Professional Development

AFTER: Collecting some final information for your portfolio

Jul 4, 2017

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in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development

You need to gather up some evaluation data so that you can write up your final reflections in the final section of the assessment template. There are two kinds of evaluation data that you need: Learner evaluation data. We have a template that you can use or modify the template which we’ll share shortly. Or…

AFTER: What does it all mean? Analysing your learners’ literacy and numeracy progress

Jun 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Next, you need to analyse your learners’ results in relation to key programme demands by: Summarising progress results including identifying strengths and needs for each learner. Describing implications from the results that can inform the design of future literacy and numeracy teaching and learning strategies We have prompts for all of this to guide you…

AFTER: What evidence do I need to start pulling together for Assessment 7?

Jun 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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There’s a short list below. These aren’t the only things, but now is a good time to recap what you should be doing and supplying as evidence so far. Here is the checklist from the start of Assessment 7. This is the same as in your assessment template. You need to use and then supply…

AFTER: What do I actually do for a collaborative assessment?

Jun 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Assessment, assessment 7, Collaboration, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Professional Development

There are instructions below for yourself and your learners. You can download our template for collaborative assessment here and modify it to suit your learners and teaching context. Tutor Instructions Choose two or three literacy or numeracy activities, goals or learning areas for the group to focus on. Record these on the group worksheet. You…

What is collaborative assessment? A clear explanation and 2 questions to compare with self assessment

Jun 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Education, ALEC, Assess, Assessment, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Professional Development, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now

What is collaborative assessment and how do I use it?

AFTER: Just do it…! Assessing your learners’ literacy and numeracy progress

Jun 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Reusing your contextualised literacy and numeracy assessments Ok…! You should be set up for this already. Now is the time for you to go ahead and assess your learners’ literacy and numeracy progress. For most people, this means simply reusing your contextualised literacy and numeracy assessments from Assessment 5. This means that it’s more of…

AFTER – Kia ora and welcome to Collection 7 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Jun 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Kia ora and welcome back once again…! This is the final collection and you’ll complete your last assessment task. Let’s do a quick review and then get on with finishing everything off. Here’s an updated outline of what you’ve learned and done so far. Collection 1 – CONTEXT: We learned about definitions, frameworks and factors…

Why should I beta-test the new NZCALNE online with Pathways Awarua and ALEC…?

Apr 18, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), PD, Professional Development, Uncategorized, Update

What do I get out of it? Well… it’s a fair question. Here are some reasons why you might wanna have a look at the new NZCALNE online as a beta-tester. A beta-tester is someone who tries out a brand new product and provides feedback. One great reason might be that you are actually enrolled…

Beta testers wanted for the new NZCALNE (Voc) with ALEC and Pathways Awarua

Apr 18, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Pathways, Pathways Awarua, professional, Professional Development, Uncategorized

Greetings friends of ALEC and Pathways Awarua…! We need some people to test the three new Collections we launched for the start of the new NZCALNE (Voc) online. That means we need people who are happy to have a look through this new content and try it out. And hopefully, give us some feedback. Steve…

Tuakana-teina: What is it? 4 Different Ways You Can Use It Positively In Education in New Zealand

Mar 6, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Tuakana-teina refers to the relationship between an older person (tuakana) and a younger person (teina). It is specific to teaching and learning in the context of Māori. In a more traditional Māori setting, the meaning is literally “older sibling-younger sibling”.

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