Above is a few of the slides that I would like to come back to from today's meeting.
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Friday, 14 February 2020
Meeting with Elise (Kahui Ako Across Schools Teacher)
Meeting with Elise (Kahui Ako Across Schools Teacher)
Today was our first meet of 2020. We discussed where we were heading as a staff toward our Teaching as Inquiry this year. I explained that based on my reflections of leading staff in Inquiry in 2019, I felt that it is imperative that I support staff to feel self motivated in the direction of their Inquiry. I feel confident in my role as Kahui Ako WSL that I can facilitate staff inquiries to ensure that they are meeting direction of the Kahui Ako and the school targets.
This week, Su Arrowsmith facilitated a staff meeting where we discussed possible areas we may like to inquire into. Next week, we will meet 1:1 to develop and focus these further.
With Elise we looked at the school strategic plan and could easily see how the staff's ideas (as they are now) can fit well into the school's strategic goals. This was exciting, as we could see, how as teachers, we could be taking an active part in achieving the strategic goals. It also allowed us to clarify that the Inquiries we were showing interest in, were indeed based on data coming from the strategic goals and could also come to a natural collaborative goal.
Elise and I started an action plan to move forward in for this term. I will facilitate a staff meeting in the next few weeks with the objectives being:
- Staff can identify where their area of Inquiry would support the strategic goals of the school.
-Staff can identify where the data is that they have to support their area of Inquiry
Kahui Ako Within School Teacher Inquiry
This year as KA WSL we will be undertaking a professional inquiry around developing our leadership in this role. I think this will be beneficial as we become more comfortable in the Inquiry process we are then able to lead others with more confidence. This definitely something I am interested in as I have felt confusion over my role in the past year.
If I refer to the Inquiry Cycle and try to transfer this into my leadership role;
SCANNING: What is going on for my learners?
What is going on for teachers in my school (in regard to their Inquiries last year)?
Based on observations and casual discussions I am going to assume that there was frustration and confusion. Some teachers may have felt frustrated that their Inquiry was not focused on the area of interest for them (and more dictated by me feeling like we needed to fit into the umbrella of Kahui Ako). Some teachers may have felt that the Inquiry process just added to their work load. Some teachers may have found the 1:1 meetings beneficial. How do staff feel about recording their ideas on blogs?
Is this where I now start to gather data? I would be interested to hear ideas on this as I get my head around how this professional inquiry will develop.
Today was our first meet of 2020. We discussed where we were heading as a staff toward our Teaching as Inquiry this year. I explained that based on my reflections of leading staff in Inquiry in 2019, I felt that it is imperative that I support staff to feel self motivated in the direction of their Inquiry. I feel confident in my role as Kahui Ako WSL that I can facilitate staff inquiries to ensure that they are meeting direction of the Kahui Ako and the school targets.
This week, Su Arrowsmith facilitated a staff meeting where we discussed possible areas we may like to inquire into. Next week, we will meet 1:1 to develop and focus these further.
With Elise we looked at the school strategic plan and could easily see how the staff's ideas (as they are now) can fit well into the school's strategic goals. This was exciting, as we could see, how as teachers, we could be taking an active part in achieving the strategic goals. It also allowed us to clarify that the Inquiries we were showing interest in, were indeed based on data coming from the strategic goals and could also come to a natural collaborative goal.
Elise and I started an action plan to move forward in for this term. I will facilitate a staff meeting in the next few weeks with the objectives being:
- Staff can identify where their area of Inquiry would support the strategic goals of the school.
-Staff can identify where the data is that they have to support their area of Inquiry
- Summative
- Student Voice
- Whānau communication
- Observation
- Conversation
- Anecdotal Evidence (books, docs etc)
Kahui Ako Within School Teacher Inquiry
This year as KA WSL we will be undertaking a professional inquiry around developing our leadership in this role. I think this will be beneficial as we become more comfortable in the Inquiry process we are then able to lead others with more confidence. This definitely something I am interested in as I have felt confusion over my role in the past year.
If I refer to the Inquiry Cycle and try to transfer this into my leadership role;
SCANNING: What is going on for my learners?
What is going on for teachers in my school (in regard to their Inquiries last year)?
Based on observations and casual discussions I am going to assume that there was frustration and confusion. Some teachers may have felt frustrated that their Inquiry was not focused on the area of interest for them (and more dictated by me feeling like we needed to fit into the umbrella of Kahui Ako). Some teachers may have felt that the Inquiry process just added to their work load. Some teachers may have found the 1:1 meetings beneficial. How do staff feel about recording their ideas on blogs?
Is this where I now start to gather data? I would be interested to hear ideas on this as I get my head around how this professional inquiry will develop.
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