FutureMakers Update, 4 April 2025

April 6, 2025FutureMakers Update, 4 April 2025 Filed under: virtual school — Michael K. Barbour @ 1:03 pm Tags: cyber school, education, FutureMakers, high school, New Zealand, virtual schoolAn item for my Kiwi readers.FutureMakers Newsletter 4 April, 2025Tēnā koe MichaelI’ve spent most of this week in a school interviewing staff and students as part of a review I’ve been asked to do.

It’s been a great experience – excellent leadership, governance and programme structure in a school with a growing population. My newsletter this week has a number of items relating to the things I’ve seen and experienced during the week – starting with a focus on how we can take care of ourselves in these challenging times and still demonstrate leadership that matters,In this newsletter..



.How to Maintain MomentumCoping With Compassion FatigueWhy We’re Better Than We Think We AreAI ResourcesClimate Literacy ResourcesMāori Features in MapsHelp me spread the word pleaseAgency By Design PlaybookHow to Maintain MomentumI didn’t get an opportunity to write in my blog this week – but have included this from my colleague, Maurie Abraham who asks How Might We Maintain Momentum While Leading in Schools? The connection here is that this week Maurie and I were online with the group of APs and DPs we’re working with on our Refresh, Reconnect, Refocus programme as they came to the midpoint of the programme. Maurie has captured well the sense of pride we had in this group of dedicated educators who are growing in their leadership despite some very challenging circumstances.

Coping With Compassion FatigueFollowing on from Maurie’s post, Teacher Magazine’s latest article titled Coping with Compassion Fatigue points to new research from Monash University, published in the Australian Journal for Education (AJE) that explores professional quality of life (ProQoL) among teachers. According to the study, Coping in the classroom: A study of Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) in Australian teachers, ProQoL comprises 2 constructs: compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue. I wasn’t familiar with these terms before reading the article, but can certainly attest to seeing the evidence of these things in my recent visits to schools!Why We’re Better Than We Think We AreI’ve been a subscriber to Fixthenews.

com for a while now – it’s a fabulous antidote to the relentless flow of ‘bad news’ flooding our media channels nowadays. Recently they have been posting a series of podcasts under the title ‘Hope is A Verb‘ which contains some seriously worthwhile contributions. The final in the series features an interview with Rutger Bregman, author of one of my favourite books, Humankind: A Hopeful History.

Bregman’s episode is titled “why we are better than we think we are” – and as the title suggests, is a great provocation to step up and do something about the challenges we see.AI For EducatorsAI For Educators is a resource from the University of Sydney. The site says it is “.

..designed for educators by educators, created to support the productive and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence in teaching and learning at the University of Sydney and beyond.

This site complements our ‘AI in Education‘ site which is designed for students by students, and contains resources and advice.” You can access most of the site content (licensed CC-by NC) but seems you’ll need a university ID to login to any of the courses they offer.Climate Literacy ResourceThe U.

S. Global Change Research Programme has developed this useful Climate Literacy Guide that I’d recommend for educators looking for ideas around structuring curricula; assessing gains in people’s knowledge and understanding; stimulating dialogue among people with different interests, skills, and perspectives; and informing climate-related decisions and policies. The explains clearly what is meant by climate literacy and why this is important and then presents 8 Global Climate Literacy principles (p.

vii) that are expanded on, providing heaps of great ideas that can be used in the design of learning programmes.Māori Features in MapsIn case you missed the news this week, Apple have teamed up with iwi to add new Māori features in Maps. This will provide Māori names, stories and identifying sites of cultural significance for Apple Maps.

Huge potential here for educators looking to develop greater understandings of whakapapa with stories of local significance etc. Well done to all involved in this initiative – now I’ll just have to wait until I can access these features on my non-Apple app!Spread the word please!Thanks for spreading the word – the number of subscriptions to the FutureMakers newsletter continues to climb – but I’d still like more to achieve my target of an additional 500 subscribers by the end of April. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues and invited them to subscribe using the button below.

Subscribe to the FutureMakers NewsletterShare on LinkedInShare on XForward to a friendAgency By Design PlaybookWe’ve had a number of copies of the Agency By Design Playbook printed to use in upcoming courses we’re running – but we do have several boxes still in store that you can purchase for just $35 + GST plus postage anywhere in New Zealand. These have been professionally printed on high quality paper with a wire spiral binding to make it easy for you to use the workbook as it was intended. Simply click on the button below to place your order.

(PS you can still download an e-copy for free from the Aurora Institute Website if you prefer.)Order Your Agency By Design Printed VersionI’m always interested to hear your feedback or ideas about what you’d like to see included in future newsletters – please use the link below to email me with your suggestions.Email DerekBut wait, there’s more.

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Derek’s Blog – regular posts available on the FutureMakers websitePrevious newsletters – access all of the previous editions of the FutureMakers newsletter from this one placeResilient Schools Online Community – brought to you in partnership with TranscendMy slideshows from recent presentations curated on SlideShareHybrid Learning – a collection of resources on the FutureMakers websiteLearner Agency – another collection of resources on the FutureMakers websiteIf you’ve enjoyed reading this newsletter please feel free to forward it to others to read, or better yet, ask them to become a FutureMakers subscriber so they will receive their own updates delivered to their mailbox.Subscribe to The FutureMakers NewsletterCopyright © 2020, Futuremakers Ltd, All rights reserved.You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website.

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