Day one…
I forgot how overwhelming a day online can be… but super stimulating at the same time. It was great to be back doing some learning (I love it) and reconnecting with the Manaiakalani team and meeting new educators from around the motu. I valued the meaningful conversations and shared experiences as we delved into the world of literacy, keeping abreast of the ongoing changes and discovering new ideas to implement into our curriculum programs. Overall a great day. I am looking forward to day 2!
What did I learn that increased my understanding of the kaupapa and pedagogy of the Manaiakalani Reading Programme ?
To be honest I was excited to be back in the ‘Manaiakalani Zone’ I feel I have a strong understanding of the kaupapa from being part of the team as a teacher, then as a facilitator but things are ever changing and it was great to refresh and review current pedagogy and data trends in Aotearoa.
What did I learn that could improve my capability and confidence in teaching reading?
There’s so much new to learn, especially as I am now in a different setting. I have added lots of ideas to my teaching kete to try moving forward. I really want to focus on enhancing the extended discussion aspect and helping students build confidence, both in reading for pleasure and in reading aloud when sharing their ideas.
What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
I am interested in Read Works as it is set at a higher level than Epic for example.
I appreciated the ‘workspace’ examples provided for multimodal follow up tasks. I believe these tasks will be incredibly helpful for supporting students, particularly those with additional needs. The individual task cards make the workload more manageable and less overwhelming for them, especially when combined with clear, explicit instructions. Once submitted, the tasks provide a straightforward, clear path.
As we work with Year 7 and 8 students in high school, we must keep in mind that things are delivered differently in this setting. It’s important to use a curriculum platform familiar to the students from primary school (such as multimodal) and then gradually introduce the expectations they’ll face in Years 9 and 10, especially as they prepare for their CAAs.
What did I learn that could be shared within my wider community, with either colleagues, or whānau/aiga?
I feel that I could share this whole day with my colleagues. Some of these ideas are new, while others have the tools but may not be using them in this way. If you take away even one valuable insight from new learning it’s worth it.. 🙂
Opportunities to refresh, review and have time to reflect on pedagogy are indeed rare. I'm glad you're enjoying the opportunity, connecting with colleagues and being back in the Manaiakalani space. It's great to have you involved with the RPI.
ReplyDeleteTwo things stand out for me in you reflections from Day 1....enhancing extended discussion builds student confidence and the transition from primary to secondary is so important to manage well to ensure some familiarity remains for ākonga to help scaffold their entry into secondary school.
Thank you for sharing these insights.
Janet
Love that you are so excited to be revisiting and learning new stuff to bring back into our classrooms, Janine. It will be interesting to see what is in store for us all once the draft curriculum is released, it will hopefully be an easy transition to implement what you learn through this RPI course to strengthen learning and to build confidence and hopefully a love for reading with our ākonga.
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