Middle Leaders Hui/Workshop

“The job of a Leader is not to create followers. It’s to create more Leaders” – Ralph Nader

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a BIG difference” - Unknown

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Agenda

o Post Conference Feedback/ Feed Forward and…

- Where to from here?

o Milestone 4 - Reporting requirements

o ICTPD Sustainability - What’s happening in schools? - Pooling together of teacher-created resources

o General Notices

o ActivInspire - Thinking and Learning Resources

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01 September 2010

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Post-Conference Feedback/ Feed Forward

o Energiser – Top 5 tips for attending a Conference

o Overview - Post-Conference Feedback/ Feed Forward

o Activity – Where to from Here? – 3 T-chart

o Review - Sharing

o Celebration – Paraphrasing – One really important thing teachers should do Post-Conference ***

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Milestone 4 Requirements

o Energiser – What makes me tick?

o Overview – Milestone 4 Requirements – W.I.T.F.M???

o Activity – ICTPD Cluster Self-Assessment Rubric

ICTPD Sustainability

o Review – ICTPD Sustainability– W.I.T.F.M??? - What’s Happening in Schools - Pooling together of teacher-created resources

o Celebration – GLP Walk: I wish…I want…I wonder

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Sustainability Example:

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Sustainability Example:

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Professional Learning Models

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Professional Learning Models

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Professional Learning Models

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Professional Learning Models

Developing a School Inquiry Model

Jan-Marie Kellow

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Why a school model?

• Ownership

• Process develops understanding

• Common understanding

• Suit community needs

• Consistency

It takes

time …

So why

Inquiry?

Higher order thinking

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Lifelong learning

Information literacy skills Depth of

understanding

Elements of Inquiry• Student ownership of the learning and clear

purpose• Authentic contexts, meaningful learning • An investigation into a question, problem, issue

or idea• Students construct meaning• Scaffolding to support learning• Teacher as guide or facilitator• Knowledge creation• Action as a result of the inquiry

What do each of the elements of inquiry mean to your staff?

Inquiry and the Curriculum

• Vision & Principles

• Values - innovation, inquiry & curiosity

• Social Sciences essence statement - social inquiry

• Key Competencies

• Effective Pedagogy

• School Curriculum Design & Review

Explore existing models• Visit the web

• http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/models.htm

• http://www.inquiringmind.co.nz/WhatIsInquiry.htm

• http://ictinfusedinquiry2.wikispaces.com/

Inquiry+Models• School models• Presentations at Ulearn & L@S

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Inquiry into

inquiry

Discuss, Debate

andQuestion

Trial existing models

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Compare modelsModel Big 6 Action

LearningResearch

CycleOpoutere Learning Journey

SAUCE Super 3 Ask & Act

Aberdeen

Author

Eisenberg & Berkowitz

Gwen Gawith Jamie McKenzie

Opoutere School

Trevor Bond Eisenberg & Berkowitz

Jan-Marie Kellow

Aberdeen School

Task Definition

Decide Essential Question

Set the Scene

Set the Scene

Plan Ask Ask

Info seeking strategies

Plan The Task

Locate & Access

Search & Find Gather Find & Gather

Acquire Do Acquire Acquire

Use of Info Use & Analyse Sort, Sift & Analyse

Sort, Sift & Analyse

Use Analyse

Recording

Synthesis Present & Communicate

Synthesise Create & Communicate

Apply Apply

Evaluate Communicate

Review Act

Reporting

Evaluate Evaluate Evaluate Assess Evaluate Assess

Type of model

• Information Literacy

(e.g. Big6)

• Scientific (e.g. Forests of Life DigiOps project)

• Problem-based learning (e.g. Birkdale Intermediate)

Structure

Review &

Reflect

Review &

Reflect

Create your own model

• Use the features and terms that suit your school community

• Personalise your model

Hikuai School’s Learning Tree Maramarua School’s Agent Marama

Inspector Tui Parawai School

Trial your model

• Trial• Modify• Trial again

Gain feedback from students

Community Involvement

Consult and

Inform

Display your model

Making it happen

Wha

t doe

s it s

ound

like?What does it look

like?

What does it feel

like?

How should Ruapehu’s crater lake be managed?

“What should we remember about war?’ (Adapted from a Birkdale Intermediate PBL inquiry).

Why do we need native trees?

We made up our We made up our own ideasown ideas

We learnt a lot We learnt a lot of stuffof stuff

You didn’t tell us You didn’t tell us what to believewhat to believe It made us think It made us think

about thinkingabout thinking

You didn’t tell us what to You didn’t tell us what to think, we could think for think, we could think for ourselvesourselves

It was fun, It was fun, challenging challenging

and funand fun

I actually learnt somethingI actually learnt something

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o Post Conference Feedback/ Feed Forward and…

- Where to from here?

o Milestone 4 - Reporting requirements

o ICTPD Sustainability - What’s happening in schools? - Pooling together of teacher-created resources

o General Notices

o ActivInspire - Thinking and Learning Resources

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