Work
I love to push my boundaries and learn through experience so if you have a project you think may align with my interests and skills get in touch here so we can build, play, learn and create together.
Topics I love to engage with:
Building connected communities
Authentic student voice and agency
Student-led, personalised learning
Self-determination Theory, motivation and resilience
Returning a focus on fun, play and creativity
Strategic planning, coaching and mentoring
Any opportunity to utilise the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology
I would love to work with you!
You are the expert within your community, let’s work together to design something meaningful.
Keynote presentations
(30mins, 45mins, 1 hour)
Workshops
(1 hour, 2 hour, half and full days)
This page represents a dynamic space.
As I learn and embrace new experiences, this page will grow.
Check out some of my recent work below.
Writing
The Connection Curriculum Newsletter
Fortnightly LinkedIn newsletter
A fortnightly newsletter covering community development, culture building and sustainable connection.
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Podcasts
The Art of Teaching Podcast
Matt Pitman: Middle Leadership, creating a culture of continuous improvement and building connected school communities
This next conversation is with Matt Pitman. Matt is a leader and a doctoral student researching connections across school communities. This was a fascinating conversation in which we talked about leadership, knowing when to quit and how to build meaningful, authentic school communities.
Perspectives in Parryville
Episode 69: Matt Pitman, Leader, Educator & Author
Today my guest is Matt Pitman, a Leader, Educator and Author. In this episode, we find out about Matt’s early career as a teacher, as well as Matt’s post-graduate studies. Over several years Matt was awarded not one, not two, but three Masters-level qualifications in educational leadership, student wellbeing, and evidence-based teaching, with each area linked back to the practicalities within a school. Matt provides insights into his context and motivations and how he decided to combine these big ideas into what eventually resulted in his recently published book: ‘The Connection Curriculum: Igniting Positive Change in Schools Through Sustainable Connection’. We chat about the positive impacts of connection - between schools, teachers, students, parents, and communities – and how the essential role of human connection is often overlooked in the rush for measurement, data-collection and achievement. Matt emphasises whole-school connectedness, the incredible people that work in schools, the value of dialog and the sharing of ideas and thoughts, the value of ‘student voice’, and creating positive change within a school by having an openness of heart.
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