Duration: 1:16
Stephen Eames shares how teachers are supported to collaborate at Rāroa Normal Intermediate School. By being given encouragement and opportunities to try new things teachers can grow understanding.
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| Title slide: Professional development at Rāroa Normal Intermediate School enabling e-Learning Filmed at Rāroa Normal Intermediate School | |
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Stephen Eames, Deputy Principal We've got a wonderful bunch of teachers and we're continually encouraging them to have autonomy in their work, to be creative, and to try new things. | Stephen with three teachers meeting around table. |
| A lot of the classroom teachers are also implementing digital technologies. | Stephen speaking to the camera. |
| It's just about teachers understanding, where it fits into that curriculum. | Teacher with students in classroom. Two students working at laptop computer. |
| So if we've got teachers who are embracing the technology as a whole in their programs, they're already well down the track of integrating that curriculum. | Student working at laptop. Student with board game. Stephen speaking to the camera. |
| We do have the specialist program that provides opportunities for them to release, to collaborate, to work with us. | Stephen with three teachers meeting around table. |
| Our learning leaders, we provide them with quite a lot of release to make sure that they're connecting, and observing, and helping, and supporting their teachers. | Stephen speaking to the camera. |
| And then we’ll free up a lot of time for teachers to actually just connect, and to collaborate. | Stephen with three teachers meeting around table. |
| Actually if you look at the exemplars and the progress outcomes, some of the skills that are developing surpasses that. | Screenshot from Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum website. |
| So it's not a just trial and error type of thing. It's very carefully constructed programs based on that research. | Stephen with three teachers meeting around table. |
| Lots and lots of talk, lots and lots of collaboration, and lots lots of support to provide the resources for them to do that. | Stephen speaking to the camera. |