Big Question exploration

My colleague, Tony and I have had discussions in regard to our ARP.
We are exploring a number of focus areas

Some aspects of the context include:

We are introducing new devices but risk not changing teacher pedagogical approaches.

We desperately need to complete and plan the ICT strategy

We have major obstacles in regard to aging devices, limited bandwidth, high SFO and resistance from some staff quarters

Middle Year 5-8 program is highly adaptive within context of NPDL

Early and Later years are using teacher directed and content driven practices

Project based learning has been introduced at year 9-10 and buddy based learning at P-6

PBL at Year 9-10 are developing 1. Outdoor Learning Program using development of multi media skills (student selected project interest)

NPDL teachers are developing vision to bring year 5-8 students into year 9-10 in 2016-7

There is scope to progress 5-8 approach into 9-10

A challenge is to adapt practice in 2. Years P-4  - this is a big challenge

There is an inquiry unit operating but it has limited time – with a dominant focus on long literacy and numeracy learning sessions – and teacher directed instruction

There is a risk that P-4 students are not engaging and developing curiosity

How to enable the younger students to experiment with more self directed reggio and integrated approaches when the teachers are highly focussed on literacy and numeracy outcomes

3. Evening weekly community meal : intergenerational IT adult learning program and homework club

Our Big Question brings to key elements of the NPDL (New pedagogies, Learning Environments, Leveraging Digital and Partnerships

To model and lead our colleagues to adopt a more learner centred pedagogical approach, trusting in, creating space, and supporting learners capacity to explore, experiment, improvise, make mistakes, lose and find time, find their own pace and rhythms,  and work collaboratively

To create a learning environment that is flexible adaptive and supports the learner centred pedagogy

To develop family, inter-generational and community based partnerships leveraging access to new digital devices and learning opportunities

Next Steps

What is the Project we work with as the developing context

Reviewing and confirming project focus – select from 1-3 see above

How do we as leaders model this approach

How do we build on current work in Year 9-10 : is already underway and students have dedicated time : this does not directly involve many teachers

Work with P-4 – involves working with the PLT

The intergenerational evening is a new initiative aligned to a funding application around family school partnerships, students working at IT mentors and adult learning.