This week in Ōtaki there is a very tired feel around the education community. After Term 1, and then Lockdown and now Term 2, without a break everyone seems to have run out of steam.
Kids are tired, teachers are tired... everyone is ready for a break.
Leveraging the Manaiakalani Kaupapa
The kaupapa of Connected, Ubiquitous, Visible, & Empowered has been a catalyst for change in the weeks following lockdown. For some schools and teachers there has been a real embracing of this kaupapa. It is now becoming what they do, as part and parcel of learning in their kura.
What lessons have schools in your cluster taken from the distance learning experience to enhance or improve the face to face schooling experience?
There is far more collaborative practice - teachers working together to support one another, especially at one particular school where teachers sharing resources who would never have shared before!
The value of ubiquitous learning - available anytime any where at any pace from anyone. We gathered feedback from students once they had returned to school after the lock down and this was by far one of the things they enjoyed the most, especially in a secondary setting, being able to complete things at their own pace, choosing which subjects work they wanted to focus on and not having to stop because the bell had gone.
Lockdown has really shown us the value of ubiquity.
We have also seen an increase in independence - and whānau involvement with learning. It was so heartening to join in class Google Meet sessions and see whānau supporting students.
Time for a well deserved break I think!
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