2007 Professional Development

Toko School

2007
Professional Development

Fast Escape Route

School Master

Literacy Leadership

Reading Recovery

Inquiry

Beginning Teacher Courses

Principal Development

PE and PA and Active Schools

Principal Development

ULEARN CONFERENCE

Actions and People

Whole staff development getting to grips with school master!!! Why!!! Improved learning? Improved assessment? Improved Access? Or a Ministry requirement!!!
Terry Stowers at Toko School will again assist, but now we have our own experts with Kelly and Charlaine... and others! But the School Master package is going to be the storage area for assessment information. After two years ie the end of 2007 I hope we are all comfortable using this School Management program. What is more, there is the slightest possibility that it will improve learning! ( However, that is yet to be seen)

Literacy Leadership is a two year contract!
Detailed info here
Improving children's ability to read!
Whole staff. This is the most significant PD of the 2007 school year. In class observations and teachers discussions on quality teaching and learning.Toko School has access to 24 days paid release days to further develop our teachers skills and understanding in the teaching of reading... Specific focus in 2007 is:
developing shared reading techniques across the school, use of AsTTle-- using assessment AsTTle information to assist planning
development of Individual Profile Sheets for targeted underachieving children.
developing meaningful teacher talk amongst teachers.
read and understand the content of the new Ministry ELP reading book.

Judy Monk will be continuing her training as a reading recovery this year. Judy has been replaced by Vicki who will continue her training at Toko School from term 3.

3 Doors training. Information skills for teachers to enable us to better teach children how to meaningful ly inquire. This is a 12 week course developed by Gwen Gawith. What is the school wide Information Skills program... Well there isn't one.
The intention is to try to develop an "Inquiry Mode". at Toko School..... In 2007 I hope we are introduced to Gwen Gawiths latest thinking, and take her ideas on Board and fairly evaluate the content. From that point we can decide on and develop a model that is used at our school. I would like a..."This is the way it is here model"

Scott is 'booked in' to all of these in 2007! Visits to otter schools and classrooms

Richard will be attending a week long course Principal Development Center in March in Wellington. It is hoped that a development plan is developed from this intensive week!

Richard from term 4 involved in a PPLG Principals Professional Learning Group with local Principals.

Kelly is taking on this initiative in 2007. We want to:
improve the EOTC curriculum framework documentation
review current position
plan for improvement in the delivery of PE and PA.

CTEAL Leader 2007

All teaching staff are off to ULEARN in the September holidays! WOW! What an awesome opportunity for our teachers.

When

All year. All staff..

Lead teachers
Megan and Charlaine assisting all teachers.

Judy and Vicki

All teachers not Kelly

Scott and Charlaine

Richard

Kelly lead teacher.

Review and Analysis of Variance
School Master
Teachers at Toko School have made significant improvements in their use of School Master. There is still wide variation on how it is used. For example. All teachers are planning using the software, but not all teachers are assessing.

All teachers are able to make lists and reports that link to classroom usage.
Improved Learning.
I was always very skeptical on whether SM could make a difference to children’s learning and I still hold this opinion. It is however, a compact and effective way to store assessment and planning and access to this , if you have developed sufficient knowledge.

Literacy Reading
This was very significant PD for Richard, Megan and Charlaine. These three had good release to attend meetings run by Andrea Harding. Its focus was clear and as I said, for the teachers involved there was significant impact on teacher behaviour.
The flow through to other staff was planned for and was successful. But couldn't’t compete with the face to face sessions we were having. We have had excellent staff meetings around the content… basically teachers practice, in the room, minute by minute!
Out of this significant school wide changes have occurred to planning and targeting of children
Changes to testing and getting useful information out of AsTTle.
Changes to the school curriculum documentation.

Reading Recovery
Judy has been replaced by Vicki who will continue her training at Toko School from term 3. Sadly Judy resigned around mid year for family reasons. Vicki continued in her place There was however, a break to the consistency of the program and the availability of training. Less than perfect, but we made the best of a difficult situation.

3 Doors Training.
This was very successful for those involved!
Scott, Charlaine, Richard, Megan. Kelly didn’t do it as she had a substantial study load. This has created variation, the one thing I was attempting to eliminate.
In 2008 I hope to repeat the process with all teachers included in the raining. It has highlighted that a school wide system of inquiry is actually everyone thinking the same, and that this is not always easy!

PDPC
This as a significant opportunity as the report indicates!
PPLG Principals Professional Learning Group with local Principals.
Meeting at regular intervals with Kelvin Stratford Primary, Liz Eltham Primary, Warren Stratford High School, Rae, St Josephs Stratford has been a privilege. All very capable and hardworking passionate people. Our 4 meetings over the year were great opportunities for Professional Development
CTEAL Leader 2007
It was a successful year for the CTREAL of which I was President! I look forward to another year and perhaps te development of a EHSAS application.
EOTC AND PE AND PA
Over the course of the year Kelly rewrote the health Plan.
The EOTC Plan
The PE and PA guidelines. These are all significant improvements to the existing documentation. It is all the ore important with the changes to the NAG’s I am very pleased with the level of commitment and personal challenge that this showed.

ULEARN
What an amazing opportunity for all! We all came back buzzing. I guess the proof of the pudding will be the IT integration in 2008!
Certainly at the end of 2007 there were, blogs and wikis, and a completely renewed energy in the integration of IT within the classrooms.