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Weekly Reflections

Term 1
Week 7                                                                      Date: 13th March 2015
Goal for the coming week:
Complete all testing on new student
Finalise groups & tasks for Mult/Div
Complete Senco referral forms for well below students
Finalise writing groups and their focus
Professional Development attended this week:
Te Wananga o Aotearoa (Reo Classes, Te Ara Reo L2)

Reflections of past Week
I am frustrated by the fact that I have only just completed all the required tests on students. I need to think about how this can be better managed. I have met most deadlines, however, I have found running records to take up a lot of time and can only be completed before school or at interval or lunch. Te Reo Maori is slowly being established routinely each and everyday. I plan to have the students using the karakia with confidence by the end of week 8. 

I have continually kept in touch with one of my student’s caregiver around toileting issues. This week he has had one day without any issues.  I caught up briefly with the assistant principal to discuss how one of her students that she monitored on check in and check out for 5-6 weeks. 

I am just about comfortable with using the current system of etap. I just need to familiarise myself with printing off assessment data that I have printed off. I enjoyed my first week attending my reo class. This week was about getting to know the tutors, students and familiarising self with the systems in place and learning contexts. 

My Mentor and I had a discussion around the Effective Teaching Partner (ETP) system to think about where I believe I needed to better improve my teaching practice. 

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