28/1/19 - PLD reflection

This example shows evidence of effective practice in order to achieve improved student outcomes. This example clearly shows the planning that goes in to making the school a holistic and caring place. 

Professional Learning Day Date:  28/1/19

Areas of professional learning: Pastoral Care, Maths, QLC

Standards for the Teaching Profession (Our Standards)
Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership Demonstrate commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Professional Learning Use inquiry, collaborative problem-solving and professional learning to improve professional capability to impact on the learning and achievement of all learners.	✔
Professional relationships Establish and maintain professional relationships and behaviours focused on the learning and wellbeing of each learner.	✔
Learning-focused culture Develop a culture that is focused on learning, and is characterised by respect, inclusion, empathy, collaboration and safety.	✔
Design for learning Design learning based on curriculum and pedagogical knowledge, assessment information and an understanding of each learner’s strengths, interests, needs, identities, languages and cultures.
Teaching Teach and respond to learners in a knowledgeable and adaptive way to progress their learning at an appropriate depth and pace.

Reflections and new learning: QLC team building - this was a great way to get to know the QLC group and put faces to names for new staff. Maths - A good refresh that PRIME is not the only thing we should be using to teach maths. I will take some time to find some rich maths tasks to link to my new M.A.T.H initiative. Pastoral care - looking forward to a great year being part of the pastoral care team. I am going have a deep focus on being grateful with the cohort I have this year and celebrating being courageous to link to Lyn’s term mantra. It was nice to see the whole staff getting involved in the yoga and having a few giggles.

How this reflection and new learning will impact on my practice: After this morning I feel set up and ready to hit the ground running. Having been in the school for a year already it is nice to feel like I know the systems and can really take on board the new learning. This year my focus is going to be around building pastoral care in my classroom to help work through some of the challenges I know this cohort faced last year. I hope to do this through modelling gratitude and risk-taking.