Dramanet Summary to 2nd April
Ata mārie koutou,
I know if you’re anything like me, then you’ll find these past two short weeks actually felt incredibly long as we juggled rehearsals and practices to fit everything ‘normal’ into a much smaller time-frame!! Regardless, whatever the three-day week just gone or the one before it was like for you, I hope you all had a wonderfully relaxing time over the five-day weekend for Easter and that you were able to spend much of that time with your family and loved-ones. Our community has been humming away, busy as ever, recently.
Here’s your latest summary which I’d encourage you to browse over a cuppa in the coming days.
Note Worthy:
It’s always enjoyable to read a post that reminds us all why Arts Online and these communities for each discipline exist in the first place. Our community includes both the most and least experienced educators and practitioners we have and yet, regardless of experience, we all have something valuable to learn from one another.
I have always maintained that the kaupapa of tuakana-teina is the biggest asset of Arts Online. This week I noted we are just over 10 new subscribers away from a massive 800 members! That's up from just over 700 in July last year! This is awesome and reflects the fact that, while our numbers will always fluctuate somewhat, the number of educators, practitioners and other interested parties who each have a vested interest in The Arts andDrama education, and secondary arts students, in this country grows by the day. The support network provided through the Arts Online community platform is second to none. Ultimately, that’s all down to each of you so I thank you all for your commitment and contributions that keep our list humming along strongly every day!
With that in mind, it was encouraging to read Rene Molina’s affirmation to you all recently:
“I’d like to thank you all for sharing whatever information you have through this group. It has made my journey much easier and fun too! I really enjoy reading about your teaching experiences.” Full the message here
Thank you for taking the time to share your point of view with us, Rene! Your comment is greatly appreciated and I hope it encourages more members of our community, who have remained silent in the past, to speak up – whatever you have to share or say is worth sharing or saying!
A Primary Focus – for teachers of learners in Years 1-8:
He Reo Āwhina, He Reo Tautoko – A voice of help and support:
Resources Shared:
EOTC & Live Performance Opportunities:
Events and Workshops:
In the [social] media:
Professional Learning and Development Opportunities:
Professional Reading & Viewing:
Employment Opportunities:
Finally, it would be good to see the collective voice of all arts teachers and their experiences heard loud and clear and for them to be well represented in returns for the 2016 Secondary Teacher Census being conducted for the Education Council. I posted a link to information here. Check it out and complete the survey – it’s fairly quick and painless.
As always, this summary will be uploaded to the Dramanet VLN group and our Twitter feed @ArtsOnline1. To access any of the threads on the Arts Online website archive simply type the username “artsonline” and the password “mailinglist” to do this.
Naku noa na,
Ryan