Simon Heath - Inspirational Leader, Mistletoe Bay Trust Founder (Marlborough Sounds)

Simon Heath founded and set up the Mistletoe Bay Trust and the Mistletoe Charitable Foundation. He has been a school teacher, principal, and has held many other education roles for nearly 40 years. He is passionate about sustainability, strong leadership, and excellence within schools.
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0:00 Introduction
3:53 NZ Education System vs Other Countries
11:47 Education during COVID
18:06 Teaching Career
26:12 E-Learning
37:04 Eco-Learning
50:51 Mistletoe Bay Trust Story
1:17:04 Mistletoe Charitable Foundation
1:26:17 Kiwi Can Program
1:31:52 Societal Changes
1:38:19 Māori/Pākehā Equity Gap
1:45:36 What Makes a School Great?
1:51:24 Leadership
1:56:02 Mediocrity
1:58:44 Why Choose Teaching as a Career?
2:04:38 Mistletoe Bay Photos

[@wesandellenanderson6919]

Very insightful and interesting. Lucky children that learned under this man!

[@kiwitales]

Agreed. Simons story and philosophy on education is very inspiring!

[@dongrant1840]

Wow, what an incredible inspirational interview Craig! Simon Heath is such a passionate teacher and all-round great guy.
Made me want to take up teaching as a career, pity I’m near the end and not the start of my working life. Wonderful stuff!

[@kiwitales]

Thanks for the feedback Don. Pleased you enjoyed it! Yes agreed, I found it very inspirational speaking with Simon also.