Lead+teachers

This page is for lead teachers to share their learnings and accomplishments! Also, the Discussions Tab can be used to raise questions or to comment on whatever takes your fancy!
 * Car Organisation for visit to Horowhenua Schools... **
 * Innes - I can take 3 - will be coming from Masterton so can pick up the rural brigade or for one school preferably. Other wise will be at Foxton at 9.30 **

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 * Feedback on Cluster-Wide Reading: "Four things every student should be learning... but not every school is teaching"**

Cloverlea School Reading – Four Things Every Student should know but are not always teaching them. Point 1 – Global Empathy – We all thought that his was a valued pointed and found it interesting that employers see this as a necessary skill. We also discussed that some children find it hard to be empathic to the person they sit next to let alone globally. We discussed the need to unpack images or situations to help kids to develop empathy. Point 2 – Social and Ethical Responsibility on the Web – It raised the fact that many of our parents are not computer savvy and therefore we need to be more proactive at informing them about the pitfalls of the web, for example facebook where there is an age requirement of 13. We have the Cloverlea 3Cs (Courtesy, Consideration, Cooperation) and can see how we can expand consideration in relation to web use. Point 3 – The Permanence of Information Posted on Line - We thought it is important that children understand that what they point on there is there for ever. Point 4 – Critical Thinking about the information found on line – We knew this and decided that this does need to be a focus in our teaching. Cluster-Wide Self-Assessment Rubric... thanks guys for all getting these in on time for me - made it so much easier! Here is the PDF of the collated results: toc __Planning Whole Cluster meeting__



Lead Teacher Meeting May 19

Lead Teacher Group Meeting Timetable
Term 2 Week 7 June 1 Pre cluster organising meeting

Term 3 Week 3 August 3 Whole cluster meeting Week 4 August 12 L/T day Agenda and P. Reading Week 7 August 31 L/T afterschool, Central Normal Commitment to online meeting

Term 4 Week 5 November 10 Lead Teacher whole day, Agenda and planning for cluster day. Week 7 November 24 Clusterwide celebration

Lead Teacher Workshop August 12th.
Central Normal @ 8.30 am

Agenda.


 * 1) Sharing your presentations/displays from the cluster meeting on August 3. LTs did not get a chance to share each others so here is you chance
 * 2) Feedback on the year to date - //queries, questions, positives, negatives//
 * 3) The development of teacher inquiry. //This year we got under way in May well after performance goals had been set. For 2011 an ICT component so be included in all personal development plans.//
 * 4) Professional reading - //one will be provided for Term 4. LTs will lead discussion, examination, exploration and collate responses on to the wiki. This will be a 'test' for 2011 where there will be 2 per term. How might we cater for area, level, focus???//
 * 5) //The cluster will revisit the [|school self assessment rubric] - LTs to put together school response and send to ?????//
 * 6) School purchases.

Feedback from the LTs
 * Notes from meeting.**
 * Pluses**
 * Exposure to new things and new people.
 * Sharing others findings
 * Open communication – world wide.
 * Support of each other.
 * Rapport
 * Size of cluster gives opportunities.
 * Aug 3 a real positive.


 * Minuses**
 * Time to work with other teachers – teacher release – variable
 * Time to explore – talk to Cloverlea
 * Brain overload – information and learning.
 * Technical issues.
 * Expectations of staff – whose monkey is it!
 * Chance to work between schools


 * Looking ahead**
 * Year group teacher arrangements (wiki)
 * Year group days –
 * Presentation days – chance to choose (topic and level)
 * LT visits?
 * Virtual meetings.

At what stage will 2011 programme be ready?
 * Questions**.


 * Cluster model**
 * Possibly more time for LTS
 * Someone to co-ordinate (maybe an LT who gets a ‘bit more’)– organise meetings / programme/ specialist options.
 * Opportunities for sub groups to develop.
 * More options for LTs.
 * LT links into Management team.
 * Need to be glued together a ‘little’ more.
 * Opportunities for LTs to share their own expertise with other LTs.

Assessment rubric to be completed by Friday 24th September

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 * Lead Teacher Meeting August 31st**
 * Minutes**

Digital Citizenship

Respect youself // I will make sure I am safe on the internet. // // I will only post appropriate material about myself. // // I will not post any inappropriate material about myself. // // I will only view approved site. // //I will not view a site that I am unsure of.//  Protect yourself  // I will only use my first name or avatar. // // I will not give any personal details. // // I will only post to safe site. // // I will use Hectors Dolphin when I feel unsafe. // // I will only use approved search engine. // // I will read the blurbs to make decisions about my searches. //  ** Respect Others **

** I will not use other people’s images or photographs without asking permission. ** ** I will always read through my writing before you upload it – this includes comments as well to ensure that they are respectful and thoughtful. **
 * I will always be respectful and never write anything that may offend others. **
 * I will always ask permission before posting a photo. **

** Resepct Self **

** I will check my spelling, grammar and punctuation before I post or comment. **


 * I will only use first names when writing. **


 * I will never write any of my own personal information or others – eg: address, phone numbers etc. **


 * I will not be specific - eg: instead of saying ‘I play rugby for the ‘Manawatu Turbos’, I will say ‘I play rugby for a local team’ **


 * I will tell the teacher or my parents about anything that looks silly or is inappropriate on the web. **


 * I will remember that our class blog represents us and shows the world how great we are – so I will be proud of what I post and how I comment. ** Respect Intellectual Property 
 * “I will request permission to use resources”
 * “I will suitably cite any and all use of websites, books, media etc.”
 * “I will validate information.”
 * “I will use and abide by the fair use rules.”

