Professional Development 2013/2014

2013

-        ‘Let’s Talk Maths’, symposium, Te Toi Tupu

-        Foundation Skills for Literacy, Louise Dempsey followed by ‘The Writing Book’ session where Louise was joined by Sheena Cameron

-        Writing workshops with Gail Loane (targeting reluctant writers)

-        IT focus: iMovie, iPhoto, Strip Design, Explain Everything, Life Cards, Puppet Pals. This PD was awesome, learnt a lot (probably actually too much as my brain often felt overloaded trying to keep up with each new App) but I have used all successfully in my classroom. 

-        ‘The Wilkie Way’, three maths sessions led by Charlotte Wilkinson, author of Pearson Education mathematics texts

-        Swimming with Cecilie Elliot, State Kiwi Swim Safe instructor

-        Coaching and development session with Taranaki Cricket

-        Football training and development session with Central Football

-        Beach safety education, East End Surf Lifesaving Club

2014

-        Incredible Years Training, six sessions over two terms.

-        Maths development sessions with Rhian Johnson, Te Toi Tupu instructor
- Visit to Highlands to see their maths in practise. Discussion with Maths Lead Teacher around Talk Moves and ensuring my maths was leading my year 6 children in the right direction. 

-        Restorative practice- school wide development sessions

-        Explicitly Teaching Writing led by Stephen Graham. This led to a senior syndicate focus on information report writing where we saw major successes in the development of the level of writing, with evidence from a pre and post writing sample. It followed clear guidelines as to how to outline a text and it made it clear and simple for both teacher and child to use. I think this was one of the better PD sessions I have done so far.

-        Story telling and creative workshops by Stu Duval