S05E04 Mats Barlow: 'Having high expectations is an expression of trust and seeing the good'

Schoolpraat

Giving students the opportunity to learn at their own level and pace. Enabling teachers to give each student the attention he/she needs. Setting challenging learning goals and clear criteria for students. Kunskapsskolan EDucation is like putting together a puzzle: every piece has to be in the right place. With coaching and having high expectations as central elements.
Mats Barlow has been a Kunskapsskolan professional from the very beginning. With over 20 years of experience, including as principal at a Kunskapsskolan school in Örebro, Sweden. On October 3rd, Mats delivered a keynote address on the subject of having high expectations during the Kunskapsskolan Community Event in the Dutch city of Utrecht. With some 500 educational professionals from Dutch Kunskapsskolan Partner-schools in the audience. Schoolpraat took the opportunity to talk to Mats. Together with Annemiek Jonker, Trainer/coach at Kunskapsskolan Netherlands and trauma therapist, and Madeleine Zwart, school leader of Van Kinsbergen college and the new co-host of the Schoolpraat podcast series.
This Schoolpraat episode is part of a series of three, recorded during the Kunskapsskolan Community Event 2024 held in October. The other two – about ‘Baas over je eigen leren, dat moet je leren’ and ‘See the Good’ – will be published shortly.