31 May, 2017
After meeting with Louise as part of the Maths PD, I've decided to look at how my maths target students feel about maths. I've created a Google Form that the students are going to fill in on a weekly basis. This will (hopefully) give me some data to back up my inquiry.
15 November, 2016
Throughout the year one of my main goals has been to improve the communication between myself and parents. Some of this has been done through work with Chris Rowan and has been focussed around dealing with difficult people. Through her work I have been able to take on board different strategies that have helped me to deal with difficult issues that arise.
My leadership goal for 2016 was around understanding how to react to difficult people and to develop strategies around this. These goals and the reflection around it can be found on my Professional Growth Action Plan
12 September, 2016
27 November, 2015
Two of our team members have recently finished their 2 year PRT period and we all celebrated by attending the NZEI dinner. Chris, whom I currently teach with (he's the one on the right holding the flowers), appreciated that we came out to support him.
3 November, 2015
Part of being an effective teacher is having a presence in other classrooms. I was recently invited into one of the junior classrooms to help out with a lesson and they decided to thank me by making a card.
4 September, 2015
Wananga
As a syndicate leader, it is my job to support the members of the syndicate to reflect on their professional goals. We are currently in the process of evaluating our goals and reflecting on our effectiveness at achieving those goals.
25 August, 2015
Chris and I did a lot of work around student led celebrations recently. Students came into the classroom with their parents and described to them how they learn and what they have been successful with. This process shows how we are actively building the concept of whanaungatanga into our programme.
This message came from a parent within minutes of their student-led celebration:
4 August, 2015
Whanaungatanga
Actively build and maintain respectful working relationships with parents.
3 June, 2015
Classroom Observations
I have asked Chris McCullough to be my observer for this round of classroom observations. I chose Chris as he is a second year teacher and I felt that having this type of responsibility would be good for his development as a teacher.
Restorative Practices
When dealing with issues surrounding students, I have tried to consistently utilise the restorative practices that we were shown at the beginning of the year. I think this has helped to create a culture of trust within the classroom. Some of the instances where restorative practices have helped are:
One particular student has consistently had difficulty following rules and coping with issues in appropriate ways. By using restorative practices when he lashes out, we have been able to find common ground and he knows what he can expect when something happens. I am consistent in my message and I stay calm when dealing with him. His behaviour has improved and the instances of lashing out have decreased dramatically.
Dealing friendship issues surrounding girls has become much easier when using restorative practices. Once again the message to them is consistency. The girls know that they are going to get the same message when they do have issues. Once again, there are much fewer friendship issues, I believe as a result of using restorative practices. I think what is happening is that the girls are getting better at resolving their own issues because they have a set of tools to use to solve them.
16 October, 2014
Who says I'm afraid of fancy dress. Photo of some of the staff on our way to a 1920's themed dinner and dance.
8 October, 2014
We have taken a team of 8 from Maungaraki School to the Ulearn conference in Rotorua. Not only will this give us a good chance to learn about applications around computing in schools and how to advance ICT practices, but it will give us a chance to bond as a group. Most of the teachers here will be involved in the 1:1 device programme next year and all of us will get some very interesting ideas and concepts that we will be able to take back to school.
27 August, 2014
After meeting with Louise as part of the Maths PD, I've decided to look at how my maths target students feel about maths. I've created a Google Form that the students are going to fill in on a weekly basis. This will (hopefully) give me some data to back up my inquiry.
15 November, 2016
Throughout the year one of my main goals has been to improve the communication between myself and parents. Some of this has been done through work with Chris Rowan and has been focussed around dealing with difficult people. Through her work I have been able to take on board different strategies that have helped me to deal with difficult issues that arise.
My leadership goal for 2016 was around understanding how to react to difficult people and to develop strategies around this. These goals and the reflection around it can be found on my Professional Growth Action Plan
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| 2016 Professional Growth Action Plan |
12 September, 2016
27 November, 2015
Two of our team members have recently finished their 2 year PRT period and we all celebrated by attending the NZEI dinner. Chris, whom I currently teach with (he's the one on the right holding the flowers), appreciated that we came out to support him.
3 November, 2015
Part of being an effective teacher is having a presence in other classrooms. I was recently invited into one of the junior classrooms to help out with a lesson and they decided to thank me by making a card.
4 September, 2015
Wananga
As a syndicate leader, it is my job to support the members of the syndicate to reflect on their professional goals. We are currently in the process of evaluating our goals and reflecting on our effectiveness at achieving those goals.
25 August, 2015
Chris and I did a lot of work around student led celebrations recently. Students came into the classroom with their parents and described to them how they learn and what they have been successful with. This process shows how we are actively building the concept of whanaungatanga into our programme.
This message came from a parent within minutes of their student-led celebration:
4 August, 2015
Whanaungatanga
Actively build and maintain respectful working relationships with parents.
- When issues arise with parents, Chris and I talk about what they have said and what we have heard. We discuss what we think the issues are and how we can resolve them. We then discuss these with the parents and make sure that the solution that we are implementing is what they were hoping for.
- We try to resolve issues quickly and once they are resolved, we don't dredge them back up.
3 June, 2015
Classroom Observations
I have asked Chris McCullough to be my observer for this round of classroom observations. I chose Chris as he is a second year teacher and I felt that having this type of responsibility would be good for his development as a teacher.
Restorative Practices
When dealing with issues surrounding students, I have tried to consistently utilise the restorative practices that we were shown at the beginning of the year. I think this has helped to create a culture of trust within the classroom. Some of the instances where restorative practices have helped are:
One particular student has consistently had difficulty following rules and coping with issues in appropriate ways. By using restorative practices when he lashes out, we have been able to find common ground and he knows what he can expect when something happens. I am consistent in my message and I stay calm when dealing with him. His behaviour has improved and the instances of lashing out have decreased dramatically.
