Australian schools are great – but the task of sustaining the effort and thinking required to stay at the top comes with a price – the culture of your school, the stress levels of your people, the wellbeing of your students. A Real Schools Membership will provide you with all of the tools, tricks and motivation to keep your school healthy and ready for the next challenge.
Perhaps they got some formal conferencing going or perhaps they found a slightly less punitive pathway to handle student misconduct – and perhaps some staff members didn’t.
But most never quite enjoyed the full benefit of establishing and sustaining a truly restorative culture.
This program is for School Leaders have identified that, in their schools, there is some distance between the ambition for a strong, relational, productive School Culture and their current reality.
This program is for School Leaders who, frankly, are impatient for genuine implementation and have a bias for impact.
This program closes the gap between aspiration and current practice in a way that focuses on both building leadership capacity and the provision of practical tools and strategies.
Intentional Leadership is the process of deciding in advance how you are going to lead, what you are going to focus on, and what you stand for. It’s about clarity.
As an Assistant Principal, you are perfectly placed to lead the creation a great school community. Through Intentional Leadership, you can transform your good intentions into great results.
This 12 month coaching program will help you develop a powerful road map to become a successful leader.
So, do you want to develop the skills and abilities to increase your productivity and efficiency? Do you want to become clearer on your goals and what it takes to achieve them?
If you answered yes to the above questions, take the next steps and find out more about Intentional Leadership Coaching for Assistant Principals.
Put simply, it’s a book designed for busy School Leaders and Executive Teams who would like to discuss more than operationals, administration and problems when they meet.
Working more like a journal than a book that you read, Adam has carefully designed 100 questions designed to refocus your attention on your School Culture – in a fun, productive and highly reflective way.
Believe it or not, I was actually given the advice “Don’t smile until Easter” by a colleague in one of my very first teaching jobs. And … I took that advice. It was a tough school with challenging behaviours to navigate and I adopted a simple philosophy that I wouldn’t be walked over. I was…
I know well the irrational, uncomfortable feeling I get the night before any school camp … and the resultant self-talk that accompanies it. “I don’t wanna sleep in a tent” and “Why on earth did I volunteer for this?” are amongst the most used phrases. But I also know that I’ve concluded every single camp…
When I was growing up there were a few phrases in our house that our Mum used a lot: 1. ‘Only dumb people get bored’2. ‘Look busy or I’ll find something for you to’ 3. ‘Successful people are always doing something’ These things were said flippantly, with no realisation on the impact they would have on…
“This stuff is what matters most.” It struck me when chatting with one of our Partner Principals last week that I may have already heard my most important sentence of 2021. I’m so proud of what we do at Real Schools, I’m so affirmed that 2020 left so many knowing that our collaboration is what…
“The Real Schools webinars are always right on point. The combination of teacher focused topics and also leadership topics means that there’s something in each webinar for all of us. We are always accessing our people to the live webinars, but we also use them to address needs as they arise and to support our…
“The topics of the Real Schools webinars are so important. The art of teaching and the job of building a great school culture is a considerable challenge and our school takes that very seriously. Having a monthly support from a proven Principal targeting genuine need is of great benefit to us. We include the webinars in our improvement…
“Our school uses the Real Schools webinars all the time. Not only do we encourage our staff to get involved each month, but we re-visit them as part of our strategic plans to meet our commitments to our wellbeing and engagement targets. Having them available in the Member Section of the Real Schools website means…
“Adam spent valuable time with our staff ensuring all were not only challenged in their practice but equipped to engage with students on many varying levels. Adam’s commitment to his work is evident in the manner in which he ensures all key stakeholders within the community are informed and led through necessary processes. Adam was…
“Adam immediately won the respect of our teachers by his grounded, challenging and relational manner. Teachers easily related to his examples, drawn from work as a Principal in challenging school environments. Adam’s proven capacity to bring about sustainable cultural change and improve student learning speaks volumes. He was not afraid to confront habits and rituals…
“The impact of our Real Schools Partnership on staff at Rosebery Primary School has been immense. I notice staff showing a great deal of empathy, being alongside the child and working through the issues, being in contact with parents/carers regularly, checking in with students on a daily basis, running regular check in and check out…
