Hapara Champion Scholar Completted

I enrolled last yar after completting the Hapara Champion Educator course to have ago at the Scholar course. It was a great course that involved alot of work but was very worthwhile doing. I got to unpack the ISTE standards and find artifacts that relate to some of them so got to see some great resources from other teachers completting the course. We also got to write our teaching philosophy and reflect on each others. Giving feddback and feedforward on each others. It was great to get a chance to dive deeply into my personal thoughts and pedagogical practice. Also to dive deeply into the Hapara standards and goals and how they fit with my personal thoughts. This is something that we should regularly do as over time and with changes in the world yours ideas and thoughts change. I enjoyed the course so much I have enrolled to do the next course later in the year the Hapara trainer.

Combined Teacher Only Day

We have had a great start to the year with a Combined Te Hiku and Kiakohekohe cluster Teacher Only Day at the Treaty of Waitangi grounds.This is the first time we have combined together for this day. We had around 140 teachers come for the day. Being the first day back for teachers the request was not to have our teachers being spoke at for long periods of time. The teachers wanted hands on practicle based activities that where not for to long. We put an agenda together at the end of last year utilising on local talents and experts. Thanks to Monica and her great team from the education centre at the TOW and also the great staff from Tautoro School who bought along there resources and shared the great teaching and learning they are presenting at their school. The day was made more special being held at such a spiricial and sacrid place. The feedback and conversation were very positive and enthusiastic. Nexts years TOD will be combinded again and be held in the Te Hiku cluster area we have started conversations allready as it will be hard to bet the great day we had this year. This was the agenda for the day and some photos.