Miss+White's+Project

__Problem, Issue, Concern __ Are learners in 9KO and KR ready for learning in Yr 10 and beyond? Am I growing independent learners?

__Driving Questions __ 1 What does it mean to be ready for learning in Yr 10+? 2 How can I measure who is/is not ready for Yr 10? 3 How can the KR/KO Learning Team give opportunities to KR KO to develop their readiness for Yr 10+ (ie their ILQs)?

__Actions __
 * July **
 * Learners set own goals for Term 2 - knowledge of self as learner.


 * August **
 * The KR and KO Learning Leaders indicated whether they thought learners were/were not ready for Yr 10. They used their experience with the learners to 'judge' whether learners can 'manage themselves'.


 * September **
 * Self-reporting end of Term 2 - knowledge of self as learner, reflecting on their own goals.
 * Learners set own goals for Term 3 - knowledge of self as learner.

- In the holidays I went to a conference in Brisbane. I went to really interesting presentations by teachers from Merrylands High School (Sydney), Guildford Grammar School (Perth), Mt Waverley High School (near Melbourne). They were interesting because they are linking learning in core subjects to challenges or projects.
 * October **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Things I have read and watched and done .... here.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Started a PBL trial w KR and KO at the start of Term 3.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Mr Cameron, Miss Ross and I spoke w Penny Bradford who runs the Discovery Learning Centre at Manurewa High School.
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">All the Yr 9s in one Whanau go one day a week to the discovery learning centre for 4/5 periods in the day. //
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The projects at MH have academic rigour, are developmentally responsive, socially responsible and culturally responsive. //
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">All learners learn around the same 'topic' and are all assessed on the same thing. //
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Assessments - Term 1: delivery of mihi; Term 2: Powerpoint summary of research and participation/ contribution ( <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">incl peer assessment) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">to group powerpoint; Term 3: Participation in community project (incl self assessment); Term 4: development of a website to share something about their community with someone they know living elsewhere. //
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">About a 1:3 ratio of computers to learners //
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hutt Valley High School run a Teamworks programme //
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Wellington High School run a Tukutahi programme in their junior school (have done for 10 years) //

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Mr Cameron, Miss Ross and I spent a day and a half at Manurewa High School. The Learning Leaders at MH were reviewing their first year of the DLC and thinking ahead to what's next. Like us, they see the need for Yr 9 and 10 (and I say 11 too!) to look and feel different from the snr school. The guest expert was Mr Pat Nolan who used to teach at Massey University in Palmerston North. I made a google doc to share notes with Mr Cameron and Miss Ross. It got me thinking about the experiences I want KR and KO to have in 2013+. I made another google doc to share my thoughts with the KTR Learning Team for 2013 (Mr Cameron, Miss Ross, Mr Mafile'o and Mrs Patrix).
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">November **

__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Interventions __ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Blogs - Term 3 onwards <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Project Based Learning - Term 4

__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Data __ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Attendance data <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Asttle Maths? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Asttle Reading? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Reflections <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Running Records (written by Learning Leaders) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Self-report comments

__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Conclusions __