Tohatoha "Share"

 Term 3 Staff meeting Tohatoha "Share" The new image created by Karen is great and represents the meaning well. We used the Dear Sam video and the teachers responded to it well. They even sang the song at one meeting. It modeled the one to one and one to a group well. They also enjoyed the technology of the past. In the Te hiku area due to distances to travel, we split the cluster into the Kaitaia area and the East coast so we hold two staff meetings for these areas. Teachers can attend which one they would like. The teachers enjoyed the secret email a lot of them it was new and they did not know that you can post directly from an email into your blog. This was also a new learning for me. We did change from the original reading we had for this activity as after the first meeting the teachers got focused on the topic more than the share. We also added examples from local schools to model, which teachers enjoy to see local schools rather than other areas. There was still some debate over the purpose of a principal blog and not have any comments or views. kerry added some principal blog examples for them to have a look at. Another reflection is we held these too late in the term the teachers where very tired and lethargic. For the next term we will be booking staff meeting dates as early as possible in the term. Especially with it being term 4 and that being such a busy term.