2013 pLG
Parkvalemoriaty.blogspot.com
Use this small clip and set a challenge to all staff to develop a blog
about what their class will be like....maybe I could do this
......my inquiry for this year ....future thinking ......notion of
community, brain research and thinking, physical environments...what the
MLE looks like...thinking and predicting the future in order to educate
for it
.working with Jack,visits with PLG group, build up to sabbatical
Write my Personal Professional Learning Plan....record thinking ie
audio of enhancing cultural competency./ cultural capital ..Jack
Tatioko......have a written strategy of what I am / have done with Jack
What is the place of the relationships between schools and their local communities?
Important Things to read about
Inclusive Education Plan
ERO report Numeracy
ERO reporting
Inclusive Education by 2014
PPP School...Hobsonville School
Charter School...Villa School
Important for this year........time of change and
PACT tool
Inclusive education
N4L
Numeracy Failure
PPP
Contracts
Change around National Standards ....about progress not standards
CC review
Reading List
Supporting Future - oriented learning and teaching ..Rachel Bolstead
Shifting thinking blog NZCER
Stephen Covey ..the Third alternative......this links to difficult conversations book
Why the brain talks to itself Gilbert and Wilson 2009 and Lane Clarks Notes from PD days
Learning futures .... Dr Kerri Facer ..video clip
Design thinkers for Educators. ....... Pulls together some of the processes that we might use to design curriculum change
Filling out the principal plan......addd cost of conferences , PLG
...12k, 2 hours minimum prep time , pls reflection time a d 3 hours
twice term, principal Appraisal plus time commitments
Outcome ...provide position paper to the board with recommendations to go forward
Am I going to write our way as a document ? Is there enough on our curriculum delivery!
Does our charter represent clearly enough our way .....can we change the name Charter to read the Riverdale way
And have an extra page to clearly articulate our learning process
March 25
What's on top
Finances , special Ed, resourcing
With the advent of Charter schools we need to really encapsulate Matts
contribution as the sports school specialist in order to retain pupils
..this is to be his role ..we need to put this is writing and have it as
part of our charter documentation as curriculum delivery
Assessment as experienced Principal for Feb increment and then our Nov increment
Folder or electronic
1) key components
a) principal Performance current + previous reviews
b) student outcomes
Explain this process to the BOT
Plan July 2013 to : Dec 2014
Get my Developement plan to the next BOT meeting for minuting
Get copy of my Appraisal plan
Purpose for this is to clearly articulate the place of learning process
and personal learning ie PI or breakthrough mornings or discovery
time.....being able to articulate this to community and staff
To do
Career steps for Principals
Learning goal
Teacher inquiry
One page deliberate plan about PLG
Leadership in others 1 page deliberate plan also
The upshot is that everything has to be written down as deliberate
Reading.........." How can we teach them when they won't listen?"
Comes under the heading of cultural competencies
Could use this reading to challenge our assumptions around several groups re inclusiveness.......special needs , Pasifica, Maori
Get staff to read after we have written down what we believe or know about these diverse groups
Can I write a survey monkey questionnaire? Jack to help craft this, also lead team
Profile of culturally competent students..what would this look like
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
PLG School visit May 27
PLG School Visits
Lake view School. 430 Ed
Connecting with the Maori Community
A
merged School including intermediate and 2 others , one decile8 the
other decile 2 .No connections with the school and community
Members of the TOA group took the staff meetings
Under 5 dimensions of Tataioko ,groups that included a Parent discussed what these meant to the community
TOA has a constitution that we could use as it outlines strategy and direction
The BOT give TOA the licence and mandate to operate
Principal is exec member of TOA
5 year process from initiation to current status
Moving staff to be as committed ........how is he going to do this ?
Note to me
Make
sure I have the folder on Maori engagement when speaking to schools
about our community connections..the what and how........then the actual
academic outcomes
To do.....discuss Kelly and Jack
Entry interviews ...capture this in writing ..info given by Patents to us...Transition classes could do this here ..
