Mid Year sense making

The Manaiakalani Senior Leaders meeting focus was to make sense of our current data and identify what we currently do, what we need to incorprorate and what we need to change to get the required shift across all learning areas. The  5 key points made about High Leverage practices:

 

My focus is on how do I ensure these HLP's are integrated and embedded into a classroom setting and support teachers in doing so. Coming out of lockdown the emphasis on teacher and student wellbeing is of utmost importance. Creating a well balanced non threatening  environment will need to be carefully considered. 

Step 1 - less team meetings. maybe every alternate week. This would give teachers time to breathe, time to focus on learners and creating a well balance programme that incorporate HLP's. 

Step 2 -  1 Team meeting, 1 learning area.   

Step 3 - Highlight and discuss HLP's for that learning area. Look at research, evidence based practice and teacher professional contributions within the team.

By going slow, being thorough and sharing of ideas I hopw we alleviate stress and everyone feels well supported.