E-time Tour 2012

Mission Heights School

Mission Heights School Culture Values, Beliefs, What is held as important? Trust Community Involvement Innovation Change Evolving Communication Choice Creative Kids First Independence Risk Taking Buy-in (staff who don’t fit, don’t stay) Establishing school culture is a key priority Very well articulated culture within the school

Mission Heights Teaching and Learning All on the same page Very transparent about their teaching Child-focussed not teacher focussed Learning Framework – model that underpins review process, problem solving, plans etc Learning Framework lives within leadership structure Authentic Contexts ACE Very responsive to the students they are teaching Respect eLearning Philosophy Easily accessible to the students and the staff Anytime, anywhere – very evident! Access to resources Technology is in place to drive/guide teaching and learning Ownership Community-based Equity Relevant Purposeful Digital Citizenship

Mission Heights Measuring Student Achievement/Reporting to Parents Shift from paper profiles to digital profiles Real-time Educating the parents Written to the children Using child speak Comparative Data driven Summative Brief/succinct (not too much fluff) Use a platform similar to ultranet.

Mission Heights Overall Evaluation. Very different students to L.I.S. $$$$ investment has been considerable. The computers themselves not top of the line but $$$$ money spent on the server. Number of computers in each room and in shared locations Internet responsibility/trust on the children Very authentic learning contexts. No bells interesting. Pastoral groups.

Point England School

School Culture Values, Beliefs etc - What is underpinning this school culture? Children driven to succeed through their independence and motivation Better Together Collaboration between staff, children & community (business, ministry partnerships) School has an excellent understanding of their community, community needs, background of the parents Striving to make their students employable Parents appreciating what is being done for their children Value partnerships Learn, Create, Share – everything underpinned by this Empowering students, parents – truly understanding and honouring them Real sense of community/whanau evident throughout the school Value relationships at all levels – extending to outside of the community “Don’t do things to people – do things with people” “Stop and check yourself, be the best you can” Strong sense of RESPECT across the school

Point England School Teaching and Learning Work hard to dispel the myth that students from low decile schools are at a disadvantage High expectations of students and what they can achieve Focus on the positives of what the students can do and can achieve Excellent progression of ICT skills – focussing in on how ICT can be utilised to build enhance literacy - Learn, Create, Share – using ICT in such an engaging, motivating manner that really hook the students (Create), work shared online to authentic audiences (Share) Students able to clearly articulate their learning – good understanding of what they are doing Foster independent/self-directed learning “Can do” attitude – finding ways of doing/overcoming the barriers Life skills – recognise importance of students learning the digital skills necessary for the future – skills (and repertoire of tools) that will make them employable Entrepreneurial Backward By Design approach – clear sense of direction, clearly identified the desired outcomes for their students and have broken down the steps/learning experiences (indicators) that need to be addressed to meet those outcomes “We can do this because….” attitude

Point England School Measuring Student Achievement/Reporting to Parents Standardised testing Use of online learning management system (LMS) to promote the sharing and critiquing of work (peers, teachers, parents) Specifically teaching the children to reflect on their own and others learning – all through the LMS Use of rubrics (scaffold) – ICT small part of this Teaching the parents/involving the parents all of the time – fully informing them so that they can be a part of their children’s learning (eg sitting an AsTTle test) Working with university to assist them in data gathering – good use of that data to see the growth within the school Clear articulation of goal/vision with data to support the difference that has been made Importance placed on the progress towards meeting the goal Being realistic about the goals

Point England School Overall Evaluation All on netbooks seem to engage learners. A lot work put in over a number of years is paying dividends Real community feel, pastoral needs of the students and families well catered for. Community groups/business well and truly tapped into. Daily news bulletin was awesome. Students trained to be tour guides presenters. ICT P.D. prioritised to the skilled people so they could teach others. E-Journals

Rototuna School

Teaching and Learning Everyone seems to be on the same page, speaking the same language, same philosophy underpinning everything Coherence Children know WHY they are doing things – children have a deeper understanding of the activities they are engaging in and how they are growing their learning Learning intentions and targets a bit part of teaching and learning in the school eLearning Tools being used naturally, purposefully – all supporting high quality teaching and learning AND the school vision Sustainability – school has obviously continued to grow post-ICTPD contract, constantly re-evaluating Concentration on teaching and learning – and utilising whatever the tools are at the time that will best support that – real strength of the school 6 people in the ICT team who are responsible for running drop-in sessions each week to continue to upskill teachers – keep the learning going Must have regular, ongoing, just-in-time learning – technology changes so rapidly

Rototuna School Syndicates groups, P.D. learning groups, ICT drop in sessions. ICT equipment carefully selected with focus on overall student achievement. Community buy-in. Syndicate hubs worked really well. Very well resourced.