Saturday, 18 March 2017

8) Changes in Practice

When I reflect on my own personal learning journey over the last 32 weeks of the Mindlab course, I am satisfied that I have learnt a great deal – in terms of knowledge, but mostly in understanding ways I can improve my practice.

The main ideas that have really resonated with me are:

-the need to teach 21C skills. This is not just another flash-in-the-pan trend in education. Even though we think the way we were taught worked for us (we learnt for sure, was it the best way though?), it is not enough for those entering the today’s world.

- use of technology. This should not just be a more engaging substitute for pen & paper but as a way to transform learning. Yay for the SMAR model! Easy to remember and apply and be challenged by.

- growth mindset. I have read Carol Dweck’s book and a number on on-line resources. I am fascinated about the effect of mindset on learning anything and I keep on seeing examples of fixed or mindsets in myself and others. I am currently introducing these ideas to my Year 9 students and intend to share it with all my learners.

-collaborative practice. I am learning the importance and benefits of this and of the interdisciplinary approach. Teaching this year in a connected learning environment has forced me into some connected learning but I am keen to develop this further.

- reflective practice. I have always been a bit averse to it, mostly because I have thought of it as a way to beat myself up for lessons that haven’t gone well. The Mindlab course has taken me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to understand what it is about and to see the real benefits it can bring. I intend to keep developing reflective practice.


There are two Practising Teacher Criteria1 that I would like to discuss here.
1. establish and maintain effective professional relationships focused on the learning and well-being of ākonga
i. engage in ethical, respectful, positive and collaborative professional relationships with:
·         ākonga
·         teaching colleagues, support staff and other professionals
·         whānau and other carers of ākonga
·         agencies, groups and individuals in the community

As a teacher I am committed to promoting the learning and well-being of ākonga at our school. It has been valuable to learn practical ways of collaborating through digital means with my school colleagues, but especially through widening my community of practice to include colleagues in other schools and even around the world. No longer do we need to feel isolated as practitioners, there are plenty of fellow teachers out there with the same goals and grappling with the same issues as us. Digital tools enable us to make connections in our community or beyond. We can establish and maintain relationships with many others who are committed to the well-being of ākonga.

12. use critical inquiry and problem-solving effectively in their professional practice
i. systematically and critically engage with evidence and professional literature to reflect on and refine practice
ii. respond professionally to feedback from members of their learning community

iii. critically examine their own beliefs, including cultural beliefs, and how they impact on their professional practice and the achievement of ākonga

The Mindlab course has taught me, among other things, a great deal about critical inquiry, evidence-based practice and cultural responsiveness. This week’s reading on reflective practice has articulated a lot of muddled ideas I have had about experiential learning, problem-solving approaches and self-reflection. Osterman & Kottkamp (1993)2 present reflective practice as “a means by which practitioners can develop a greater level of self-awareness about the nature and impact of their performance, an awareness that creates opportunities for professional growth and development” (p. 2). From reading this article I see reflective practice as a meaningful and self-directed way to approach & try to solve real, relevant problems through changing our behaviour. The traditional approach to professional development is based on knowledge acquisition and is largely ineffective at producing behavioural change. Reflective practice on the other hand, considers self-awareness (and acceptance that some of our own behaviours need to change), emotional and cultural factors that go along with making changes to behaviour.

So my goal for professional development in the foreseeable future is to embrace reflective practice and use it to problem-solve and enhance areas of my practice. The learning will continue...



REFERENCES:
1Ministry of Education (nd). Practising teacher Criteria and e-learning . Retrieved from http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Professional-learning/

2Osterman, K. & Kottkamp, R. (1993). Reflective Practice for Educators. California.Cornwin Press, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.itslifejimbutnotasweknowit.org.uk/files/RefPract/Osterman_Kottkamp_extract.pdf

Saturday, 11 March 2017

7) Interdisciplinary Collaboration



Where I’m at

The concept map above shows that last year at our school we were working in our own silos with minimal connection between learning areas. This year, as we progress towards an ILE for our junior school, we are trying to connect learning for Year 9 students across their core subjects. We are only at the early stages of this connectedness, still grappling with team teaching and organizing 60 students together. A school goal is to connect learning this year and progress to more integrated learning in the future.

