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Teacher-Only Day Proposed Schedule
Wednesday 14 October
RATIONALE:
This day-long meeting is a follow-up to one held earlier in the year where the New Zealand Curriculum was considered by the assembled staff. Since then the Future Learning Action Group has considered the results of that day and have clarified the school’s focus for the next 18 months.
The values of Excellence and Innovation will come into focus through this time, as will the pedagogical strategy of Learning Integration. Minutes of the FLAG group’s meetings and the discussions and documentation surrounding these can be found permanently via the address: http://www.chris.net.nz/futurelearning
This day will focus on these aspects of the curriculum with a clear focus on decisive outcomes that will offer teachers a clear mandate to implement any new learning programmes and projects commencing in January 2010.
The Sequence of the Day
9:00am: VALUES and VISION:
Wayne will run a short session that will clarify the place of values in a school. Within this he will identify the values as defined in the New Zealand Curriculum as being adopted by Mount Aspiring College and he will also spend some time communicating the vision of the school as it currently stands.
9:30am INTEGRATION – An Introduction:
Dawn and Chris will present a quick overview of the notion of Integration as it applies to leaning pedagogy which will highlight successful forms of integration currently implemented in the school and some of the rationale for developing this further.
- Dawn will present the “Four Integration Models”
- Greg will outline the programmes in place at Wellington High School
- Chris will explain the programmes run by English/Drama/Media Studies in the senior school
- Karen will give an example of a ‘school-based diploma’ in the Enterprise domain.
10:15am BREAK ONE
10:45am WORKSHOP ONE: Match Models to Learning Levels
The assembled staff will then break into smaller working groups – divided by learning level – where the various models are explored. The intention of this process is to reach a consensus about which approach to integration would be appropriate for each Learning Level group.
Workshops will be facilitated by the following crew – a PMI type approach in relation to each integration model might be a good starter activity here. Teachers are free to work at one of these levels or roam.
- Years 7-8: Johanna and Wayne
- Year 9: Dawn and Jane
- Years 10-11: Karen, Hamish and Greg
- Years 12-13: Chris and (Lincoln, Dave?)
12:00am CONSENSUS PRESENTATION
The leaders of each Learning Level Group will present to everyone the agreed model for their group.
12:30pm LUNCH (Provided, yus!)
1:15pm WORKSHOP 2: Planning for 2010
Teachers will then be invited to join a planning group at a relevant Learning Level to their passions and interests. This group will make definite plans about how the Integration of learning can be implemented in 2010. All ideas will be on the table here, and all subjects will be invited to participate – though there is no compulsion that every subject participates at every level.
Results of this planning will be given to the timetabling team and the senior staff for official sanction and mechanical implementation.
Teachers who have chosen to work collaboratively in 2010 will then be free to continue developing their programmes independently.
2:30pm END of Teacher Only Day – back to reality.
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