In the Beginning...

A Foundation of Existing Connection

Our Community of Learning emerged from a foundation of cooperation that existed between our schools for a long time.

1. Principal Co-operation

   1. School Administration Support Cluster (SASC)

   2. Lower Mataura Valley Primary Principals Group

   3. Lower Mataura Valley Principals Group

   4. Lower Mataura Professional Learning Group

2. Teacher Co-operation

   1. Lower Mataura Valley Combined Activities Group (Cross Country, Athletics, Music Festival)

   2. New Entrant and Early Childhood discussion meetings.

   3. Learning Change Network

   4. Shared Teacher Only Days at the beginning of the year. (e.g. Tony Burkin and Allison Mooney)

3. Board of Trustees Co-operation

   1. Shared professional learning nights.

   2. Shared whole community consultation evenings

Establishing Our Community of Learning

We got started, moving through the necessary steps to formalise our cooperation.

1. Letters sent out inviting consideration - September 2014

2. Meeting with Ministry of Education- November 2014

3. Expression of Interest Submitted - January 2015

4. Developing our Achievement Plan with Ministry of Education support - April to November 2015

5. Steering Group Established - mid-2015

6. Achievement Plan Confirmed by Minister - November 2015

7. Memorandum of Understanding signed - February 2016

8. Appointments Committee established - March 2016

9. Appointments made for Lead Principal and Across School Teacher - May 2016

10. Privacy Protocols signed - June 2016

11. Appointments made for Within School Teachers - June to July 2016

Taking Our First Steps

1. Stewardship Team was established - June 2016

2. Teacher Only Day focusing on writing - June 2016

3. Google Drive Established - June 2016

4. Google Site Established - June 2016

5. Writing Moderation Workshops - June to August 2016

6. All Board of Trustees joined together for an information night - August 2016

7. Teacher Only Day focusing upon writing moderation - August 2016

Getting Actions in Place

1. Writing Competition for Year Five to Ten - October 2016

2. Development of PLD Plan - October 2016

3. Successful in receiving Grass Roots Funding for an on-line learning initiative - December 2016

4. Roll out of LMVoogle training and creation of student portal - March 2017.

5. Selection of our Critical Friend (Brian Annan) - March 2017.

6. Teacher Only Day for all COL schools and teachers - March 2017.

7. Successful PLD Application with 300hrs for 20 months - March 2017.

8. PLD Workshops - Google, Maths and Leadership Coaching for Menzies College - September 2017

9. Social Worker (SWIS) for our COL appointed - Term One 2018.

10. CORE Ed undertaking Leadership Coaching for Primary and Secondary leaders - 2018

11. Co-Leads appointed - May 2018

12. COLlaborative Inquiries started for Kahui Ako - May 2018