UDL and Pos Ed- Staff Only Day - Feb 2023

What’s in my own Toolbox?

What do we want our children to have in their toolkit for representing ideas and learning?

What’s possible?

 

In groups we selected some tools to represent your learning (from Walk and Talk with Sue podcasts) back to the group - we were invited to be creative ….anything goes, we had some fun!

We have summarised our learning: Staff Only Days 2023 IMPORTANT

Local Curriculum Review - Learner Attributes

John is leading the charge on updating the local curriculum. We spent some time looking at the Learner Attributes. We discussed what is still relevant and changes that could be made. 

Spirituality and Science to Action

P4C

The emotionless robot

It has the same physical and cognitive attributes as humans. It can discuss great philosophical issues and follow complex logic. It can build skyscrapers and dig ditches.

What makes this robot different from humans?

Wellbeing Plans- Staff Only Days

In preparation we read: Building a Whole Child Wellness Team  

We asked

What stands out? 

What do we want to build across school?

Why is it important for us to model Positive Health?

We will have a big focus on Positive Health this term

Here are our agreed actions:

• We reviewed the Wellbeing plan. 

We worked with a Wellbeing buddy to set SPIRE goals.

We shared our focus word for 2022.

What makes you, you- Staff Only Days 2022

The ‘What makes me me!?’ sessions have a close connection to both Positive Education and Emotional Culture.

Staff prepared presentation of what makes you, you.

 

This included anything we think impacts and shapes us as a person. The things that make us unique.  It was related to beliefs, culture, ethnicity, family structure ,social groups, community, upbringing ,dreams and aspirations, religion......

Kei a koe te tikanga .  

Pos Ed Ted Talks 2021

 

Positive Education Presentations

We introduced the idea of Term 4 Positive Education presentations. 

The purpose of these presentations is to: 

Build expertise in particular areas of Positive Education 

Teach and learn from each other

These presentations could be used for parent coffee mornings to keep the community informed. 

Here is Nicola's revised 2019 presentation based on "Energy" Chapter in David Keane's book, "Deliberate Art of Success."

 

Parent Positive Education Workshop - August 2021

Positive Education Workshop - an introduction

Finding your Inner Resources

Music

Positive Education and The Arts

 

Positive Education/ Restorative Practices

What do we mean by whole school?

Whole school wellbeing change requires attention to every level of the school operation…..

What are some examples for students/ staff?

One group do students another do staff…...

Student? ( enrolments,awards,discipline,reporting, curriculum,)

Staff?..( induction...coaching...interview, meetings..)

What’s taught?

What’s caught?

Physical environment,school experience, culture)

Has to be taught AND caught

Complex challenge across a whole school system---- you can expect a whole cohort change before embedded- 6 years

Ecology- a complex web of wellbeing factors

Diagram

Person

Personal factors

School factors

System factors

Need to view as a whole system

Messy reality elements combine sometimes in unpredictable ways

Who are the people?

Students

Teachers

Leaders

Support staff

Board

Parents

Wider community

Iwi

Inclusion- wellbeing for all/ Special characteristics

Disabilities requiring learning support

Minority/ ethnic/ religious

Trauma

Economic hardship

Mental health

Gender diverse

RESEARCH

Need all levers for change

Recent research Flinders uni- 6 months academic learning high implementing schools

Multiyear whole school more than classroom only

Long term undertaking

Whole school involvement has better results- resource intensive however, more commitment and sustainability

Parent training

Context very important

Teachers- strengths depended on how the teacher practised strengths spotting

Restorative practices - strong research base- done with not too

SOCIAL DISCIPLINE WINDOW

Punitive/Restorative 

Teaching with the heart and mind 

Who will/ could support your vision within the school?

Who will/ could support vision beyond school gates

How can you draw on the whole system?

Are their practices and processes in our school that may undermine wellbeing/ what may they be

LOOK AT STRATEGY DOCUMENT TOGETHER

Triples: Teams were asked to read and complete an ECG. The Positive Education team got together to summarise these reflections.

Nic, Mikayla and Jenny

Nik, Beth, Ximena and Suz

John, Scott and Carl

Positive Education

Sparking Passions for PLD Leadership: Thinking ahead to 2020

PLD 2020

PLD 2020 will look different. We want to tie all threads together by Learner Agency. This will begin with Teacher Agency. We are inviting all staff to examine purpose, inspiration and the things you are passionate about teaching and learning.

All staff will have leadership opportunities, delivering professional learning around an area of passion. Underneath the work will be a robust research project/ TAI which is likely to last for most of the year and will inform all staff around best practice or improvement in a chosen area. We are envisioning doing this in pairs/ teams.

PLD sessions will be delivered in chunks. 4- 8 sessions in succession. We are aiming to do less in more depth. Areas to consider are Reading, Writing and Maths (a given) and Positive Education, Learner Agency and Cultural Responsiveness. This is to get us thinking! Voice, choice, PURPOSE, engagement…

Today we began to generate ideas for next year. We started the meeting with a walk to appreciate our place.

The best ideas come when we aren't trying to think of them... They often come when:

-Walking
-Running
-Traveling (airplanes, airports, trains, buses)
-Falling Asleep or Waking Up
-In Conversation with Friends
-Listening to Audiobooks or Podcasts
-Showering

Flourish Model and the Hero's Journey

Ximena also led a starter about how teaching activates each area of our Wellbeing...

Here are some of our initial thoughts about leading and learning linked to our 2020 business plan and strategic goals:

Learn it... Live it... Teach it... Embed it! Meeting Thurs, Week 8, Term 2

Music: Composition using Garage Band

Connecting the Dots

Overarching Goals that run through all PLD

Raise student achievement

IMPROVE TAI - ROBUST TAI cycle, measurable etc , narrowed focus , timebound etc

Increased teacher assessment capability through formative assessment, moderation etc

Strengthen/improve teacher understanding in all PLD areas.

Also see: PLD Goals Summary

Inquiry Learning: Parent Workshop

On 4th April, we held a parent workshop on Inquiry Learning.

Purpose of workshops:

• to show that Inquiry is authentic and is about deep thinking

• to unpack the Inquiry process
• to encourage conversations about learning to continue at home.

Positive Teaching Practices/ Institute of Positive Education

• Overview of positive psychology drawing specific links to how the emerging science can inform and underpin best-practice pedagogy.
• Exploring key research and the impact of positive relationships, positive accomplishments, positive emotions, positive health, positive engagement, positive purpose and the character strengths. 

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Jigsaw Activity: Research about positive emotions