Professional Learning - Teacher's Only Day

 Began at 7:04 with RCR's email - A form for us to fill in about NCEA Level One. We now have to choose a total of 10 credits to offer or two assessment standards. I'm not the biggest fan of this change as I feel that this is not really preparing the students for level two and three. But, I guess that's where my classroom programme comes into it - I will have to come up with a range of tasks that prepare them to complete the assessment standards as independently as possible.

Staff Briefing: RCR                           8:30am

Reminder about COL meeting -4pm at Rototuna High
Reminder last period Friday – plan for it to be finished around 2:45. CATCUS could potentially be pulling a fire truck from Bankwood Primary to FFC and staff and students go out to support.
An unveiling of the grove of trees and a memorial rock at the Marae – foundation students will be present.
NCEA Level 1, planning for 2018 – HOFs will report back to RCR using the word doc he sent this morning. Two standards or no more than ten credits will be provided
High Wire Trust: National Certificate in Services will be offering different credits.
End of term morning tea in the staff room lunch 2 alongside foundation students.

SAT                          

Pin board in the staffroom is intended to be interactive

$1000 Budget for Learning Advisory – we need to come up with something iconic to have an impact on the school.

Proposal to have Learning Advisory Budget’ for individual teachers.

Song: An orchestra flash mob – some of the audience (a choir) joined in with the lyrics. The point of showing us this is to inspire!

Based on last PL ideas: Lifelong learners – connected contributors to community.

Leadership for an Age of Wisdom – Branson

We still need to define the meaning of the flower symbols on our logo.

In search of Alignment – todays focus.

RCR – purpose and focus – Learning Advisory Groups 2018   8:55 – 9:30

We will have a clear understanding of what Learning Advisory will look like in 2018. They will remain vertical!

Cyclic Model – Noticing (attendance); investigating; collaborative sense making; prioritising to take action; monitoring impact…

Purpose of Learning Advisory:

-     To provide a caring environment for academic and pastoral mentoring and guidance

-     Each student following a purposeful and meaningful pathway.

-     Changing the framework to make this more achievable.

Difference from current whaanau structure

-     This is included in our teaching time.

-     1200 minutes is the most a non -unit holding teacher can teach.

-     Current whaanau teachers do 4 20min slots that are not counted as teaching.

-     Class sizes of 14-18 (24 is the current average)

-     A focus on coaching, guiding, and mentoring (Thematic curriculum of learning)

-     Requirements to follow as issues arose

-     Further promote the mountain spirit of FFC

-     A formal acknowledgement of your role as a teacher.

“The idea is to make the present situation as Whaanau teacher more achievable and realistic.”

The vertical structure is important to the school culture

Each table group was asked to fill in the ideas for the third column - How Could this Improve our capacity to engage our core – business – performance indicators?

-     including teacher time 90-120 mins

-     class sizes of 14-18

-     focus on coaching and guiding etc

-     thematic curriculum

-     Further promote the mountain spirit.

JHE Connections

Began with a baby photo activity – collaborated with BTU and Bei. 9/10

Mountains are a big part of the inter-connectedness of FFC.

Moving into our Mountain groups – maintain and fostering the mountain spirit

-     Could possible combine 2 learning advisory groups to cater for inter-mountain competitions.

-     Different activities bring in a diverse range of students.

-     Put your own flavour on your programme.

Maungatautari – completing a worksheet/questionnaire about mountain affiliation, learning advisory groups…

SAT                                                  10:00 – 10:45

Themes and tasks organised into groups – collaboration with BTU; SRA; AMC; AHOU; BWA; JHE; MTR. Saved on an excel spreadsheet to be collated by SSC

Sub calendar of the main school calendar with focus themes for Learning Advisory.