My Goal

My goal for this year is to make meaningful connections across all the core curriculum learning areas. In order to do this our community of practice (CoP - the 5 teachers in our ‘hub’) have weekly meetings and frequent 1-on-1 discussions. It is a challenge collaborating with four other teachers but so far it seems to be working pretty well. I believe we have most of the qualifiers (workplace conditions, qualities/attitudes and common goals – see Kugan’s blog1) to make this interdisciplinary approach work, it is mainly experience we lack, as we are all new to working in this way. We are timetabled to teach in pairs and so far, rather than real team teaching, we are taking turns to lead the learning. As a result we are often not even connecting the learning very well. We have a lot to learn.

Benefits and Challenges

Mathison & Freeman (1997)2 explore the reasoning behind using an interdisciplinary approach in the school curriculum. Their synthesis shows that there are sound arguments for such an approach, although more research is required to prove that these methods actually work. Jones3 also concludes that skills of critical thinking, communication, creativity, pedagogy and content knowledge will be advanced through an interdisciplinary approach. This comes with a price: it is time-consuming and demands good collaboration amongst teachers.
Our CoP understand the rationale behind the interdisciplinary approach and can see potential benefits (see my Word Cloud). We are putting in a lot of time to collaborate and plan effectively so that we better prepare our students for their future.

Hitting the NCEA wall

The way I see it, integration at the junior high school level is, given time to learn ourselves, quite doable. However we are very limited by the NCEA structure. Once students hit Year 11 they have very subject-specific content they need to know to meet the NCEA Achievement Standards.
I can see limited ways to integrate in the senior school. An example from our school is an AgScience course. This is an interdisciplinary senior course between science (biology & chemistry), agriculture and horticulture. It seems a sensible step that will better meet the needs of a number of students and also fits into the NCEA system as standards are selected from both learning areas. I would be really interested to hear how other schools are taking on the challenge of integrating learning at the senior level while still working within the constraints of NCEA.

Rethink the curriculum?

I was very interested to learn about the Ross Learning system4. It provides a highly structured, detailed K-12 curriculum that truly integrates and connects learning areas. Learning is progressively built around integrated narratives which are developed through threads, connected studies, and which serve to grow core values, multiple intelligences, creative & critical thinking skills.
One of the strengths of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) that it is not prescriptive and allows for a multitude of learning pathways. The Ross Learning Spiral5 on the other hand, is a far more structured and rigorous curriculum. While being quite prescriptive it appears to have many opportunities for individual and group exploration. Examples of detailed resources shows how integration can actually work. I love it! A Ross student says in a video6 “[My school] has prepared me to think in an interdisciplinary way not just study in that way”.
Surely this is what we are aiming for!

References:

1The Scholarly Teacher. (2015). Establishing & Maintaining Transdisciplinary Courses. Retrieved from http://scholarlyteacher.com/2015/10/22/establishing-maintaining-transdisciplinary-courses/
2Mathison, S. & Freeman, M. (1997). The logic of interdisciplinary studies. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 1997. Retrieved from http://www.albany.edu/cela/reports/mathisonlogic12004.pdf
3Jones, C. (2009). Interdisciplinary approach - Advantages, disadvantages, and the future benefits of interdisciplinary studies. ESSAI7 (26), 76-81. Retrieved from http://dc.cod.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1121&context=essai
4Ross Institute. (2015). Ross Learning System overview. Retrieved from http://rossinstitute.org/mobile/ross-learning-system/overview/
5Ross Institute. (2015). Ross Learning Spiral. Retrieved from http://spiral.rosslearningsystem.org/spiral/#/
6Ross Institute. (2015, July 5). Ross Spiral Curriculum: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Science. [video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZhkB0FJik





Friday, 10 March 2017

6) Social Media use in Teaching and Professional Development

As I drive to school I pass many students waiting for the bus. Invariably they have their heads bent down, engrossed in their devices. They are not talking to the peers alongside them. They are not seeing the real world around them. This always saddens me somewhat. They are connected certainly, but not necessarily to the real world around them. It also makes me wonder if they will have neck problems when they are older...
Voice my concerns to my teenage son, and I am immediately accused of being out-of-touch (true) and critical (not necessarily). It is what it is. Social media is here – and it has many benefits. So here are some thoughts about using it (for good) in our teaching practice.

