learners and how the spaces look to start to be working. Very impressed by the way the teachers work.
About Me
- Brian OC
- I am a Physics teacher in Phnom Penh, Cambodia having previously worked in Uzbekistan, China, Bangladesh and Australia. Prior to that I had a career in New Zealand education and I was fortunate to establish an innovative secondary school in Auckland.
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