The intensive upped the intensity today! I have had a great day of learning..but the pressure has been on. I definitely need to go back and continue working on a few of the tasks so I can get them completed.
The key takeaways for me today have been:
1. As part of Kiri speaking to us about pedagogy and Kaupapa, she shared with us Korero Point England, which in my head immediately became Korero Paroa. Such a simple but ingenious idea. During the last session we were directed to a blog where the teacher inquiry was focussed on the enjoyment of reading. I was already thinking about how I was going to approach this in my Year 7 and 8 class, and hearing about Korero Point England has added another tool to the toolbox.
2. The Teacher's Workbook. Thank you for sharing this excellent resource with us, but also for showing us how to best use it. I am actually looking forward to getting it up-to-date, and having everything in one place. Brilliant.
3. Using the NZCER site to analyse PAT tests. While I have been in and out of this side of the PAT results mainly out of interest, I have never formally taken next steps from them. In my head I have, but I have never tracked them.
A very useful session today. Thanks ladies.
Sharon I am very much looking forward to digging deeper into the PAT resource with you. I'd also love to see the Teacher's Workbook. It's great you're on our team to share it with the rest of us. Kia Kaha ehoa!
ReplyDeleteKia ora Sharon,
ReplyDeleteOh I'm fascinated to hear about the Teacher's Workbook. And yes the links from PAT resources are awesome and yet often these get overlooked due to time constraints. Glad to hear you're getting the opportunity to look at these.
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Vic
Kia ora Sharon
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your key takeaways from Day 2: Knowing Your Learners as Readers. You are so right: Day 2 certainly upped the intensity with all things data and assessment! Day 3 should level out a bit again with the focus on Text Selection.
Thanks also for sharing your enthusiasm for Korero Pt England. I am super keen to hear how this may spark ideas for your context and in getting young people recommending books to a wider audience, including their peers. Please do share any approaches you end up using as we are always looking for case studies to showcase on the RPI.
It’s great that you also see the benefits of the Teacher Workbook and how you would be able to redesign it for your purposes, and with your teachers. I have found that RPI participants especially appreciate the progression tabs and some for the Guided Reading planning, which we will cover more of on Day 4.
I am pleased that you found the deep dive into NZCER Assist to be beneficial given, as you say, we often just don’t have the luxury of time to explore the wider reporting features. If you are keen to discuss further around next steps, do sing out and we can make some time to do this.
Look forward to sharing and discussing the task boards for our next day.
Nga mihi nui
Naomi R.
Literacy Facilitator - Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive