Next Practice Assessment @OJC

On Saturday, May 26 our #DreamTeam banded together to amplify our learning at an exciting event at Ormiston Junior College called "Next Practice Assessment".  This day was inspired by the removal of National Standards and the presenters shared a range of research, strategies and thoughts on where we will go next as a country.  What a real opportunity for us to think and act differently in our new kura.  Some takeaways for me included:

• transdisciplanry versus interdisciplinary and how this impact assessment practices

• need to unpack the 'essence' of the learning areas int he NZC

• use of the NZC levels, not NSs, will we also use progressions?

• designour approach to give our educators 'permission' to try new approaches

• look at relationships BEFORE timetables

• revisit what we VALUE frequently, it's about our learners being happy so they can learn (sing, laugh, move and love)

• integrate Maori values authentically, teach through Maori culture

• consider our approach to andragogy- digital badging for our staff nduction

• relationships require trust, trust requires relationship- #culturecounts

• how will our approach truly embrace the 'teachable' moment? the 'learnable' moments?

• honour the Arts, they have a high cognitive load (countries who value music also do well in maths/tests eg. Japan

• soft systems and hard systems must align -  Learning Furniture Guide

• have a language of AND and BOTH

• Design versus Planning

• Valuable time needs to be spent establishing NORMS and embedding our beliefs about learning- need to align mental models 

• Fix, clarify or LET IT BE

• Share levels of consultation with staff, they only need to know and participate in some things, yet keep it all transparent to make BETTER use of EVRYONE's time

• Perry Rush says we need only to look at our learners- THERE is our curriculum. Powerful pedagogical tools 1.Questioning  2.think aloud, modelling this   3 research yourself-third person

• Learning to learn grows the learning muscle

• Investigate 3  pedagogies- problem based-Hattie, primary experiences (Brooks and Brooks, 1993), memorable (Nuthall, 2007) to have a clearer picture of our approach

See the collective brain dump below.