Social Media in the Classroom

I haven’t gone there….. yet. It has been interesting to read some of the very cool ways social media has been used (e.g. the NASA social media sites1 that provide multiple ways students can interact, including being involved in helping solve problems with crowd sourcing.) Clearly social media used in the right way (well co-ordinated and facilitated by those with enthusiasm & expertise)2 can connect students with expertise and resources in a real-world, experiential way – using technology to transform learning. At present I do not feel I have the expertise or time to upskill, but would like in the future to work with other teachers to introduce some transformative learning through social media.
I was also impressed with the simple but effective use of social media by Kathy Cassidy3. I can see that using a blog as a reflective journal of learning has many benefits, not least that it can be easily shared with other students, parents etc. This I could do. As a secondary teacher of science, I could see that encouraging students to join social media groups with others around the world with similar interests in aspects of science, could really encourage inquiry, student-led learning.

Social Media in Professional Development

Having made connections with other teachers through social media (e.g. google+, Twitter, Pinterest) in part due to encouragement from the MindLab course, I can certainly see its benefits. We hear frequent complaints at our school that the PD is often irrelevant or does not help us, or our students, in the classroom. If schools provided more flexibility in PD and encouraged teachers to connect with teachers who were interested in the same thing/solving similar problems through social media, then this could really help. There is a vast resource of teachers doing similar things to us out there and it’s free and accessible. For inspiration watch the Connected Educators video4.

So let’s embrace social media and use it. But let’s also stop & take a break – look up, look around (stretch the neck) and see, smell, listen and experience the real world around us.


References:
1NASA social media homepage https://www.nasa.gov/socialmedia
2Sharples, M., de Roock , R., Ferguson, R., Gaved, M., Herodotou, C., Koh, E., Kukulska-Hulme, A., Looi, C-K, McAndrew, P., Rienties, B., Weller, M., Wong, L. H. (2016). Innovating Pedagogy 2016: Open University Innovation Report 5. Milton Keynes: The Open University. p. 14. Retrieved from http://proxima.iet.open.ac.uk/public/innovating_pedagogy_2016.pdf
3Tvoparents. (2013, May 21). Using Social Media in the Classroom.[video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZStaz8Rno

4Office of Ed Tech. (2013, Sep 18). Connected Educators. [video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=216&v=K4Vd4JP_DB8

Monday, 27 February 2017

5) Legal & Ethical Contexts

In 2014, a New Hampshire TV station broadcast the story1 of a New Hampshire teacher who lost her job after refusing to “unfriend” her students on Facebook. The school maintained she breached their policy preventing student-teacher boundaries being crossed -  teachers should not be students’ friends. The teacher (I love it that she was 79 years old) refused to do so. Watch it (2 mins).

Clearly if there were policies in place that were breached (though no doubt these were open to interpretation) the school had a right to terminate her employment. But what if there are no clear policies? Is it appropriate that teachers “friend” students on social media? Is this such risky ground that we should not go there?

To explore the issue of teachers being Facebook friends with their students, I will be guided by questions from Connecticut’s Teacher Education & Mentoring Program2.
1)      “What possible issues or concerns might this scenario raise?
2)      How could this situation become a violation of the law, the “Code”, or other school/ district policies?
3)      In this situation, what are some negative consequences for the teacher, for the students and the school community?
4)      What responses/actions will result in a more positive outcome and/or what proactive measures might be considered?

1)      Possible issues/concerns:
a.      Facebook is an excellent platform for communicating with students. Is it appropriate to use this for school matters? Is it appropriate if the exchanges are not related to school?
b.      May cross the boundaries of appropriate student-teacher relationships making both teacher and students vulnerable
c.      Teacher might see information about the students that affects the way they teach/interact with them at school
d.        Public nature/loss of control of communications - they can be copied, shared, taken out of context.

