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The Educator Entrepreneur: Don’t Bring a Whiteboard Marker to a Knife Fight – 17 Prescriptions for a Better Life

Sep 4, 2020

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in Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, educator, Educator’s Journey, Executive Education, Export Education, Indigenous education, International education, Lean education, NCALNE (Educator), The rise of the educator-entrepreneur

Education is a tough business to work in. And that’s true if you are a teacher, a trainer, or any kind of specialist educator. Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about how to survive and hopefully thrive in a rapidly changing educational landscape.

NEW…! Don’t Bring A Whiteboard Marker To A Knife Fight

Dec 8, 2019

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, educator, Educator’s Journey, entrepreneur, Executive Education, Export Education, International education, The rise of the educator-entrepreneur

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Embrace the tension: The rise of the educator entrepreneur

Sep 6, 2018

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Graeme Smith

in Critical Thinking, Disrupt, Disruption, Education, educator, Educator’s Journey, entrepreneur, teacher, Teachers, The rise of the educator-entrepreneur, work

Watch this space… coming out soon…!

Cultural Capability Trial for Foundation-Level Educators

Feb 13, 2018

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Graeme Smith

in capability, cultural, Maori, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Pacific Literacy Initiatives, Pasifika, Uncategorized

Here’s something new from my He Taunga Waka Colleagues at Ako Aotearoa. They would love you to trial new content they have been writing. The focus is on working more effectively with your Māori and Pasifika learners. You’ll need to visit Pathways Awarua to trial the new material and there’s a link to a survey…

Under the hood: ESOL Starting Points

Feb 17, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Adult Learning, Embed literacy and numeracy, ESOL, Framework, Learning Progressions, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Starting Points, TESOL, Uncategorized

The Starting Points framework allows tutors to focus on learning that happens at or before koru/step 1 on the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy. This is often in an ESOL context. Where does it come from? The ESOL Starting Points were created by The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). This was in response for a guide…

NCALNE (Voc): Essential But Not Sufficient

Sep 21, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Adult, ALEC, Aotearoa, educator, embedded, embedding, Emergent, Graeme Smith, Literacy, Mature, NCALNE, Numeracy, Partial, Practice, Voc

Skip this post unless you manage foundation tutors or work as a tutor in the adult literacy and numeracy sector. Here’s the question: Will the NCALNE training help my organisation develop more mature embedded literacy and numeracy practices? Here’s the answer: Yes. It’s a great start. But it’s the beginning of the journey. Not the…

Gamification 101: How To Turn The Course I Teach Into A Game

Sep 18, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Adult, ALEC, Board Game, Card game, Design, Education, gamification, gamify, Graeme Smith, Literacy, NCALNE, Numeracy, teaching, Voc

Technical stuff is hard to teach. This is because it’s… well… technical. As a trainer you have to work hard to make things understandable. One way to do this is to turn it into a game. Or a series of games. I’m interested in this at the moment because I’m experimenting with Cashflow 101. This is…

Literacy & Numeracy Jobs Wanted: Setting Up LN Job Board

Jul 22, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Are you looking for staff with literacy and numeracy expertise and credentials? If you have a literacy and numeracy related job to advertise, I will post it here for free. The same thing applies if you are looking for a contractor or consulting expertise relating to adult literacy and numeracy. At the moment, I am only…

Pathways Awarua is for educators: Share this video with someone today…!

Jul 15, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, awarua, educator, Graeme, learner, Literacy, Numeracy, Pathways, Smith, TEC, Video

Pathways Awarua is a great free resource for learners and educators. Do you know someone that could benefit from improving their reading and maths? There’s a short video here explaining how they can use this free resource. Are you an educator or do you know someone who is? If your answer is yes, you need to watch…

How do I get started on Assessment 3 of the NCALNE (Voc) including Mapping with the Learning Progressions?

Nov 4, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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If you need a hand getting cracking on your Assessment 3, which involves doing an analysis of the literacy and numeracy demands of your course, there are several resources online that might be useful: If you haven’t seen it already, all of our course content is now online in interactive modules as part of the Pathways Awarua…

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