(quoted from http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/The+Digital+Citizen)

Protect Intellectual property.  (quoted from http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/The+Digital+Citizen)
 * “I will request to use the software and media others produce.”
 * “I will use free and open source alternatives rather than pirating software.”
 * “I will purchase, license and register all software.”
 * <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">“I will purchase my music and media, and refrain from distributing these in a manner that violates their licenses.”
 * <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">“I will act with integrity.”

<span class="wiki_link">Develop some I will ... statements These will underpin the school's agreement with both students and parents and will form the basis for supporting school programmes.

<span class="wiki_link">Some policies in kidspeak from Allanah (check out the Voicethreads at the bottom of the page.) Andrew Churches has developed a range of useful ideas to support digital learning. The latest CORE ED exploration in this area looks at copyright - worth a look?

Imapct words- a wee trip into Comic Life

Did you like the [|sticky system] used to gather information. [|Here is one for us to explore] - with fingers crossed. Open in a new tab. Work in pairs.

Have you tried LiveBinders? An example from [|Helen Cooper of the MoE] - code is digiJuly10

Looking ahead - might the new tablet be a $100 IWB??? Have you played with a Pad? media type="custom" key="6680959"

[|Developing Reading logs] A pdf to support and explain this.

[|Professional reading with an NZ focus]

In other words - a chance to have fun with the English language!

Have you helped your teachers explore the [|new Digistore]?

The UK [|Teaching and Learning Grid.]

Has anyone explored [|www.availll.com]?

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Lead Teacher Wiki
Suzie Vesper runs this wiki, which provides a good resource for lead teachers (and for principals). Highly recommended!

**Lead teacher contacts**

 * Could all the Lead Teachers please put their email addresses beside their name so I can have a contact list**
 * Trevor :)**
 * Nice one Trevor - for those who want to try something different -Edit - Select your name - Link - External - in the URL space type mailto:youremail eg mailto:innesk@werc.ac.nz Then when someone clicks on your name it will open an email already addressed.**
 * Innes 8-}**


 * Tokomaru School**
 * Mel Bismark - Yr 2-4 Teacher**
 * []**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alana Tairea - Junior Rumaki Teacher <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">**Central Normal School Lead Teachers** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Ronald Nolan - Year 5/6 Bilingual Teacher rnolan@centralnormal.school.nz <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Melissa van Echten - Year 1/2 Teacher mvanechten@centralnormal.school.nz <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Shona Eccles-Year 3/4 and IT Teacher seccles@centralnormal.school.nz <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Trevor Saunders- Assistant Principal tsaunders@centralnormal.school.nz <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">**Hokowhitu School Lead Teacher** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Ben McCarthy Year 5/6 <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">b.mccarthy@hokowhitu.school.nz []
 * Te Kura o Tākaro Lead Teachers**

Kathy Smith- Yr 2-3 kathy@cloverlea.school.nz Janice Martin- Yr 4 janice@cloverlea.school.nz
 * Cloverlea School**


 * Kairanga School Lead Teacher**

Michael Boddy - Year 5/6 michael@kairanga.school.nz

Raina Te Ture - Year 3-6 Bilingual Teacher jazzyjet@xtra.co.nz [|Blog]
 * Te Kura o Awapuni**

Ana Matangi - Year 5/6 amatangi@longburn.school.nz
 * Longburn Primary School**

To see my class page... [|Room 2 - Longburn School] To see the Longburn Primary School ICT links page on this wiki... @Longburn School ICT links

Ideas for future sessions
delicious animation collaborative activities Job descriptions having difficult conversations

Teaching as Inquiry
Many of the Lead Teachers gave presentations at the Bunnythorpe day that reflected mini inquiry process. Ideas around inquiry will be further explored by following the link.

Job descriptions
Job Descriptions (a link to those developed by the Lead Teacher team. Address Honesty Confidence Collegial respect Collaborative Active support Time Prioritising Relationships Resources

Create Making things happen Creating environments Creating time Bring everyone on board Provide examples Self motivated Trying things Contagious passion

Trust relationships Patient Predictable Hold confidences Build respect Accepting Encouraging Honest

Strengthen Build strategic plans Knowledge Trust Courage Use others

Recognise Where we are at and take them Values Share information Time involved. Celebrate strengths

Building capacity Modelling with your class Modelling for others Identifying need and differentiation Being one step ahead Getting outside help – use network

Facilitation Strategies
Improving your presentation skills wiki.

How Great Leaders Inspire Action
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