High Expectations Seminar

Today we had a Manaiakalani TOD at Taipa. Some really interesting and tough listening around the connection between deficit thought and student outcomes.

While I believe that Oruaiti school has an excellent culture of student expectation I do think that there are some improvements I/we can make:

• Whole school mixed level groups
• Whole school goal setting and student led reporting
• Whole school Whanau based learning 

I think I will continue to keep a record of the relationship based projects and as Diane asked, share back my findings with the team at the end of the year.

I am wondering if we could use our pd funding to combine coaching and our lesson study with Rhona to focus on the Teacher Expectation Project (TEP)

http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/schools-departments/ldpp/ldpp-research/ldpp-research-projects/teacher-expectation.html

Intrinsic Motivation vs Extrinsic Motivation

My Show me 5 table reward system is extrinsic so I need to modify this slightly. I might try points based on habits of mind, e.g., persistence for meeting the challenge line in their writing.

Or instead of the Habits of Mind, I could follow a more culturally responsive course!

Whanaungatanga – building strong classroom relationships, collaborating; welcoming, personable, approachable

Kotahitanga – classroom community, sense of unity, respect, committed to Māori student achievement

Manaakitanga – supporting students academically and emotionally, understanding culture, connection with community

Whanaungatanga – building strong classroom relationships, collaborating; welcoming, personable, approachable


Rangatiratanga – responsibility for learning, autonomy, engagement, motivation; teacher monitoring and feedback

Wānanga – joint goal setting, short and long-term goal setting, academic focus, encouraging of questions

Mana motuhake – teachers care about student performance, clear feedback, goal-focussed; self-motivation, improvement-focussed, perseverance and resilience