2019 Beginning Teachers CLG Plan

Based on Feedback Doc ​https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11cqKzWmeeT5Kbhk7qAYz60QRO9g-99G80tFiosGISi0/edit#responses

LINKS TO ACHIEVEMENT CHALLENGE STATEMENTS

● Whakamanahia te kaiako - Growing teaching excellence and sustainability

● Whakamanahia te aakonga - Ensuring students belong
○ He mana oorite too ia aakonga - Each learner is diverse and has their own unique mana
○ Kia mauri ora te ako - Learning that is inspiring, focused on holistic success and wellbeing
○ He mahi aromatawai - use a range of measures to evaluate how we are progressing
● Kia angituu taatou katoa - Making a difference for our diverse teachers, learners and local communities

LINKS TO STRATEGIC GOALS

1. Efficacy​ - to build teacher & leader capabilities, through collaborative inquiry and effective teaching and learning.
2. Learner Agency​ - to grow learner agency through culture and identity, partnership, voice and ownership.
3. Powerful partnerships​ - to recognise and strengthen powerful connections and transitions with parents, whaanau, community
and other organisations.
4. Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies​ - to value diversity; and validate culture, languages and identity.

2019 Beginning Teachers Collaborative Learning Group Overview

Term 1
Principals Meeting
Date: 27th February

● Rochelle and Shirley to share Beginning Teachers 2019 CLG Overview with Principals Group on Wednesday 27th February

Mentor Teachers day: What makes a good Induction & Mentoring Program?
Date: ​29th March (​need to change date - maybe 22nd March?​)
Venue: ​Te Kowhai School
(Strategic Goal: 1 & 3)

Purpose​: This session will allow mentor teachers an opportunity to connect with each other, share the processes and resources they currently
use and learn from each other.

Blurb for Calendar​:

Mentor Teachers Day - Induction and Mentoring for your PRT
(9.30am -2.30pm)

This session is for all Mentor teachers, whether you are experienced or new to the role. We will look at the Teaching Council’s Guidelines, and
explore what makes a good induction programme.

This will be a collaborative sharing session. Please bring along examples of documentation or templates you currently use with your PRTs.

Outline for the Day:

This session provides an opportunity for our Mentor teachers to connect with other Mentor Teachers to explore the following:
● Meet and greet each other
● Overview of 2019 BT CLGs
● Consider required documentation as per Teachers Council guidelines (see below information)
● Please bring along existing templates, examples, frameworks, timelines that are used in your schools
● Teacher reflections and portfolios
● Feedback and feedforward for your PRT
● Our Code: Our Standards - what these mean for BTs

WHAT MAKES A GOOD INDUCTION PROGRAMME?

There are some essential features that should be included when developing effective induction programmes for PCTs, and we will explore these during
the session.

Induction and mentoring programmes should:

● Be tailored to individual needs and agreed with the PCT, mentor teacher and professional leader
● include regular observations of teaching practice and opportunities for the PCT to observe their colleagues, including the mentor teacher
● have time for ‘learning conversations' where the mentor provides feedback and facilitates critical reflection by the teacher on their practice
● be part of wider professional development and learning available to all staff
● include access to external networks and professional development opportunities
● provide opportunities to collect evidence of progress towards meeting the registration standards in the Standards for the Teaching Profession
● be resourced appropriately and meet the contractual obligations of the employer
● have formal written records documenting professional discussions, observations and feedback, critical reflections on data by the PCT and any
 other professional development.

(retrieved from ​https://www.educationcouncil.org.nz/content/induction-and-mentoring​ )

HWEN Beginning Teachers Meet & Greet

Let’s look at … PRT Requirements & Our Code: Our Standards
Date: 4th April (9.30am - 2.30pm)
Venue: TBC
(Strategic Goal: 1 & 3)

Blurb for Calendar​:

Come and join our Beginning Teachers Collaborative Learning Group. This session is an opportunity for you to connect with other Beginning
Teachers from within our Kaahui Ako. In this session we will:
● Provide an overview of the 2019 CLGs for BTs
● Explore the Teachers Council’s PRT guidelines and look into Our Code: Our Standards
● Set and discuss personal goals for the year ahead
● Hear from recently registered teachers as they reflect of their PRT experiences

Outline for the Day:

This session provides an opportunity for our BTs to connect with other BTs to explore the following:
● Meet and Greet each other
● Hear from recently registered teachers as they reflect of their PRT experiences
● Overview 2019 BT CLGs
● Consider required documentation as per Teachers Council guidelines
● Reflections and Teacher Portfolios
● Feedback/Feedforward with your mentor teacher
● Personal Goal Setting
● Our Code: Our Standards - explore this document and consider what these mean for BTs?

