Our first EHSAS Dinner for 2009 will be held at 4.30 on the 11th May at Rotary House, Silverdale. Tony Ryan, our guest speaker, will be speaking on "Transformational Teachers"
About Tony Ryan (from his website)
A former teacher, Tony Ryan is a prolific author of manuals and books on effective thinking and learning, with titles such as 'Thinkers Keys for Kids', 'Mindlinks' and 'Brainstorms' to his credit.He also has written two general market books called 'Wrapped in Living' and 'The Ripple Effect'. His most recent work is an update on the original Thinkers Keys, and this is now available on a highly practical CD-Rom.Tony is a professional speaker, and consults to educational and corporate bodies throughout the world on concepts such as innovative thinking, life-long learning, change management, and enthusiasm for daily work. He often acts as a teacher-in-residence in schools throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia, a role in which he provides support to teachers with their everyday practice.Tony is now the chairman of the board of School Aid. This non-profit organization encourages 10 000 schools around Australia to co-ordinate their fund-raising activities for major local and global disasters. School Aid also provides invaluable assistance to schools in encouraging active citizenship opportunities.
I have listened to Tony present on a number of occasions. He is a very engaging and thought provoking speaker. We are very lucky to have him here with us. Look forward to hearing what he has to say.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chris that Tony is a thought provoking speaker. I heard him at ULearn last year and found him quite inspirational. He really challenged us to think about the transformational affect teachers can have on the lives of their students.
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What an engaging evening, with talk about transformational humanities, energy creators, new paradigms of learning, andragogy (teaching adults) and the ripple effect. I learnt that our attitude is critical; that through a process of ‘life coaching’ we can help others around us; that we need to look for opportunities for ourselves and our students to become more connected; and that paraphrasing is a very powerful tool in enhancing students’ listening to one another.
ReplyDeleteI left wondering about the kids that make their minds up on the lesson in the first 90 seconds of it, and the impression I give kids in that minute and a half.
I left thinking that it’s important to drill down and find the real problem in a situation- I liked the story about the students analysing the parents’ car parking issue at the school gate.
I left wondering whether I’m a positive energy creator and what my attitude is when I get out of bed in the morning!
As always I enjoyed the visual presentation that Tony had prepared. If you’re interested I the one photo a day concept, Tony referred to James Livingston’s work. You can check out the website http://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com/
There are some other notes about his life http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15131
He took a photo every day for 18 years, up until his death at the end of 1997.
What would a photo a day of learning in your classroom look like? What a great project.
Tony was an engaging and thought-provoking speaker. I agree hugely with the comment that kids can make up their minds about a lesson immediately if I reflect back on some 'not so good' days and look at how they started and how the kids reacted. I am able to make a choice to begin our learning with positive energy. Also that we have to BE what we want our children to become was a powerful reminder.
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed meeting the teachers from Gulf Harbour and sharing stories and ideas.
Sinead Heckett
Very thought provoking nice to meet and hear someone who sees the profession in its real light. We all need to think about work/life balance. We put so much heart and soul into the job sometimes thee is nothing left for us. Also taking care of those teachers with the "challenging" chn in their rooms. A little timeout every now and then or some strategies to get a break are worth pursuing. But most of all we need to keep the passion thats what makes a good teacher GREAT Camille
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