Late last year I was invited by Ruth Hills from Bay of Islands College, to be a part of a new team to support teachers’ professional development at the school. The aim of this initiative is to bring together all of the school’s facilitators from outside the school and the expertise within the school to collectively work together to aid teachers’ practice.

The group involves Nyree King from Te Āwheonui: Center for Professional Development and Learning at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi who facilitates Culturally Responsive and Relational Pedagogy at the school, Susan Arrowsmith who has numerous strings to her bow, LPF & PaCT, Assessment for Learning to mention a few and Patsy Wynyard, the school’s Classroom Specialist Teacher and Head of Te Reo Māori.  My facilitation role brings Manaiakalani’s Learn, Create, Share pedagogy to the school

Ruth as the school’s Professional Development Leader will be leading the team.  Ruth has a lifetime of teaching experience that spans back several decades. Her embodiment of Learn, Create, Share, Culturally Responsive and Relational Pedagogy, Growth Mindset, Te Kotahitanga in and Kia Eke Panuku in the classroom is inspirational.  She’s presented at numerous Manaiakalani Secondary events on the merits of blogging at secondary school.  Click here to view Share to Learn, Empowerment through Connections.

I’m very excited to be a part of this team, and know I will learn a lot from the experience of these wonderful wāhine.