Facilitating PD

This entry is a reflection on the first PLD session I facilitated. It was a session on how to create personalised Google sites, and it was a part of the Manaiakalani Toolkits for term 2 2015. I will hopefully carry this on and facilitate more sessions and possibly present at the next GAFE summit.

Teacher-led vs student-led

In this entry, I talk about my difficulty with trying have my year 5 & 6 students lead their own learning.



Addendum:

Professional development sessions

Professional Development in general is helpful to teachers. It can provide ideas on how to improve their practise, it can provide reminders, and it can provide training on new skills. It is dependent however, on the quality of the facilitator and the willingness of the teacher to take on these ideas.

I can't help but think though.... If teacher training was more extensive and practical in the first place then facilitators wouldn't be so busy teaching BT's (beginning teachers) skills they should already have, but instead achieve their original purpose; add to the teaching profession.

Beginning of the year

In this video I talk about the set up required for a class at the beginning of the year. Set up includes both classroom decoration and furniture layout prior to school beginning for the year as well as routines and tasks that need to be established.