2008


 * 2008 Lead Teacher Days**

Visit to Hillcrest Normal School and Rototuna School, Hamilton. __**Thoughts and impressions:**__ - learning journeys capture a powerful learning moment. - rich tasks - not inquiry. - large scrapbook folders show the school journey in key competencies - kept as exemplars. - 'Hillcrest Backpack' - what does the child look like? - Key Competencies - evidence through major units of work - more focussed - linked into a learning context. - celebration is followed by analysis. - student voice - comment on strategies within a context. - parent focus groups. - Key Competency contexts include production, camp, active games, enviro school, international festival, arts festival. - Key Competencies are not visual as it is so integrated. media type="custom" key="871165"
 * Term 2:**
 * Hillcrest Normal School:**
 * Teachers bring a photograph of a powerful learning moment to intro meeting / use teacher PD photos to write initial learning stories
 * Vocabulary needed to be developed
 * Interactive whiteboard 'homepage' - links to books, rich task, register...
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__**Thoughts and impressions:**__ - vision started with an agreed teaching philosophy. - clear vision - what does a Rototuna student know, do and be (hand, heart, head) - dispositions. - graphic example of Rototuna learner in every room - magnetic dispositions aid teaching moments. - all stakeholders have ownership of the vision - staff, students, parents. - all learning activities relate directly to the dispositions of the Rototuna learner. - balance of skills v knowledge in curriculum. - values linked to beliefs. - Being a NZer ongoing knowledge based unit. - Learning Journals for each student provide a clear snapshot of student moment - show process, progress with feedback and feedforward. - Individual targets set in Learning Journals - Reflective practice - ask students what are you learning, why are your learning it and how does it help you with your learning. - no stickers, stamps or certificates - just quality feedback and feedforward. - reflection time at 2.50 every day - parents invited in. - homework book provided by school for consistency. - Big concepts decided on in Science, Technology and Social Science. - Clear documentation so that all staff have a clear understanding. media type="custom" key="871171"
 * Rototuna School:**
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