Professional Relationships

At DPS I....

Provide twice yearly learning conferences for students and their whanau. This looks like the students sitting down with their whanau and sharing their learning from the previous two terms. This process is currently under review to make it more effective and to align with the needs/wants of the whanau.

Attend retreat at the beginning of each year. This is a time for the staff to be together before the year begins in order to revisit any PL and introduce new things to a whole staff.

Teach in a collaborative team which involves planning together.

Am present at the beginning of the year Whanau Picnic and open classroom evening. This is a way we can informally interact with our school whanau and allow them to see our teaching and learning spaces.

Use Seesaw and Class Dojo apps to communicate with Whanau. Class Dojo is the main way to communicate message to whanau while Seesaw is used to share students learning.

Attend regular team meetings. To discuss PL, Children of Concern, upcoming events etc. In 2018 the team meetings have been altered to begin as a whole staff so we can go through readings and hear others perspectives rather than only our own team is time can also be used for another member of staff to deliver a quick (20min) PL session based on their area of expertise.

Attended EducampWAI 2017, which is an un-conference where local teacher can share their expertise by offering breakouts for other teachers to attend. I attended breakouts about #NZreadaloud, STEAM, Exponential technologies and opening up the walls in digital classrooms.

In 2018 this is being organised and held by DPS.