THE KIWI TEACHER

Effective learning is engaging, collaborative, and visible, with students at the center, actively creating knowledge.

Society’s preoccupation with learning as contributing to future success often leads us to view learning as a necessity.

When kids engage in learning from a young age, achievement follows. Therefore, enjoyment and engagement should become our key metrics.

It’s hard to ignore how many students are finally catching on to the power of generative AI. Towards the end of 2023, I found my...

For collaboration to truly take hold, we need to build it into a classroom culture. When we do, we can all succeed together.

We need to be creating free teaching and learning spaces within traditional contexts. Spaces where educators spark curiosity.

I’m not sure we have to tools to design collaboratively. What I mean is – we don’t have the time, the energy, or the know-how.

I silently wait for the karanga. Invited to cross the atea, we make our way forward. Leaving my shoes by the door, reminders of the need...

Until we are able to value, support and empower teachers in ways that are truly transformative, we’re just offering them an empty promise.

As teachers we talk a lot about feedback. But how often do we sit down, pause, and reflect on the feedback we are giving.

I think the future lies in saying, “Let’s try this”, valuing the collective expertise of educators and taking informed risks.

With the rise of at-home learning, and easily accessible information online, traditional perceptions around the role of teacher have changed

I'm sharing my experiences of homeroom time and how I think we can best utilise it to support our students growth.

Instead of meetings becoming a teachers gripe, I offer an opportunity to reframe hiw we meet through the lens of hui, wananga and talanoa.

I recently read about a group of students using a shared Google Doc to take lecture notes. The notetaking was simultaneously taken in a...

What if we began to weave together the strands of reflection AND practice, thinking AND doing, looking backwards AND walking forward.

If we want to see real growth in our staff and students, we need to ask, “How can I work WITH you?”

The song book represents our collective understanding. It is our Kaupapa, our vision, where we are heading.

We need to shift away from the traditional epistemology of knowledge to a new way of doing and being.

In the search for best practice, we need to reconsider our assumptions, re-evaluate our opinions and rethink our answers.