Excellent video about our current NZ education system and what needs to change

Interesting last note:
Relationships are for people who have time. How can this happen with such high numbers in a classroom? and our basis is largely data-driven?

HH Cultural Responsiveness MANA ORITE

Mana Orite recognizes that each group has a responsibility to maintain the mana of each other.

Teachers need to grow mana of students it's our responsibility. student voice " respect me like they (teachers) want me to respect them ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

Assessment for Learning

This first video explores the sort of data available to teachers and New approaches to assessment 12.22mins Derek Wenmoth describes how new approaches to assessment are strongly linked with the learning process, enabling learners to be in control and have an understanding of their own assessment. New approaches will take account of the masses of data related to learning that is being generated daily, and educators will be able to electronically manipulate this data to provide clearer insights into what learning has occurred and what next steps in learning may be taken.

New approaches to assessment


Austin's Butterfly

This demonstrates students learning about effective assessment as well as learning the content. Helping students think about the sort of feedback they give each other and the impact high-quality peer feedback makes.

See saw is also being introduced as activities to encourage must do activities for studetn agency. This links to ourt behaviour plan and key competencies. It is also introduced to help students be more independent with using seesaw. This connc=ects to home.

DATs Professional learning

DATs Professional Learning
See above link for teacher voice from the reading

TO be effective need to respond to instructional situations and be flexible problem solvers.
Use the same instructional strategies across the curriculum.

Students learn best when in the zone of proximal development

Scaffold

Importance of feedback to affirm, inform and guide any future learning.
If it’s effective it motivates students

Reflections on Making Mistakes acceptable. Karen Boyes

Reading Link

SO true the importance of teaching strategies to deal with failure especially in this day and age.
Modeling I the best way I believe

So what can an educator do?

Here are some tips from the reading:

It again comes back to a growth mindset and how important this is to instill in the students.
An example I use every day. I do try and always talk with children if they have made a
mistake I always articulate for them to hear great. You must be learning as you know you ’ve 

made a mistake! Better still is you know why and how to fix it. Here’s the learning!
I BELIEVE THE MORE STUDENTS HEAR THIS SURELY THIS IS HELPING THEM.
IN the reading this is called NORMALISING MISTAKES

I also like the wordle idea for seniors great way to increase vocab. Visual Thesaurus

INtroduce the learning pit: again another idea but now because I am reminded of it!

E.g

Like the idea of displaying work in all stages not only the best BUT dependent on wall space!
Maybe some laminated work on rings?

Understanding Behaviour and Responding Safety

Learning from Brain Science

The brain learns through experiences. 
Strategies for anxiety and stress

• Calm the bain 
• through breathing - strong deep breaths this tells our brain that we're OK and we are the boss of our brain.

Grounding 

5 things you can see

4 things you can

1 thing hear

3 things you can touch

1 thing you can taste

Distract

Service for others can work too brings them away from themselves

Give them an image to think of

Thinking

Change to brave thinking. 

'I do know this' so I don't need to worry or be anxious.

"we're OK' by thining powerful thoughts

The more clam we can be the better we are to support others in this state

Zones of regulation find e.g.s on Pinterest .