Camp 2014

Our Noho Marae.

Year 2/3 Marae stay at Pukokeko Marae. A great overnight stay with 3 classes. 

The children enjoyed learning Marae protocol. They enjoyed crafts and games. Thanks to the parents who helped make this an extremely successful event. Can't wait till next years trip. 

Learning how to set up our professorial l learning portfolios.

Wow ! Look at the work going on here today at James Street School.
 It's great to see so many teachers learning how to make the teachers registration user friendly and hands on.
Look here for results. 

Singing at Assembly in sign language 2014.

Singing with Special Needs unit. Children learnt and sang this song in sign language.
 Lots of fun.

Technology in the class room.

A fun morning designing and then creating wolf traps after reading the "Three Little Pigs."
Room Kauri Year 2 / 3 class.

IYT ( Incredible Years For Teachers ) February 2013 - September 2013)

Incredible  Years For Teachers   Positive behaviour for learning.              

 February 2014-September 2014.

This was an interesting course that made you think about how we manage children and your class management programme. Our instructors where Lesley Heenan ( Special Education Advisor | Behaviour)  and  Lorraine Millard RTLB.

Workshop 1: Building Relationships with students and Proactive Teaching 

• We selected a student to develop a behavior plan for the next month.
• Building positive relationships with students and parents
• Reflected about our management strategies and made personal goals

Workshop 2: Teacher attention, coaching, encouragement and praise

• praise - what does this mean ?
• video ourselves giving positive praise
• encourage positive self talk selected a student to develop a behavior plan for the next month ( review)
• academic coaches 
• you statements 

Workshop 3: Motivating students through incentives

• What incentives do we use to motivate our children ?
• Don't reward "almost"

Workshop 4: Decreasing Inappropriate behavior- Ignoring and redirecting

• How to decease children s inappropriate behaviors
• Stay calm
• redirecting with positive forecasting  

Workshop 5: Decreasing Inappropriate behavior- Follow through with consequences

• discipline hierarchies 
• time out _ steps and ideas  
•  Loved this saying " you don't have to blow out my candle to make yours burn brighter" 

Workshop 6: Emotional regulation, Social skills and problem solving

• problem solving
• management steps
• child developmental 1 / 2 

An extremely worth while course making you reflect your management systems and behaviour. techniques 

Evidence Based Practices in Classroom Management Satff Meeting 14.10.14 PBL4

Evidence Based Practices in Classroom Management
Today we learnt about clear expectations for class routines. Making us reflect on how clear our expectations are with in the classroom. What evidence have we got? Are our exceptions well displayed in the classroom ?  Do the children understand what they are doing? 

Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Behind the scences by Helen Prescott

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hu3Vwj1oRuciNN55QpyDX-PK2j7yLB5ahmd5_QTqWb4/edit?usp=sharing

Fantastic ideas and for setting up your Google apps and community (GAFE). Very hands on and some ideas to help others. Also links to other good Google apps.

Raising Writing Performance in the 21st century classroom: tools, tips, and opportunities

• Raising Writing Performance in the 21st century classroom: tools, tips, and opportunities
• By Dr Ian Hunter

This was an exciting and motivating presentation into ways we can teach writing. Would recommend getting his books or if you get a chance to listen to him go for it!

 

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Dr Katie Novak

Dr Katie Novak is a Reading curriculum coordinator at both primary and secondary levels, a middle school writing teacher, and an independent 'Universal Design for Learning' (UDL) consultant in the United States. With twelve years of classroom and university teaching experience and a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction, she designs and presents workshops nationally and internationally focusing on teacher implementation of UDL.

An interesting guest speaker who made us think about our own teaching styles within our classroom.Dr Katie Novak 
Ulearn 2014.

Prof. Yoram harpaz

ulearn 2014

Yoram is currently the head of the Principals' Department in Beit Berl Teachers' College in Israel, and the chief editor of Educational Echoes (the largest educational magazine in Israel).Yoram earned a BA in history and philosophy, and an MA and PhD in education at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 2000-2001 he was a visiting scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he wrote his dissertation on teaching thinking. In 2003 he joined the faculty of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership and became director of the school.
Link to Yoram notesHis latest book Teaching and Learning in a Community of Thinking: The Third Model, (published by Springer), explores The Third Model – a pedagogical model, which places the encounter between the child and the curriculum at the centre of educational theory and practice. The Third Model is implemented in an alternative classroom called The Community of Thinking. This framework is currently implemented in schools in Israel, England, Australia and New Zealand. He made us reflect and think about how children and we think! 

Test IFTTT recipe

Great learning

Learning about blogger for e-portfolios with @iseeteaching Saunil Hagler www.iseeteaching.com.

Saunil gave up his time to teach us some amazing skills and set up this blog. If your school gets a chance I would recommend  his help. Thanks for teaching and sharing your skills. 

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