Develop a Whanau advisory group on site
That is Jack Nathan Jacob how can we get another representation
Deane
, Shane and Raymond could we get Trieste or Wiremu too?who are our
Maori Parents? The group needs a name and could work like the PTA
...similar to the original Roopu group
We
need to meet regularly and formalise the minutes ie zTermly....and
discuss the achievement data and what is the next thing we want to
achievement
Meeting
time .......7-9 food mahi Tahiti- Kai Tahi....our hangi and concert is
our end of year event , could be a Matariki celebration event as well
food sharing and again the community Parents put it on teachers are the
guests
Could we actually meet and have Parent Reps in our discussions with a Maori Rep......maybe a BOT , Staff and Community session
Powhiri of welcome each term to welcome new staff and children
The
ultimate dream ...Parents can come into the classroom at any time and
that here is a place where parents an come into to make coffee and chat
at any time ...LC5 ..our staff room , how would this go with staff ?
Preschoolers at M tea time or would it be more likely to be at start and
end of day?
Invites and encourage Parents to come to Te Puawai
Parent
tutor for reading and writing in Juniors , some training and specific
help time working within the Junior school again.....ask for some
volunteers , then train them and set up the roster ,,,not mum in Johnnys
class
Have we documented our PD with Jack?
Who are our Pacifica?,,,,,Drews place with this and his clear role as Samoan and also active part of TePuawai
Learning discussions Term 1 and 3 written in T2andT4
Interviews are communal....so teachers sit around coffee table with the parents
Coffee and tea available ..all one time ie 15 minutes ..same booking format etc
And BOT and Principal have own space in waiting area to chat too
Get outside before and after schools....be available and visible
While
learning discussions are on could have Matt, Margaret and I with little
booth to chat about ICT , Inquiry Learning, Support programmes
...helping Reading writing Literacy at home
Jared .. Talk to principal at Haumoana and Lakview re use of Facebook
Re Logistics
Amesbury School
Chart on Park
Windows contribute to openness
Wide doors. Allow Parents to see in and feel connected and acknowledged
Teacher desks out . Team teachers it too many desks chairs
No space owning , nothing on windows ...window pen only
No display wires and ownership of individual spaceBig space....big ideas
Get
rid of the teacher being in charge..wall displays are the learning
journey a d the now..if stuff is not on line then it has to be somewhere
Goggle forms for trips q
Us making a difference to their lives and the lives of others
Doing
the stuff like how to read. Basic maths computations. Shifting writing
levels is quick instruction ,then kids practice.....slow down and creat
time for deep learning........based on concept of the worl,d .,,,,,,,,,
Principled, chaotic,..what are the words for the world view
Making
connections and knowing kids .cut out the fluffiness and talking time
..ie morning talks etc .. Do our kids need talking experiences ? ESP
after the transition time?
All seniors using license session that Terri runs
During SDL time Juniors might have timer to be back on time independently
Link these to Nga Matapono
Inter cultural competency
Making and creating
Kelly Altako participation, with mihi ,and writing relevance etc can contribute to making comment about cultural competency.
Learning process is permanently vinyl lettered onto the wall and then write straight around it
Snappers
...self directed lessons on tv put up by teacher ...independent
teaching points ..done once and kids access it themselvesq
Distinction furniture.......wobbly stools
For our leadership day
Call spaces learning hubs remove personal ownersh by the adults
Getting rid of furniture and onto flexi comfortable furniture .....
Have outline on big paper and then add to it together
21CLearning Encironment to push the boundary about what MLE can look like
Purpose
Aspects ....Nga Matapono.......do we include community and a sense of place
Uniqueness
Remove
barriers to learning ie Library....kids should be able to access all
their things for learning without waiting for adults.
Depriving
our school...refer teacher discussion notes, open rooms and staff room
clear windows get rid of the wirs and the shit hanging around , clean
out the spaces deck utter, showing the learning either by book, wall or
digital ..who can do what
Education
has got to e about how we ,I've in the real world.....what can I do
today that will ate. Difference for us and those around us.....Lanes
words
add here
Kids need to e insiders I their qwn learning....learning how to learn,next learning steps choices
Implementation of the dimension aspects
Conceptual responsiveness/ integrated curriculum
Authentic contexts inquiry based
Experiential, real life learning pace
Personalised learning
Choice of tools
Inquiry focus
Learner s profiles are very important and teaching has to be tailored to this
Community involvement
Transparency
Openness generosity
Hospitality,welcoming
Max organisational flexibility
Team teaching flexible time tabling
Emerging and changing needs
Flexible groupings
Workshops,master lasses ,clinics
Wide variety of ICT tools
Outcomes. Engagement. Practical wisdom
Happiness, success
Why to create a just an equitable world
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