Moe funded SELO

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari, he toa takitini
My strength is not that of an individual, but that of the collective

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Programme highlights:

With a particular focus on Te Whāriki, this programme will explore ideas around curriculum, assessment, planning, and evaluation processes. We will identify the next steps to support participants with learning and teaching strategies. Using these practices, we hold the child, their family and whānau firmly at the centre of everything, while honouring their contributions as a basis for the design of a local curriculum for an individual setting.

Central to this project work would be internal evaluation. ERO defines internal evaluation as the use of robust processes to systematically inquire into and evaluate the effectiveness of policies, programmes and practices. Internal evaluation findings are used to inform decision-making, improve the quality of practice and promote positive outcomes for all children.

Participating services will be placed in cluster groups with 4 other local centres and we will tailor workshops for each group, beginning with an introductory evening (dates TBC). We will follow with two more cluster workshops, two Inspiration Mornings (for all participants in the programme) and finish with a Cluster Presentation Evening in June 2020.

Each service will also receive online support and in-centre visits from the Professional Learning Facilitator where needed, where they will be supported with their individual focus/inquiry question.

Programme:

For details of venues please email admin@elp.co.nz or call your Professional Learning Facilitator.

CENTRAL Auckland Cluster
Professional Learning Facilitators: Anita Homewood and Nicky de Lautour
Anita: 0212607081 / Nicky: 021783005
Wednesday 4 December, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Introductory Cluster Workshop
Monday 10 February, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Workshop
Saturday 7 March, 9:00am-12:15pm: Inspiration Morning (for all clusters)
Monday 20 April, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Workshop
Saturday 16 May, 9:00am-12:15pm: Inspiration Morning (for all clusters)
Monday 22 June, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Presentation Evening 

Plus in-centre visits and online support as required.

EAST Auckland Cluster
Professional Learning Facilitator: Kathryn Delany 0273361013
Tuesday 19 November, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Introductory Cluster Workshop 
Wednesday 5 February, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Workshop
Saturday 7 March, 9:00am-12:15pm: Inspiration Morning (for all clusters)
Wednesday 8 April, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Workshop
Saturday 16 May, 9:00am-12:15pm: Inspiration Morning (for all clusters)
Wednesday 24 June, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Presentation Evening  

Plus in-centre visits and online support as required.

NORTH Auckland Cluster workshops
Professional Learning Facilitator: Nicky de Lautour 021783005
Wednesday 27 November, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Introductory Cluster Workshop 
Tuesday 18 February, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Workshop
Saturday 7 March, 9:00am-12:15pm: Inspiration Morning (for all clusters)
Tuesday 21 April, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Workshop
Saturday 16 May, 9:00am-12:15pm: Inspiration Morning (for all clusters)
Tuesday 30 June, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Presentation Evening  

Plus in-centre visits and online support as required.

WEST Cluster workshops
Professional Learning Facilitator: Anita Homewood 0212607081
Tuesday 26 November, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Introductory Cluster Workshop 
Tuesday 11 February, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Workshop
Saturday 7 March, 9:00am-12:15pm: Inspiration Morning (for all clusters)
Tuesday 14 April 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Workshop
Saturday 16 May, 9:00am-12:15pm: Inspiration Morning (for all clusters)
Tuesday 23 June, 6:00pm-9:00pm: Cluster Presentation Evening 

Plus in-centre visits and online support as required.

How to apply:

Unfortunately applications for this programme are now closed.

 

                                        

“There is clear evidence that teachers who have strong ‘theoretical knowledge’ of literacy and can integrate this well, will achieve the greatest overall gains for children” McLachlan, Nicholson, Feilding-Barnsley, Mercer and Ohi

This programme will run from April 2019 - June 2020 and is available for centres in the following areas:

Paeroa, Waihi, Hauraki, Te Kuiti, Te Awamutu and Taumarunui

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Language and culture are inseparable. Through this series of workshops and in centre visits we will focus on oral language, including infants and toddlers. We will unpack ways to strengthen language through quality environments and interactions that allow for mana, wairua and mauri to flourish.

Programme highlights:

Participating services will be placed in cluster groups with other local centres and will benefit from the following:

  • In-depth workshops with an ELP Professional Learning Facilitator
  • In-centre visits and support
  • A ‘literacy-based’ internal evaluation focus and outcome statement relevant to your specific setting
  • A chance to broaden your knowledge and practice around internal evaluation, shared and distributed leadership, action research, and literacy theory and practice
  • Access to research, resources, and external experts
  • Ongoing mentoring, contact, guidance, and support from professional learning facilitators and the community of practice in your literacy cluster group
  • Opportunities to widen your professional network and strengthen your team and organisational culture

Programme:

  • Three 3 hour workshops with the five other centres in your cluster, followed by a presentation evening
  • In-centre visits, supporting centres where needed with your individual focus 
  • Online support

How to apply:

Unfortunately applications for this programme are now closed.

 

Teachers as learners: Developing a community of learners through inquiry

Whakapūpūtia mai ō mānuka, kia kore ai e whati  
Cluster the branches of the mānuka, so they will not break. 
(Unite with a basic philosophy and know which direction to go)

To download a flyer for printing please click HERE. For more information about what is involved and how to apply please read below.

Programme Highlights

  • An internal evaluation focus - based on what you want to grow in your centre
  • Growing teachers’ as inquirers
  • Supported self-directed professional learning
  • Opportunities to be supported through cluster hui, centre visits and an online forum
  • Opportunities to widen your professional network and create a sense of reciprocity amongst the ECE community
This professional learning is over 18 months and will support centres to embed the processes that create an alignment of internal evaluation, teacher’s inquiry, teacher appraisal and teacher certification renewal. Teachers will have many opportunities to deepen their understanding of Te Whāriki (2017).
 
You will join a cluster of other passionate teacher learners focused on engaging with their own inquiry that will strengthen their whole centre’s internal evaluation. Teachers and centres will develop a collaborative understanding of the Professional Standards through their inquiry.
 
Assessment and curriculum design are an integral part of the professional learning program because Learning Stories are often strong evidence of teachers understanding of current theory and research. Areas of inquiry over the 18 months could include the following:
Leadership
Social competence
Infant and toddlers
Culturally responsive curriculum
Understanding your local curriculum
Environments
Working theories and dispositions
Curriculum areas
Assessment, planning and evaluation
Te Whāriki 2017
 
The programme will start in January 2019 with a cluster hui for all centres.  Then over the 18 months there will be several centre visits from an ELP Facilitator, an online community will support teachers research, and finally a time for teachers to share their innovative ideas with the whole cluster…..

How did your journey unfold?

Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa
Let us keep close together, not far apart

How to apply

Unfortunately applications for this programme have now closed.