Project-based learning model lifts engagement
7 December 2022

Community guest speakers, a bespoke timetable, and a focus on authenticity helps bring project-based integrated curriculum to life at Mt Hobson Academy.
English-medium and Māori-medium workshops to assist teachers making Overall Teacher Judgments will get underway in term three. Registrations will open soon.
Workshops and webinars focusing on supporting English-medium teachers’ moderation practices will be available through the Consortium for Professional Learning (CPL) from 7 August. This will be the second series of English-medium workshops and builds on the first series held earlier this year. More than 1400 teachers attended the first series, and many commented favourably on the practical nature of the workshops and valued the opportunity to develop shared understandings through dialogue with other teachers. One teacher described the workshop as “a great mix of talk and actions”.
The main focus for this second series will be on effective moderation practices, both within schools and between schools, and promoting the use of professional talk as a key part of moderation. They will also introduce frameworks that have been developed by curriculum experts, with input from teachers, which are proving to be a useful tool.
The workshops will include practical activities to assist teachers to develop and reinforce their moderation practices as they make their Overall Teacher Judgments (OTJs).
The workshops ‘unpack’ the learning progressions signposted by the standards and provide information for teachers about what they should be noticing about what students know and can do across reading, writing, and mathematics.
Teachers will have the opportunity to engage in moderation discussions with other teachers and to use evidence gathered from students in their class to inform the moderation discussion in the workshops.
Comprehensive online support will be available on the CPL website to enable schools to engage in follow-up activities.
The second series of workshops is being held in all regions between 7 August and 18 September 2014.
English-medium workshops – second series
Northern region | Series Two |
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Auckland Central 1 (am and pm) | 7 August |
Kaitaia (pm) | 12 August |
Paihia (am) | 13 August |
North Shore (am and pm) | 19 August |
Auckland Central 2 (am and pm) | 9 September |
Papakura (am) | 9 September |
Auckland West (am and pm) | 21 August |
Auckland East (am and pm) | 11 September |
Whangarei (am and pm) | 14 August |
Auckland South (am and pm) | 16 September |
Warkworth (am) | 18 September |
Central South region | Series Two |
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Wellington (am and pm) | 7 August |
Hutt Valley (am and pm) | 12 August |
Palmerston North (am and pm) | 19 August |
Wanganui (am and pm) | 20 August |
Kapiti (pm) | 9 September |
Porirua (am) | 10 September |
Masterton (pm) | 11 September |
New Plymouth (am and pm) | 16 September |
Central North region | Series Two |
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Hamilton Central (am and pm) | 7 August |
Gisborne (am and pm) | 12 August |
Thames (pm) | 12 August |
Tauranga (am and pm) | 19 August |
Napier (am and pm) | 19 August |
Whakatane (am) | 20 August |
Taihape (am) | 20 August |
Rotorua (am and pm) | 9 September |
Taupo (am and pm) | 10 September |
Hamilton West (pm) | 16 September |
Southern region | Series Two |
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Christchurch Central (am and pm) | 7 August |
Dunedin (am and pm) | 12 August |
Rangiora (am) | 12 August |
Nelson (am and pm) | 19 August |
Blenheim (am) | 20 August |
Christchurch West (am and pm) | 14 August |
Invercargill (am) | 9 September |
Ashburton (pm) | 10 September |
Balclutha (am) | 10 September |
Timaru (am) | 11 September |
Cromwell (am) | 11 September |
Greymouth (pm) | 16 September |
Westport (am) | 17 September |
The first series of workshops for schools, Kura, and Māori Medium settings using Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori will be available through the consortium of Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust and the Institute of Professional Learning from July 2014. The workshops will focus on supporting teachers in Levels 1 and 2 Māori Medium settings to make overall teacher judgments (OTJs). A second series will follow in Term 4.
This first series will focus on:
Following the workshops, online support for teachers will be available at: Maori-Medium-OTJ-Workshops(external link)
Workshop venues, dates and further information
For the dates and venues of workshop in your location, visit the Ministry’s website(external link)
For more information, contact: Cath Rau, Cath@kiaatamai.org tel: 021 420 666, or Hemi Rau, Hemi@kiaatamai.org, tel: 021 812 204
BY Education Gazette editors
Education Gazette | Tukutuku Kōrero, reporter@edgazette.govt.nz
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