Protected: Te Reo Maori in the classroom

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Protected: Teaching ESOLLA in 2018: Collaboration; Maori culture; student agency

Posted: November 13, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: 01. Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership, 03. Professional relationships, 04. Learning-focused culture, 05. Design for learning, 06. Teaching | Enter your password to view comments.

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Matariki 2018

Posted: November 12, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: 01. Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership | Leave a comment

New in my classroom this year:

  1. Added specific Matariki posters to the windows and door.
  2. Greeted my students in Maori all week.
  3. Promoted discussions about celebrating Matariki with all students.

Generally:

  1. Take an interest in my Maori and Pasifika students. Find out what languages they speak. Try to greet them in their own languages.
  2. Engage my year 7 and 8 students in comparing languages to Spanish eg Maori greetings, colours and ‘how are you?’

Next steps:

  1. Use the Maori app more to learn vocabulary.
  2. Will follow Maori course at Marae in 2019.
  3. Talk to colleagues who have recently completed an online Maori course.

Background PD readings this year:

The Te Kotahitanga Effective Teaching Profile – Russell Bishop and Mere Berryman (1)

KaHikitiaAcceleratingSuccessEnglish

Maori words for classrooms

Link to Mind Lab 2017 WordPress Blog

Posted: November 14, 2017 | Author: | Filed under: 01. Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership, 02. Professional learning, 03. Professional relationships, 04. Learning-focused culture, 05. Design for learning, 06. Teaching | Leave a comment

This is the general link to my Mind Lab blog for 2017. I started adding posts every week, but could not keep it up as it got too much, however, later in the course we were required to post weekly about specific topics and all mine are here and visible. It is always interesting to receive comments from other educators, so feel free to join a discussion!

https://gillsmindlab.wordpress.com/

Thoughts on Learner Agency November 2016

Posted: November 30, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: 01. Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership, 04. Learning-focused culture, 05. Design for learning, 06. Teaching | Leave a comment

Here is a link to a recent article on TKI

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-resources/NZC-Online-blog/Learner-agency