Professional Learning TOD 2019

8:45
Clarity Education - Ande Ford - Collaborative Inquiry

Move toward:

- The children in our 'team belong to ALL of us

- Use inquiry to guide reflections

- Learning focused conversations at most team meetings

- Sharing ideas that worked

- Based on evidence

- Write up ONE inquiry for the whole team

- REGULAR discussions

- Not 'flash'

- Data driven

- External input/learning

"How do we engage our learners so they are motivated to learn?"

Purpose/self efficacy 

Why Collaborative Inquiry?

Collaborative is about what you are willing to do for yourself, others and your students. Trust is the foundation. 

COL's - 10:10
MMA
In groups of three we had to crete  secret handshake. Refined and then taught to another group - hilarious!!!

SMA - Collaborate Inquiry (Co-construction)
Coming up with a new name for 2019 - some people feel it doesn't need to change. This year will look slightly different, however it will flow from SCH and CST framework.
Working smarter not harder!!
We will only be in one group throughout the whole year - in smaller groups with the facilitator. four in school COL's teachers will facilitate assisted by SCH and CTE. We will have targets each term. Meetings will be three times a term - one will be individual with the facilitator. 

AFI - Group Formation
Expect an email week three - input about which group we would like to be a part of. Starts in week four. 

KGI - Observation Tool
Poutama pounamu observation tool 
Observation - You pair up with someone in your group and organise a time to observe each others junior classes
How it looks - first five mins what do you see and hear; next ten minutes writing and recording anything relevant; last five, sit back and observe - record anything you may have missed.
Observation analysis tool - this has been developed from the tool previously used. 
This can be used as appraisal evidence!!

MCH - Appraisal
The two observations will be used as evidence that relates to the practising teacher criteria. Will also need to add reflections. Walk throughs will also occur later in the year - we will receive more guidance throughout the year. 

RCR - "Teachers can make better use of data when they work together"  from the reading by Jane L David.

Article: How Many Triangles can You See?

An interesting article sent to all staff from A Kumar 27/6/2017. I came to the conclusion there were 18 Triangles! Almost wishing I taught a math class to give them this as a first up task. What I really appreciated about this article was that they provided an insight (through diagrams) of how they figured out there were 25-26. Here's the link to the article.

Reading: 10 things You Didn't Know about the Spanish Alphabet

10 things you didn’t know about the Spanish Alphabet:

http://www.peppyburro.com/blog/spanish-alphabet/

A really interesting read, as it states that the Spanish alphabet was changed in 2010 by the Royal Spanish Academy “the governing body that dictates how Spanish ought to be spoken and written.”

This has also provided me with a table of the alphabet: letter; name; pronunciation; examples; notes., which has deepened my understanding of the Spanish Alphabet.
The ‘names’ and notes have given me a better insight into the alphabet, more so then the resources I have been using at school (Si, An Introduction to Spanish).
Building my background knowledge is enabling me to deliver Espanol with more confidence