Dealing friendship issues surrounding girls has become much easier when using restorative practices. Once again the message to them is consistency. The girls know that they are going to get the same message when they do have issues. Once again, there are much fewer friendship issues, I believe as a result of using restorative practices. I think what is happening is that the girls are getting better at resolving their own issues because they have a set of tools to use to solve them.
16 October, 2014
Who says I'm afraid of fancy dress. Photo of some of the staff on our way to a 1920's themed dinner and dance.
8 October, 2014
We have taken a team of 8 from Maungaraki School to the Ulearn conference in Rotorua. Not only will this give us a good chance to learn about applications around computing in schools and how to advance ICT practices, but it will give us a chance to bond as a group. Most of the teachers here will be involved in the 1:1 device programme next year and all of us will get some very interesting ideas and concepts that we will be able to take back to school.
27 August, 2014
We invited a team from HVHS to look at what we are doing in our Chrome Classrooms. HVHS brought 8 senior staff members who looked at how they can move towards a 1:1 device model. We had a great visit with HVHS and they spoke to the teachers and the students about how their learning has changed. We also had a Q&A session after we left the classroom.
Thanks team... You are awesome for opening up your practice for others to see... Here's some lovely feedback from HVHS...
Lisa Cavanagh
Principal | Maungaraki School | (04) 5697205
"Aspiring to Excellence"
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Nick LARKIN <nick.larkin@hvhs.school.nz>
Date: 27 August 2014 11:37:51 am NZST
To: Lisa Cavanagh <principal@maungaraki.school.nz>
Cc: Mark Edgecombe <mark.edgecombe@hvhs.school.nz>, Irja Haefliger <irja.haefliger@hvhs.school.nz>, Susan Arrowsmith <susan.arrowsmith@hvhs.school.nz>, Richard Edwards <richard.edwards@hvhs.school.nz>, Tim Fox <tim.fox@hvhs.school.nz>, Tim Overton <tim.overton@hvhs.school.nz>, James HURRING <james.hurring@hvhs.school.nz>, Denise Johnson <denise.johnson@hvhs.school.nz>, Kareen KENNEDY <kareen.kennedy@hvhs.school.nz>, Ross Sinclair <ross.sinclair@hvhs.school.nz>
Subject: A big thank you from HVHS!
Hi Lisa
Thank you to you, your staff and students for showing us the great work you are doing at Maungaraki school with your Chromebooks. It was really interesting hearing about your processes and the changes that have occurred since the introduction of the one-to-one devices. The staff that visited today were very impressed with what they heard and saw, and it was great to see first hand what was happening in the classrooms. For many of us it was seeing these young students with laptops that was most impressive. It made us more aware of what our contributing schools are doing with our future students.
The talk with you this morning and the teachers after the class visit was really useful and has given us a lot to consider in terms of what we pass on to our community and staff re-one to one devices.
If you wouldn't mind it would be great to send a few more staff up to see the classes in action. I hope this is okay? Likewise we would welcome a visit from you and your staff at anytime to see what is happening here.
Thank you once again, and as mentioned by a few of my colleagues.... 'what a great wee school' you have.
Cheers
Nick Larkin
Assistant Principal
NZQA Principal's Nominee
Hutt Valley High School
Woburn Road
Lower Hutt 5010
(04) 560-1569
23 June, 2014
Teachers Council have given the following definition and indicators for this criteria:
20 June, 2014
Part of keeping up to date with students is ensuring that I keep in contact with parents about different issues that arise. In this instance I am chasing up homework that I haven't seen.
6.6.14
Working with others to create a plan for PD
The process for completing the Professional Growth Action Plan (see below) has been to undertake a series of 4 minute walk-throughs aimed at taking a snapshot of different classrooms.
This process involved all of the members of the syndicate as well as the principal going into classrooms for 4 minute blocks, then discussing what we saw together. This process involved a lot of discussion, collaboration, and relating to each other positively in order to achieve the goals of the process.
1:1 Device Initiative Meetings
As we begin to roll out the 1:1 device initiative to our year 5&6 students, many parents are feeling nervous, unsure and possibly even isolated.
Part of my job as the leader of this initiative in the classroom has been to meet with parents and walk them through the process, the necessity for the initiative, and what we see as the positive outcomes of the initiative. Many of these have been short meeting where parents have rung to ask questions such as, 'how much storage do the devices have.' Other meetings have been much longer, requiring me to explain in detail what the teaching will look like at each curriculum.
Reflection Dated 3 May, 2014
Working With Nikau Syndicate
Working with Nikau syndicate is much different than working with Totara (Darrel) last year. Although I found the team more difficult at first, I realised that most of this was due to how I communicate with them.
I think that the relationship that Darrel and I had didn't require a lot of communication on a daily basis. The current team is much different and requires constant 'attention' in order to remain happy. I think they see the communication as being in the loop, even though I feel that no news is good news. Unfortunately when I don't give them news they think something is wrong.
I have tried increase the amount of communication by visiting classrooms in the morning, sending more email, and by sharing more of my work. I'm not sure if they use the work that I send them, but I think they like having it.
Friday Management Meetings
As part of the Management team, I attended and contributed to meetings on Friday mornings. My goal for these meetings in 2014 is to ensure that I discuss with the other members of the team my views and opinions on issues raised.
Explanation of Criteria 1 (TKI)
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