Workshop Presentation Wednesday 22 August Workshop 1 Presenter Title/ Description Nathan Makaere-Wallis Following on from the keynote, this is an interactive workshop that explores the research as it relates to child development, learning and classroom practice. Nathan aims to be led by the participants in choosing the topics and research that is most relevant to our current understanding, aims and aspirations for children. Meeting the needs of children who have experienced early trauma or neglect and engaging them in the curriculum is an additional focus of the workshop. Rob Wemyss Head Start- transition to school - Principal Clifton Terrace Taking the "anxious" out of transition to school for kids School and parents! Headstart to school was put in place to assist Judy Hawtin with seamless transition to school from our many Early - Deputy Principal Childhood Education centres. Come along to find out how 10 Wednesday afternoons made all the difference to parents and children as they entered our school. Juliette Hayes Ko te reo o nga akonga: Creative leadership of Maori - Principal Geraldine High student partnerships. School How schools in South Canterbury have successfully collaborated on a model to meet the needs and aspirations of Maori students in their local context, through student voice, resulting in greater sense of belonging and achievement of Maori students. Gerald Baldwin Self Review - Principal Brightwater A workshop exploring how a comprehensive data driven review can be used to set budgets and targets for forward planning and how this information can be used to celebrate your school successes in Annual Reporting. Freya Sonneland Using My Portfolio - classroom teacher, Nelson How can the ‘My Portfolio’ learning platform support the Central School development of a reflective, collaborative, lifelong learning culture in the busy daily life of the classroom environment? I will share my experiences and insights into the what, the why and the how of ‘My Portfolio’ in a real life classroom. John Armstrong A Proactive Approach to Bullying. - Principal Henley School This workshop outlines an innovative approach to proactive behaviour management, involving gathering data through on line surveys. From this information strategies are implemented to bring about change. This approach was introduced as a proactive rather than reactive measure- managing bullying is a reality we all face. Hugh Gully Whaia te aratika (follow the right path) - Principal Nelson One schools journey to decrease stand downs and Intermediate suspensions and increase student engagement. The creation of a vision underpinned with “Whaia te aratika” has led this school in a process of change in all aspects of teaching and learning. Effective, targeted professional development and the establishment of a fulltime Teacher Coach has ensured rigorous standards are set and maintained. Cathie Johnson., Pip Wells, Leaders Together, Teachers Together, Schools Grant Watson Together; The Moutere Hills Professional learning - Principals Moutere Hills Community Cluster The story of successful interschool collaboration between a cluster of 8 rural school leaders. This workshop share the journey these schools have made together establishing the New Curriculum and developing teacher effectiveness and capacity. A key to this has been operating Professional Learning Groups with teachers across the Moutere Hills Cluster. Gavin Price Banked Staffing Gavin is a Banked Staffing expert who is only too willing to share his knowledge to help Schools use this resource effectively and efficiently. Wednesday 22 August Workshop 2 Pam Hook SOLO Taxonomy and "open to learning" conversations. Leading improvements in teaching and learning is both challenging and rewarding work. At the heart of any positive change in the achievement and well-being of our students is effective interpersonal communication. This workshop will explore how SOLO Taxonomy is used to "open" "open to learning conversations" around the values, practices and strategies described in the New Zealand Curriculum effective pedagogies and the Registered Teacher Criteria. Pip Wells – Supporting the person - Challenging the practice. - Principal Tasman School How our school used Restorative Justice processes to build a culture of reflection and learning. We will examine what strategies were employed at child, class, school, staff and community level to introduce and embed this philosophy into our daily actions. Jean Duncan and Karen Enhancing Special Needs/ Abilities Edwards Establishing a comprehensive school wide - Brightwater School Special Needs/Abilities monitoring programme. Looking at the process as to how student’s needs are prioritised and programmes allocated and monitored. Barbara Bowen Positive Behaviour for Learning - Principal Lower Moutere This workshop outlines the process Lower Moutere School School followed to embed PB4L into their Curriculum. Lower Moutere is a decile 4 school meeting the needs of a diverse local community. Find out how PB4L has had a positive impact on student achievement. Rachel Roberts Virtual Learning Network - VLN Primary Co- How Primary Schools from around NZ are collaborating ordinator online and the benefits to our students. We will discuss Rick Whalley the vision, practicalities & challenges of working - Principal, Matapu School collaboratively online. We will explore future opportunities, discuss technologies that support this and make connections with schools who are interested in participating. Natalie Dowman Novapay Novapay. The Novopay session will be an opportunity to get an update on the current status of Novopay and discuss ‘where to from here’. There will be dedicated question and answer time to focus on how Novopay will work for schools. Paul Potaka Human rights-based education - Principal Nelson A moral and professional imperative for school leaders’ Central School Ced – Human Rights in This workshop focuses on Paul Potaka and Ced Education Trust. Simpson’s recently published work presenting a case for human rights-based education to be viewed as a key moral concern for leaders. Human rights-based education provides a stronger, more motivating moral and professional vision for leaders at a time when there is a danger of this vision becoming “de-professionalised, ” focusing on a very narrow perception of the needs of students. Don McLean Developing the Hampden Street Team -Principal Hampden Street In the past five years Hampden Street has evolved as a School school and one of the key evolutions has been the development of the “Hampden Street Team”. On the back of the change of the management structure and using the revised New Zealand Curriculum as an impetuous for whole development, we have created a team approach which allows us to be truly reflective as a staff, encourages new ideas, innovation and risk taking. Friday 24 August Workshop 3 Mike Scadden In the past, teachers have been told that they need to motivate and cater for the uniqueness of all learners and that this will tap into their vast potential. However, we have found that this approach has limited success. Instead we need to engage learners in their own learning through a variety of carefully thought out strategies, structures and behaviours. Many of these are not radical. Some, you will already be doing at least in part. All are simple yet effective. They involve looking at current behaviours from a different point of view; one that involves understanding the science of learning. This fascinating presentation will explore seven factors related to student success. The model, known as SPARACT will reveal simple changes that we can make to ensure that students play a more engaged role in their own learning. Changes that can increase student achievement by up to 20%. Cathy Johnson Leadership 101 -Principal Dovedale School A practical and interactive workshop utilising Marzano, McNulty and Walters taxonomy (‘Balanced Leadership’) identifying types of knowledge that can be applied to leadership responsibilities associated with improving student achievement. Bring a list of ideas for improving student achievement in your school to this workshop and learn how to apply the model to your decisions. You will leave the workshop knowing the what, when, why and how of your next decision for improving student achievement. Freya Sonneland Teaching as Inquiry - Nelson Central School In this workshop we take a look at an action research project exploring how developing a deeper teacher understanding of AKO (reciprocity in learning) and 'teaching as inquiry' can enable deeper student/teacher relationships and enhance student learning, in particular, for our low achieving students. The use of student voice and teacher-teacher coaching are the key foci in forming our teaching inquiry process. Kellie Mc Roberts e-Competencies- Enhancing eQuality teaching in Nayland Primary classrooms. How do we know we are covering all the aspects of eLearning that our students will need for their future? Are we providing creative and critical thinking in our eLearning delivery? Are our students really aware of the opportunities and risks involved in being a 21st Century learner? This workshop explores ways of linking eCompetencies and web 2.0 tools with Key Competencies in the New Zealand Curriculum in order to authentically unlock eLearning in classrooms. Stuart Cameron Reflecting on a Crisis – Being Prepared - Principal Sumner School Two principals will share their schools stories during and Greg Lewis after the Christchurch earthquakes