Being 'responsive'

The biggest outcome from our infamous merge last year was that change is good for all; and that being adaptable is crucial to enabling the best learning opportunities for our ākonga. 

Recent tweets  and blog by our Principal and SLT, shared our collaboratively created timetable process and transdisciplinary learning.  In response to these I saw this quote and thought it suited us perfectly. 

And Tuesday morning's Kaiarahi meeting showed once again we're willing to turin things upside down in the moment. 

For Tuesday's meetings I had added  to the agenda:

Giving Kaitiaki space groups time with PLD to create a guide for when staffing spaces

For two reasons this was of need for me to be discussed;

• A learner in our Puna ako group/ my mentor group whose personal inquiry was to work on his weights programme.  

                                  1) He had attended an induction 😀

                                   2) He had a weights programme designed with a Kaiako  😀  

                                   3) He was over 15  😀   

                                   4) He had a support peer   😀    

                                 But he did not have access and the space was closed  😡

                                            Therefore he could not  do his inquiry.

•  I wanted to revisit our Kaitiaki work we had explored during our teacher only days and grow the space to include visuals and prompts to grow autonomy in the moment (my teacher inquiry to support our non-participants to engage)

Our discussion was in favour of change but we were screwed by the rigidity of our current timetable  model to staff the space. .......and then it changed. Our learning time;  Mai time became redefined. 

Usually we would design this proposal share and tweak with our Pou teams then present to our Kaiako our new thinking.  

On Tuesday we took the idea to our Kaiako, raw and fresh and a discussion occurred with its pros and cons, devils advocates and cheerleaders. 

Outcome: Let's trial this approach for our next timetable round starting week 8. 

How exciting to work in a space that we can and are being responsive to our ākonga persoanlized learning wants and needs.

How exciting that in one working day we turned upside down our learning design.

 How exciting to work where a village raises a child. 

      #wearetuakana   #wearehaeata