2)      Violation of law, “Code”, school policies?
a.       Teachers should check whether their school has a policy regarding this. I could not find one for my school.
b.      NZ’s Education Council Code of Ethics for Certified Teachers3 has two principles that may be relevant to this issue:
·         “develop and maintain professional relationships with learners based upon the best interests of those learners
·         “protect the confidentiality of information about learners obtained in the course of professional service, consistent with legal requirements
The first of these is dependent on the interpretation of a professional relationship. In the example described, the school clearly thought friending on Facebook overstepped the mark, and had policies about that. The teacher probably thought what she was doing was in the best interests of her students. As for the second point above, as long as the teacher was not sharing information about students or the school to which she was privy as a teacher, there would be no breach. Certainly the teacher is opening her conversations, profile and history on Facebook to scrutiny if there is any complaint made.

3)      1)      Possible negative consequences:
a.       May make the teacher vulnerable to accusations of inappropriate relationships with students. Even the perception of inappropriateness can put a teacher at risk. This could lead to public humiliation or even loss of job if school policies were breached.
b.      Students: may be uncomfortable having their teacher following them on Facebook, but may not feel they can “unfriend” them.

4)      Preferred courses of action:
a.       Teacher might set up a closed Facebook group that students can join to be informed of school related matters (with parental consent)
b.      Schools should provide PD around issues of cyber safety/etiquette so teachers are aware of potential problems
c.       Schools should educate students about how to keep themselves safe in the cyber world


 Is being fb friends OK for teachers? I'd love to hear your views.


Helpful Resources:
Netsafe resources on digital citizenship and help with resolving cases of harmful digital communication 

References:
1CLAREMONT, N.H. (WPMI) (April9, 2014) New Hampshire Teacher Fired Over Facebook. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PwEGrulTc
2Connecticut’s Teacher Education and Mentoring Program. (2012). Ethical and Professional Dilemmas for Educators: Facilitator’s Guide. Retrieved from http://www.ctteam.org/df/resources/Module5_Manual.pdf

3Education Council. (n.d). The Education Council Code of Ethics for Certificated Teachers. Retrieved from https://educationcouncil.org.nz/content/code-of-ethics-certificated-teachers-0

Friday, 24 February 2017

4) Culturally Responsive Pedagogy


Background


1.      In New Zealand there is much disparity between Māori and non-Māori achievement1
2.      This has huge economic, political and social impacts on our society2 (Bishop’s video)
3.      Our society has not met its obligations to Māori under The Treaty of Waitangi2
4.      We therefore have a moral, political and cultural imperative to improve the education of Māori students3
5.      Research shows that in order to raise achievement among Māori students cultural responsive pedagogy is vital1


Culturally responsive pedagogy & Indigenous knowledge


To me culturally responsive pedagogy means teachers are interacting with students and making their teaching meaningful by embracing students’ cultural identity and adding meaning through it. Through this we can improve students’ self-esteem, engagement and learning. It involves harnessing indigenous knowledge which I see as community-specific rather than general, scientific knowledge.
While NZ is indeed a multi-cultural society, we have a primary responsibility to the indigenous people (Māori) as agreed in The Treaty of Waitangi. If we can improve outcomes for Māori, we will be better equipped to meet the learning needs of all our students.


Reflection on Cultural Responsiveness in my school


The areas I intend to discuss are our school vision & values and school resources. The tool I will use as a framework for my critique is taken from the observation tool used in Kia Eke Panuku4:
·        relationships of care are fundamental (whanaungatanga)
·        power is shared and learners have the right to equity and self-determination (mahi tahi, kotahitanga)
·        culture counts, learners’ understandings form the basis of their identity and learning (whakapapa)
·        sense-making is dialogic, interactive and on-going (ako)
·        decision-making and practice is responsive to relevant evidence (wānanga)
·        our common vision and interdependent roles and responsibilities focus on the potential of learners – Māori students achieving and enjoying educational success as Māori – (kaupapa)

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At my school, our vision is to create inclusive, equitable and relevant learning opportunities for students with clear pathways that meet the aspirations of our community and which empower every student towards life-long learning.
Our three core values are Aspire (Wawatahia), Respect (Whakautea) and Contribute (Tohaina).

