Email: maurie@hmwlead.co.nz  |  Phone: (64) 0272888009

What We Offer

HMWLead has the expertise to provide support in any of these areas in both the primary and secondary school sectors

Leadership

How might we develop a personal model of leadership that gives us the confidence to lead others on a journey of transformation?

  • We will explore the HMWLead Leadership Model and
    • Critically analyse our moral purpose and its alignment with others in our team and the wider school vision
    • Investigate  what it means to be both warm AND demanding in our leadership

Reflective Practice

How might we support leaders to explore and implement a critical reflective culture within their school?

  • We will work towards a model of critical reflection that supports all staff to be aware of their own growth journey as well as their impact on their colleagues.
    • critical reflection question framework
    • modelling of reflective conversations
    • connections to growth mindset
    • long term planning of more complex reflection over time

​Growth

How might we support leaders to implement a powerful 'growth cycle' in their school?

  • We will work to create a collaborative approach to supporting the growth of self and others and their practice. We will:
    • co-construct each dimension and how it fits with your/their journey and needs.
    • seek to reflect on how you/they are tracking through these dimensions
    • provide support and challenge to develop further with your/their practice.
    • focus on staff living your vision and values through a reflective process that meets the point of needs for the staff and personalises it to their experience and needs.

Team Development

How might we support leaders to understand the thinking preferences of their staff/teams and grow capacity.

We will use the HBDI (Hermanns Brain Dominance Instrument) tool that allows you to understand the thinking preferences of yourself and your team members. This will

  • support you in understanding how you prefer to work and what impact stress may have on the way you work.
  • identify areas in which you show strength and also areas you need to be aware you may neglect.
  • challenge you to understand your impact on the others that you work with.
  • support you to understand the way others work and to get the most out of teams.


​​This process moves towards creating team agreements that allow you to hold yourself and others to account in how you might work best as a team

​Visioning and Strategic Action

How might we support leaders to support the why and how of designing a powerful learning vision for their school?
We will challenge you to:
  • create a learning vision that supports the needs of your tamariki and community with a future focused lens.
  • work with key stakeholders to gain insight into the learning vision and co-construct the values and beliefs that sit behind it
  • identify the principles that underpin it.
The vision can then guide the pathway forward for a school with a strong sense of ownership. We will support you to from Vision to Taking Strategic Action by:
  • establishing medium and short-term goals
  • agreeing on medium and short-term initiatives/actions
  • moveexploring a rapid action plan model that drives towards goal achievement
​Blog Post on Visioning
Blog Post on Vision in Practice

Restorative Practice

How might we support leaders to support the implementation of behaviour management processes that are driven by the principles of restorative practice?​​​

We​​ will work towards:

  • developing a leadership understanding of the principles of restorative practice
  • gaining an understanding of the alignment between school values and current practice
  • designing (and delivering) an implementation plan for the school which will include
    • staff professional learning
    • student engagement
    • whānau engagement

​Maurie has implemented Restorative Practice in an existing school which completely replaced the traditional, more punitive model and stopped all suspensions, as well as incorporating it into a new school right from inception. He has presented workshops throughout New Zealand for both primary and secondary schools, as well as in Canada and Australia.

blog post on restorative practice no.1
blog post on restorative practice no.2

Connected Curriculum

How might we help leaders to support the why and how of designing a connected curriculum model for their school?

  • understanding what is meant by a connected curriculum
  • exploring various models of connected curriculum
  • working with key staff to design a connected curriculum model that aligns with the school vision and values
  • supporting the implementation of an appropriate model which will include:
    • staff professional learning
    • student engagement
    • whānau engagement
blog post on connected learning

Dispositional Curriculum

​How might we support leaders to explore the opportunities to develop a dispositional curriculum and related graduate profile?

We will work towards:

  • unpacking the school's values and vision to identify drivers towards a dispositional curriculum
  • broadening the understanding of 'success'
  • exploring various models of dispositional curriculum and graduate profile
  • working with key stakeholders to prototype possibilities for a dispositional curriculum model that aligns with the school vision and values
  • supporting the implementation of an appropriate model which will include:
    • staff professional learning
    • student engagement
    • whānau engagement
Maurie Abraham Blog on Dispositional Curriculum

Bespoke Co-constructed Support

How might we support leaders in any of the areas they identify as priorities for them and their schools?
Contact us today to know how we can help.
Get in touch

Welcome to a journey of transformative leadership and limitless possibilities.
​Let us help you make a lasting impact

Email: maurie@hmwlead.co.nz  |  Phone: (64) 0272888009

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