Week 20

What do you immediately identify as some of the greatest areas of need for your students?

• Behaviour 
• Learning links and engagement between school and home - students not doing home learning, parents busy and not knowing what students are learning 
• 21st skills to develop learning skills 
• Using digital tools to complete tasks and learning, constantly off the set task. 
• Roll out of Seesaw - new strategy for other teachers that I am eager to implement. 

What is one thing you can do differently in the classroom/in your practice today that could address that need?

• Engagement through digital tools 
• Seesaw 
• Set technology lessons to develop skills with set criteria (could link with Seesaw using activities) 
• Leadership for Seesaw across the junior school 

Reflective Questions for thought

• I would like to improve collaboration with whanau? 
• I am really curious about leading change with colleagues? 
• I think using the devices for a set task/activity would really make a difference? 
• I would like to change how devices are used across the junior school? 
• What would happen to my students’ learning if I did used Seesaw more to not just share learning experiences but complete tasks? 
• How can I implement Seesaw across the junior school? 
• How can I improve leading other colleagues with change? 

Integrating the Principles of Kaupapa Maori Research into my Teacher Inquiry.

“Whānau - the extended family structure principle. The whānau and the practice of whanaungatanga (family connectedness) is an integral part of Māori identity and culture. The cultural values, customs and practices that organise around the whānau and collective responsibility are a necessary part of Māori survival and achievement. There are many examples where the principle of whānau and whānaungatanga come to the foreground as a necessary ingredient for Māori education, Māori health, Māori justice and Māori prosperity.”


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