I think the school is taking steps towards realising this vision, which does have kaupapa concepts at its heart. As steps towards this vision the school has invested in two valuable resources: the Kia Eke Panuku programme and a Māori resource teacher. Kia Eke Panuku involves a mentoring programme to help participating teachers develop a culturally responsive and relational pedagogy. In a new initiative this year, the school has employed a young Māori teacher as a resource person who is available to all teachers to help them improve learning for their students.

Our school mostly does relationships well. There is a real sense of teachers caring for and going out of their way to foster relationships and help students. It is a pleasure to walk around the school grounds and mostly witness positive student-teacher interactions. There is a growing focus on promoting the three values in all students.

As a school I feel we are only starting to understand and develop the concepts of mahi tahi, kotahitanga, whakapapa and ako.  The Kia Eke Panuku programme has commitment from the SLT and is gaining more following from teachers. I also see the employment of a Māori resource teacher is a very positive move. It will be invaluable to have such an approachable person to give suggestions, bounce ideas off and be an expert in things Māori that many of us do not feel confident about.

So with a solid vision and some excellent resources in place I think the school is on its way to providing culturally responsive pedagogy. It will not be easy though. I teach 150 different students this year and to reach each one on their own ground will be challenging!


Ki te kahore he whakakitenga ka ngaro te iwi
Without foresight or vision the people will be lost

References

1 Bishop, R., Berryman, M., Cavanagh, T., & Teddy, L. (2009). Te Kotahitanga: Addressing educational disparities facing Māori students in New Zealand. Teaching and Teacher Education, 25(5), 734-742. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2009.01.009
2 Edtalks.(2012, September 23). A culturally responsive pedagogy of relations. [video file].Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/49992994
3 Berryman, M. (2017) Belonging and identity through equity: Maintaining the reform complexity as we move into the PLD/CoL environment. Retrieved from: http://kep.org.nz/assets/resources/site/Colouring-in-the-white-spaces-smaller-v4-2017.pdf
4 Kia Eke Panuku: Building on Success. http://kep.org.nz/








Tuesday, 14 February 2017

3) Contemporary Issues and Trends

The NIC's Global Trends report for 20301 – what a depressing and frightening read! And this was written before the game-changing US elections! I’m going to put all the terrifying scenarios out of my mind for now and focus on a something that I can do something about – improving the education of the students in front of me, so they will be better equipped for the world they are entering into.

A largely positive forecast from the NIC report is the global megatrend towards individual empowerment (see the NIC report if you have the stomach for it). However we need a generation of young people with all the values and competencies described in the NZC2. They will need confidence that they can make things better and skills and understanding to enable them.We teachers have a huge role and responsibility to upskill and empower today’s students so they are equipped for their future. Thanks to what I have learned through the MindLab course, I am convinced of the need to teach 21st Century skills.

ERO’s 2012 report “Evaluation at a Glance: Priority Learners in New Zealand Schools”3 highlights the need for student-centred learning. Teachers and schools are now challenged to “put students at the heart of teaching & learning rather than on the periphery of school decision-making and the curriculum”. (ERO 2012 Report, p. 6 ). I believe most teachers mean to put students at the heart of what they do – we want the very best for them – but how we do this is flawed being based on out-of-date paradigms. We do not tend to include them in much decision-making about their school nor what or how the curriculum is taught. We come from the perspective that we are the adults and we know what is best for them. I agree we need to shift the model on which our educational system is based (Sir Ken Robinson’sideas are insightful and hard to argue against). But as we struggle to make learning really student-centred I think we need should tread carefully.

Here’s the dilemma: As a science teacher, I see the need for a strong foundation of scientific knowledge, numeracy and literacy in order for students to make sense of the information that is out there. There is a platform of specific vocabulary and symbols that is the basis for scientific knowledge construction. Surely it is our job as teachers to ensure they have this knowledge base, along with a scientific and 21st C skills and values set, so they can then engage in more student-driven and project-based learning. We should be encouraging their divergent thinking along each step of the way.

To me it’s about balance. There are times when students need to focus on gaining specific knowledge and times when they can be let loose to explore, test, research and construct knowledge more independently. The balance will differ for different students. Some have no interest in science at all, and will never aspire to be scientists. Others will be motivated to pursue science-based careers and will need a broader and deeper foundation from which to build. How much science do we teach to those not interested? Do we let them decide? Do we work together with them to develop more applied science courses in our schools? How should we assess?

