Matamata Intermediate School Key Goal

The challenge of the NZC is for us to develop confident, connected, actively involved life long learners

We believe all teaching practice @MIS need to be based on solid pedagogy and should result in improved student outcomes.

Excellent education Motivated learners Personalized learning

2b Ones self World awareness Ethical virtues strong Rich relationships

Students were asked to create a visual representation of learning at our school.

 use data formatively

plan to meet the learning needs of each student

are confident with how students learn and scaffold learning in the correct sequence

 are engaged in their learning have a voice in the learning content and context co-construct success criteria become confident in assessing work against success criteria are involved in creating their own next steps, based on their achievement data

1. Realised that sustanined change will occur when teacher pedagogy changes rather than when teachers gain skills.
I realised that I need to trust my students and myself, that together we can do a good job. I guess, I believe that we are now learning and not just doing fill-in or busy activities. These are now activities that are strengthening student knowledge and current learning.

2. Teacher pedagogical inquiry

* The difference in my practice is that I am planning effectively for three groups .. My students learning to date has been clearly very pleasing with data collected showing major gains in nearly all groups
* The wiki is now well and truly the hub of all our learning with homework sheets and weekly tasks uploaded. I have found the discussions are getting more views and more time spent on them as opposed to when students do them in their own books. For example of Term 1 reflection discussion has had 141 views with students spending time discussing with others their highlights / challenges of the term. The more that students get into it, the more I find I want to edit, update and add to the wiki. I am also encouraging students to take ownership of it with Jacob, Finn and Brandon creating the whole terms PE page and the 2 discussions about sports to go with it. For boys who werent that interested in the wiki, this was huge progress.

3. Learning Pathway Clarified

4. Increased the freedom of teachers to choose the contexts for

learning 5. Enabled a small number of teachers to explore possibilities and make changes 6. Provided reliable infrastructure and access to hardware to facilitate e-learning

7. Gathered data mid year to check if on track for reaching targets 8. Gathered data at the end of term 3 and focused on filling in the gaps in term 4
No longer do we have everyone doing reading or maths at exactly the same time. Students are not restricted by time lines and waiting for others to finish. Students have a set amount of required must do tasks, each day and each week. These can be done in any order they choose. Certain things are timetabled in like tech and assembly, but for most of the rest of the time students can timetable their own day. This allows me more time to work with one or two students and small groups. Students track their learning using a passport (notebook) where they record what they are doing when, as well as reflections and comments about their progress. We set up this system using a powerpoint with hyperlinks to students group work. While this took us awhile to set up, it now runs itself. Students are more involved (than ever) in planning and constructing their learning including selected reading materials and follow up activities as well as finding maths activities that fit their next learning steps.

9. Modelled to other staff via observation and sharing using:

Collaborative learning teams ICT Facilitator Visits to other schools Teachers sharing learning highlights at the end of each term

 Increased student engagement

Teacher Perspective I have found that children are in class early and they want to work. They are powering through their basic tasks (e.g. handwriting). I must have spelling words, quiz etc. organised before Monday, as students want to get a head start on Monday their keen-ness/motivation is amazing. Parent Perspective I think it helps towards their organisational skills, decision making and planning. We have seen evidence of this in other aspects of her life. The other major positive for us has been her understanding of exactly where she is at, and what she needs to work, especially with her maths. The way learning is set up has really suited him. The choice within structure has helped him build independence and self-management. He enjoys being involved in planning the learning and is definitely keen to continue this out of school hours using things like the wiki.

 Improved student achievement results

Entry

Exit

Red and yellow are below expectation Green and blue are at expectation

What changes did we see?

See video with teacher interview

What changes did we see?

What changes did we see?

I could never go back to the old way. I used to do these isolated units such as pirates and we would write about them and at first I wondered what we would write about now there is everything to write about and we didnt even get to do the London riots last week He has of his own choice chosen to sit where I will monitor him to help keep him on track. Wow this is so powerful that a child has acknowledged he needs guidance or monitoring. Its not a weakness but strength! I now facilitate shared learning and provide a supportive learning environment where I have learn alongside my students. While I have been the teacher in some situations in others students have been the facilitators to learning and I have been the student. We have made connections to prior learning and experience. This has also been for both my self and the students we have been students together, broadening existing knowledge and learning new skills.

What changes did we see?

What changes did we see?

Over 10,000 hits in 3 terms e-learning is about students choosing and using the best 'tool' or plan to facilitate their own learning. Children develop their own learning pathways and journeys. Children document their own learning which ends up as digital portfolio.

 Increased e-learning
Article Nov 2011 What goes on in Room 7 MIS We use e-learning in 4 ways delivering the programme formative assessment activities to support new learning sharing of outcomes

 How are we developing the other Key Competencies? How to we strengthen 21st learning environments in other classrooms?

 How do we cope without our Facilitator and the motivation from the ICT cluster?