Ka maumahara au ki taku tau, 2016. My first year full time teaching, and also my first year as HOF Arts. It has been a steep learning curve both in terms of art teaching and leading a faculty. I am physically, mentally and emotionally drained in much need of some art or biblio - therapy. Week 6 and 7 we have been looking at Leadership. I never thought of myself as a leader but I guess I am one. What type of leader well from the leadership test in class I am: (University of Kent online quiz about your typical leadership styles ) Authoritarian 24 Procedural 27 Transformational 36 Participative 41 Laissez Faire 37 The positive I take from this is that I am mostly participative and transformational. I am concerned about the Laissez Faire score and might need to address this in the future. This week I have been involved in a discussion on visarts net about integrating the arts together into a year long project. There seems to be great resistance to this type of change with teachers needing...
Kia ora Ko Sara Plunkett toku ingoa. This is a blog to reflect on my teaching practice. I am a secondary visual art teacher with an interest in Te Reo and Tikanga Maori. I teach Visual art Years 7-13 and am head of the Arts Faculty at St Kevin's College in Oamaru. Nau mai here mai ki te hikoi nei.