Planning with the literacy specialist

 (1) I caught up with Literacy specialist Mark Milford, who agreed to work with me to enhance various literacy skills. Here is the breakdown:

• Improving Listening Skills and Summarising Lessons: Encouraging active listening techniques such as asking questions, taking notes, and paraphrasing what was heard.
• Dealing with Unknowns: Teach strategies for handling uncertainty, such as educated guesses, and breaking down complex problems into smaller ones.
• Processing vocabulary and Making connections: Encourage students to make connections between new vocabulary and concepts they really know.
• L3 Bivariate Data: Collaborate with Mark Milford to develop instructional materials and activities tailored to Level 3 bivariate data concepts. Utilize the whiteboard as a tool for visualizing data and facilitating the incorporation of real-world examples and applications to demonstrate the relevance of bivariate data analysis.
• Report writing for extension students: Provide a scaffold and support for students to plan and structure their reports effectively.

Throughout the process, I encourage active engagement, and critical thinking to foster a deeper understanding and mastery of literacy skills by working closely with Mark Milford, I can tailor my approach to meet the specific goals of my students.

Inquiry 2024 -knowing the learner

 Career pathways planning; 

The NCEA University Entrance requirements;

• NCEA Level 3.
• three subjects at Level 3, made up of 14 credits in each of the three approved subjects.
• 10 credits in literacy at Level 2 or above, from a specified list of standards, 5 credits in reading, and 5 credits in writing.

I have been working with my learners to discover their career goals as they are in year 13. I have developed a program where they could achieve at least 14 credits from their internal to secure their university partial university entrance before working on externals.

Here is their career goal: 

Course planning:

After investigating their last year's results, their dream career pathway, and their abilities, I have modified the plan for the year  as follows:

One group of learners will focus solely on internals, aiming for 14 or more credits.

A second group of learners will tackle one external exam along with 5 internal assessments.

The third group of learners will take on three external exams and 4 internal assessments.

My Inquiry 2024 -Knowing the learners

 My Inquiry this year is Year 13 Statistics class. In this class ethnicity breakdown is as follows: 

There are five Samoan learners, Five Tongan learners. one Asian learner, five  Maori learners, and two  Cook Island Maori learners.

Last year's (2023) NCEA results:

Last year NCEA results showed that nine learners came from the year 12 Statistics pathway, 

seven students came from the General Maths pathway and two of them didn't take maths in 

year 12. Additionally, of those who came from the year 12 Statistics pathway, two gained 

Excellence, 3 gained Merit, and three gained Achieved in External examination.