Resend BT list to principals/DPs to update new BTs

Term 2
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies with Alex Hotere-Barnes (Two Dates)
Date: ​24th May (9.30am - 2.30pm)
Date: ​14th June (9.30am - 2.30pm)
Venue: TBC - Te Whare Wananga o Aotearoa (check availability)
(Strategic Goal: 1 & 4)

Blurb for Calendar:

To be facilitated by Alex Hotere-Barnes

Outline​:
● How are BTs implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi?
● Improving Te Reo Maaori,
● Improving cultural capacity to improve teacher practise and students’ learning?

Resend BT list to principals/DPs to update new BTs

Term 3
Intro into Spirals of Inquiry
Date: ​TBC
Venue: ​TBC
(Strategic Goal: 1)

Blurb
Work with Gill to create a blurb
Are you new to Spirals of Inquiry? Is your school already working with Spirals? Come along to this workshop and get up to speed with what it
means to inquire into your teaching practise to meet the diverse needs of your learners.

Outline for the day:

● Why Spirals of Inquiry?
○ Look at NZC p. 34-35 - Effective Pedagogy and TAI
○ Links to Our Code: Our Standards
● Potentially led by Gill with Shirley/Rochelle supporting if needed
 ● Unpack new ‘Grey Boxes’ doc
● Unpack 7 Principles of Learning Doc

Teacher Wellbeing​ (Repeat Session from 2018)

Date: ​TBC
Venue: ​Te Kowhai School - 9.30am - 2.30pm
(Strategic Goal: 1)

Blurb​:
Teacher Wellbeing (9.30-2.30pm)
Personal and Professional Wellbeing! What does this mean and why is it important, especially for our Beginning Teachers? This day will explore the 
notion of wellbeing, stress and burnout. We will provide you with some tangible, practical tips to take away from the day. This will be a fun hands-on 
session. We will explore mindfulness and yoga as we work towards improving our personal and professional wellbeing. Please wear comfy clothes 
and If you have a yoga mat please bring it along. 
 
Outline for the day: 
● Regulating our emotions
● What is wellbeing?
● Managing stress and burnout
● Nicki Grey and Esther Wilson (Te Kowhai School) - Mindfulness, Oils and Yoga - Peaceful Hour  

Resend BT list to principals/DPs to update new BTs

Term 4 - Options
Unpacking Formative Practice
Date: TBC
Venue: TBC
(Strategic Goal: 1 & 2)

Content and facilitators to be confirmed

(tap into Maeroa Intermediate Within School Leaders?)
Blurb:
Formative Practice empowers students to understand and become active participants in their own learning. We will discuss ways that allow
students to express their thinking openly, clarify understandings and become active participants.

Outline for the day:

● What is Formative Practice?
● Hear from ??? (Maeroa Intermediate) as they share their Formative Practice journey
● ‘How’ we teach and ‘What’ students will learn.
○ Ensure opportunities for learners to articulate their learning through formative practices,
○ Identify ways that help learners to know themselves as learners, by building capacity for lifelong learning, e.g. growth mindset,
learning to learn, reflection.
○ To explore meaningful learning opportunities for students

What could Learner Agency look like? Pop UP Workshops

Date: TBC
Venue: TBC
(Strategic Goal: 1 & 2)

Blurb:
Come along to our POP UP workshops and dig deeper into our Learner Agency Strategic Goal. We will explore what deep, meaningful learning
opportunities for students could look like in your classroom. What does student directed / initiated, project based learning, inquiry learning,
authentic learning, conceptual learning and key competencies look like in action and how can we get there? This day will allow you to opt into a
range of hands on workshops.

Outline for the Day:

Utilise teachers within our CoL to lead workshops:

Potential POP UP workshops:

● Design Thinking Process (Wintec, or Katie and Shirley use the Mindlab resources)
● Scratch and Makey Makey (Katie/Shirley or Rae/Stuart/Hayley from Crawshaw - using what we’ve learnt from Mindlab)
● Other coding programmes - making explicit links to the ‘maths’ skills that are required
● Conceptual Learning Framework - how to get started (Linda McPhail - Te Kowhai)
● Inquiry Learning - the Kath Murdoch framework (Lacriece - Whatawhata)
● Digital Technologies for learning - (Sue - Fraser?)
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Resend BT list to principals/DPs to update new BTs