With teachers, I focused on looking after their own wellbeing while supporting children and young people as they returned to ...
Managing when your role temporarily shifts from educational leader to crisis manager
Recently, I was meeting with teachers and principals in Hawkes Bay. They were beginning their recovery from February’s Cyclone Gabrielle, which devastated swathes of New Zealand’s North Island.
Very often school leaders feel under-prepared when disaster strikes, and while they often have emergency plans, they say these haven't prepared them for the complexity and longevity of disaster recovery.
Very often school leaders feel under-prepared when disaster strikes, and while they often have emergency plans, they say these haven't prepared them for the complexity and longevity of disaster recovery.
