Zoe's Teaching Standards Site

 Today we spent the day at school with Jo Barr. We spent the morning looking at Deep Learning and how to strengthen our Matariki unit for this term. It was very beneficial to put the Deep Learning lens over our unit plan. In the second session we looked at Structured Literacy and sounds. This was great because we learned to say sounds properly and learned about the stages of reading and how oral language helps with reading and writing. The afternoon session was a chance to navigate our way through the Deep Learning NZ and Global websites.  A very worthwhile day with lots of positive conversations. 

 On Tuesday morning we had an online meeting via Zoom with our Kahui Ako and Core providers - Anne and Gemma. This meeting was all about engagement and how we can better engage our students into tasks. The main idea I got from the meeting was about Roger Hart's Ladder - each rung on the ladder invovled student voice more from the bottom of the ladder, where students are told exactly what to do and how to do it., working to the top of the ladder where students and teachers work together to to lead activities with teachers working as equal partners.