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Forging connections within and across the ILE's
Started by Helen H 06 Aug 2020 1:41pm () Replies (5) Last reply by Tessa GrayTeaching in a school of close to 600 students (6 studios), sometimes it can feel like we are 6 little separate schools. Can you please share any ideas you have for strengthening and broadening relationships across a school for both students and...New Collaborative Partners
Started by merryl 16 Sep 2018 6:10am () Replies (7) Last reply by merrylHi everyone We are considering developing some new collaborative teaching partners in our Innovative Learning Hubs. This has got me thinking about how do you best support collaborative partners to come together? How do you best place people...Modern Learning Learning outcomes
Started by Avi Reddy 09 May 2017 3:22pm () Replies (2) Last reply by Tessa GrayHello everyone, I am in the 5th year of my modern learning journey and I have definitely seen the pros and cons of the environment and pedagogy.Recently I have taken up a project looking at learning achievements in these spaces versus single...Goal Based Learning
Started by BMills 25 May 2017 3:13pm () Replies (2) Last reply by Denise BarringtonI am interested in finding out how teachers of year 3 and 4 are enabling their learners to select their learning goals across the curriculum.Developing school wide student agency in primary schools
Started by justin hickey 18 Mar 2016 11:22am () Replies (2) Last reply by ShaneHi there everybody. I've been spending a lot of time lately thinking about student agency and meaningful learning experiences for our students. This has come about as a result of my four year old coming home from pre-school, proud as punch,...Learning Licences, do they really work?
Started by Neill O'Reilly 13 Jul 2016 8:50am () Replies (22) Last reply by Tessa GrayI have had four teenage children all got their restricted and learners licences. All struggled with the restricted licence, the human (and teenager) need for socialisation and the power and influence of 'peers' may have meant, on occasion...Measuring growth and achievement...
Started by justin hickey 27 Feb 2017 8:50pm () Replies (29) Last reply by Tessa GrayI find myself somewhat frustrated with the environment that we are expected to work in. Being a data driven industry I feel torn between being an innovative, future focused educator that focuses on individualised learning experiences for my students...To what extent do innovative learning environments support 21st Century Skill Development?
Started by Karen Hughes 26 Mar 2017 12:06pm () Replies (9) Last reply by Tessa GrayHi All I am on the hunt for research that supports/challenges the presumption that ILE's provide opportunities for 21st century skill development (communication, problem solving, collaboration etc) over traditional classroom settings....Student Agency in the Junior School
Started by caryst 19 Mar 2017 10:26am () Replies (1) Last reply by carystHi All I am supporting a team of 2 teachers to implement ILE pedagogy in their junior school class. This is a class of 2 teachers and 45 or so students. Our focus is to develop student agency with these students. The questions we are encountering...Flexible Timetables
Started by Bronwyn Gibbs 10 Apr 2015 6:43pm () Replies (20) Last reply by JackieBKia ora, I would like to implement a flexible learning timetable in my class. I'm trying to get my head around how this will work! I would love to hear from anyone with ideas, advice, how to's ....... Thanks, BronwynKicking off a New Year
Started by Ngaire Shepherd-Wills 20 Jan 2017 12:20pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Ngaire Shepherd-WillsI've been back at work this week and noticing the buzz starting with teachers getting ready to head into a new year and term. Thought I would share this blog post that I wrote last year called "Reflect and Reboot". Has some good...Planning & Teaching collaboratively
Started by Kerri Thompson 30 Dec 2016 9:18am () Replies (4) Last reply by irsha alishaKia ora everyone in this group. My name is Kerri and along with 3 colleagues we are moving into an Innovative Learning Environment 2017 - 2 teachers on each side of a new block with 50-60 learners between the 2. The discussion we are...Collaborative Planning - What does it look like on screen?
Started by Mark Maddren 13 Aug 2014 12:43pm () Replies (113) Last reply by Carly KiddWhen planning in a team, what does that actually look like? I have visions of teachers either working in an online doc or site planning together based on their learners needs and then linking off to other docs as they get more into the detail of...Half ILE and half single cell
Started by Rachel Weinberg 31 Oct 2016 8:04pm () Replies (5) Last reply by Lee AustinIs anyone else in the position of working in a school where ILEs are being deveoped in half of the school and the other half remains as single cell classrooms? We are a large urban primary school and our budget does not stretch to developing the...integrated curriculum planning Y7-10?
Started by alyson 18 Oct 2016 11:32pm () Replies (1) Last reply by alysonDoes anyone have a google based planning template that I could look at that will help us on our journey towards collaborative planning/teaching between curriculum areas in the Year 7-10 area? We are wanting to start having 2 or more curriculum area...ILE in a small rural school
Started by Neil Anderson 29 Sep 2016 2:50pm () Replies (4) Last reply by Tessa GrayI have just started as Principal at a 3 teacher school with a recently completed ILE upgrade and quite a bit of new technology. Are there people out there in similar schools who can share experiences of how they have made the most of ILEs in small...Implementing Learner Agency
Started by Heike 13 Feb 2016 12:09pm () Replies (13) Last reply by Neill O'ReillyHi everyone We are an ILE with approx 60 children ( NE-2) and 3 teachers. We would like to implement a learner licence system. Obviously, our learner licence system gives children privileges corresponding to their ability of displaying...Teacher workloads in I.L.E [ MLE]]
Started by charles gibson 29 Jul 2016 11:34am () Replies (9) Last reply by Vianney DouglasOur school is soon to become a new ILE school where collaboration is at the heart of modern teaching. We have spent sometime visiting other ILE schools throughout NZ. I am totally behind this concept and I am sure it is the way forward to...Daily / Weekly timetables in MLE/ILE
Started by Mark Osborne 07 Jul 2016 9:43am () Replies (3) Last reply by Nixon EagleKia ora whanau, I've been having a few discussions with people lately about what a day looks like within MLE/ILE and I realised we haven't spent a lot of time sharing our approaches to the structure of the day/week. Given the need for...Maori student achievement and ILE's
Started by Vianney Douglas 25 Aug 2016 12:26am () Replies (1) Last reply by Vianney DouglasI know that the Barrett et al (2015) has been referred to on here and that their research has provided some evidence that the school environment does impact on students learning progress, however I note too that in Mark Wilson's Sabbatical...
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