So while I agree with student-centred learning, project-based learning, discovery learning and learning to learn rather than rote-learning, I think there is still a place for gaining knowledge. We will be doing our students a disservice if we don’t give them a solid grounding. We need to do this in a culturally responsive and creative way that meets each student where they are.

When we are changing the bathwater, let’s keep our eye on the baby.

1National Intelligence Council. (2012). Global trends: Alternative Worlds. National Intelligence Council: US. Retrieved from https://globaltrends2030.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/global-trends-2030-november2012.pdf

2NZ Curriculum Online. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2017, from http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum

3Education Review Office. (2012). Evaluation at a Glance: Priority Learners in New Zealand Schools. Retrieved February 15, 2017, from http://www.ero.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Evaluation-at-a-Glance-Priority-Learners-in-New-Zealand-Schools-August-2012.pdf

Friday, 10 February 2017

2) My Professional Context

My school

I work in a large co-ed secondary school in New Zealand. It is a semi-rural school with an extensive rural/small town catchment.  The school is proud of its long history and is notable for having its own farm and for teaching land-based studies. There is a range of socio-economic levels within the school population with some families struggling. The school is ranked as Decile 9 however it has more of a Decile 6-7 feel about it.
Our school values are Respect (Whakautea), Contribute (Tohaina) and Aspire (Wawatahia). These values have been decided with community input and have been incorporated into the historical values and culture of the school. School strengths include positive teacher – student relationships and a popular house system that allows all students to have a sense of belonging. There are provisions to help those in need and a giving, caring staff.
While there is a good deal of collegiality at our school (much laughter and banter in the staff room J), issues that I see include lack of a shared direction to meet our vision and historically poor communication between teaching staff and leadership. Over the last year or so, there has been a lot of work done on the charter and strategic goals of the school. I think this will help focus attention on our shared vision and help us work together, on converging pathways, towards empowering every student to be a life-long learner. There is much work being done to improve cultural responsiveness and student engagement, achievement, transition and retention.

Change

There have been many changes to our school over recent years. Many of these have been initiated by the school to improve student learning & pastoral care. There has been a real sense amongst teaching staff that we start too many initiatives and never see them through. Frustration and time pressures result, with little positive impact.
Significant changes have also been directed by the Ministry. The school has had Governance issues and we have all experienced a lot of uncertainty as a result. The school is currently building a huge new ILE requiring a major pedagogical shift and a significant move towards a 21st Century skills focus. This raised a major communication issue as I see it, as the directive for an ILE seemed to come before de the need to better equip student for the 21st Century.
In terms of a professional environment, there have been times when staff have not been free to voice ideas or challenge decisions. I see this as vital for the health and growth of any institution.

On the way up

Stoll & Fink (1996) (as cited in Stoll, 1998) describe 10 ‘norms’ of improving schools (shared goals, responsibility for success, collegiality, continuous improvement, life-long learning, risk taking, support, mutual respect, openness, celebration & humour). I think our school is moving forward, to a greater or lesser extent, in all of these aspects. This would probably put us in the ‘strolling’ to ‘moving’ category of Stoll & Fink’s model.
I think we are getting better at developing a healthy professional environment and positive school culture. Teaching demands us to be ever looking for ways to improve the quality education for all students. Gargiulo’s research (2014) into students in poverty highlights many ways schools can improve learning for these disadvantaged students and the positive impact this can have on their lives. Our school implements some of the practices described by Gargiulo (e.g. PB4L, trades academies/courses, form teachers staying with their class throughout their schooling) but there is much more we can all do (e.g. continually work to develop better relationships with students & their whanau).
It is worth watching Mark Wilson’s TEDEd talk on how vision, unity, and empowerment lead to success. Our school is on its way with a strong vision statement. We all probably need to reflect on this often. Personally, one of my goals this year is to empower my students more.
I have enjoyed the readings on school culture. It has caused me to take a step back and reflect on the environment we are all helping (consciously or inadvertently) to create.

References:
Stoll. (1998). School Culture. School Improvement Network’s Bulletin 9. Institute of Education, University of London. Retrieved from http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Culture/Understanding-school-cultures/School-Culture