Tiaki-James Pokere - Reflection, thoughts, inquiry, collaboration and more

  Present: Myself, Janeen (Team Leader), Nick (AP).  This appraisal hui had a set of questions, based on any inquiries that I have within my teaching so far this year. These questions below were the focus of the appraisal.  Q1. What is the impact on your teaching and or learning from your inquiry.  Q2. Next Steps I think this process is another effective method of undertaking appraisals, as it is delving deeper into what the teacher has had a 'hunch' (wants to enquire further into) about. This then leads into, how effective has the inquiry been, what evidence can you provide to support your inquiry and the impact it has change on the student and or the teacher.  Throughout the hui, I discussed with both my mentor/team leader and the AP about my two injuries (Maths and Te Reo).  The impact Te Reo has had on both the teacher and students is that; my programme is more structured, involvement of classroom ministers, focus of...

Writing Moderation with Mentor At the end of Term 3, students undertook their second e-asTTle writing assessment for the year. As the classroom teacher, I undertook the marking of all students writing (narrative) first. Through collaboration and discussion with my mentor, she was given one writing e-asTTle assessment for my high, middle and low, and made a judgement of where she believed they were at in accordance to the rubrics. I found this learning very informative, as it allowed me identify where I went wrong, and my next steps for next time. I have found moderation to be effective, as it gives both the moderator and marker an opportunity as into why they have been given that mark.

Activity Week Organisation  Activity Week Organisation with Mentor The week before the start of Term 4 commencing, my mentor and I got together to discuss possible outing activities that students may benefit from throughout week 8. This year is a low budget camp where students pay $50 to take part. The activities we did decide on, we needed to make sure that we had the right ratio of parents to students depending on the activity and its risks. It was equally important that our week fell within the safety guidelines and expectations of the school.  I found this to be valuable learning, as there are going to be many times throughout my teaching career where I will be required to organise outings for my or classes.