Collaborative approach to teaching and learning

Embracing AI for powerful learning

video

Watch Suzi Gould and Stephen McConnachie present this Grow Waitaha webinar Embracing AI for Powerful Learning.

Planning guide for Technology Transitions Te Aratohu Whakarite mō te Whitinga Hangarau

As leaders and kaiako, how can we strengthen pathways for ākonga transitioning from year 7&8 technology into a secondary setting?

Ākonga thrive within a technology curriculum that is coherent and forms an organised learning journey from intermediate to secondary school. This guide offers practical insights on implementing such a curriculum and ensuring smooth transitions for ākonga.

Grow Waitaha Resources Overview: Ngā Pou

Strengthen collaboration and learning opportunities with our tailored overview.

Planning innovative learning environments

Guide

This guide from the Inclusive Education website provides strategies and suggestions for developing innovative learning environments (ILEs) that work for all learners. It focuses on supporting schools who are planning a new build or building modifications.

Kaiapoi High School – An organic approach to collaborative learning

Article

Kaiapoi High School is developing modern pedagogies to support their new learning spaces. Find out how they are ensuring that the facilities meet the needs of the students and staff who work in them.

Hagley College – Connecting the curriculum through the Sustainable Development Goals

Article

Hagley College has been focusing on how to reduce subject silos, particularly for the junior cohorts. The school has developed ‘Connected classes’, a collaboration between the English, social sciences and science faculties with individual teachers delivering learning around a single unifying concept.

A Framework for Transforming Learning in Schools: Innovation and the Spiral of Inquiry

Report (online PDF)

This paper argues for a “sea change in learning settings for young people”. Using a range of examples from New Zealand, Australia, and Canada, this paper makes the case for new approaches to designing learning and teaching and how we might achieve this.

Swannanoa School – My learning journey

Presentation

Teacher Felicity Upjohn shares her why, how, and what of collaborative practice.

Chris Watkins – A Resource for Learning

Website

Chris Watkins is highly regarded for his texts about teaching and and learning — specifically collaborative approaches. Check out the 'Learning to Learn' videos.

Effective Learning in Classrooms

Publication (online PDF)

This highly recommended text by Chris Watkins, Eileen Carnell, and Caroline Lodge is freely available online. Note chapter 7: Collaborative Learning and Chapter 9: Learning to Learn.

Connected Educator New Zealand

Programme

An initiative designed to support and promote networked approaches to educational professional learning. The starter kete offers activities to and opportunities to connect, create networks, understand lingo, and use digital tools.

Paparoa Street School – An innovative approach to reimagining teaching and learning

Article

This Grow Waitaha article explains how Paparoa Street School has worked with students, whānau, staff, and the community to re-vision their shared purpose for teaching and learning. Principal Pene Abbie shares the journey they have been on, which has included the use of design hacks and the launch of the Festival of the Future.

Christchurch Catholic Kāhui Ako – Bridging and celebrating diversity

Article

This Grow Waitaha article explains how the Christchurch Catholic Kāhui Ako found common ground in their shared Catholic special character, in particular the Catholic social teaching principles.

Grow Waitaha roadshows – Collaborative design

Article

This Grow Waitaha article outlines how Grow Waitaha facilitators and educators collaboratively designed a series of professional learning events to support the needs of the primary education sector during 2018.

NCEA kickstart project - Breaking down silos

Article

This Grow Waitaha article describes how a group of Canterbury teachers designed NCEA assessments using achievement standards from several subject domains to break down siloed subject boundaries.

Allenvale School and Ashgrove School – Inclusive satellite provision

Article

This Grow Waitaha article explains how the strong shared vision between Allevale and Ashgrove Schools has resulted in inclusive provision with benefits for all students.

Avonhead School – Our journey through refurbishment

Article

This Grow Waitaha article shares Avonhead School’s journey through its refurbishment and building project.

Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and card set

Tool (online PDF)

The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (MEF) and card set supports schools on a journey of transformational change and identifies aspects of practice which can enable the innovation of teaching and learning. Collaborative approaches to teaching and learning is one of the nine principles of the MEF.

Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto and Ferndale School – Effective inclusive education partners

Article

In 2017, Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto and Ferndale School celebrated the opening of new satellite provision spaces. This article describes how the schools have become effective inclusive education partners.

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Planning guide for Technology Transitions Te Aratohu Whakarite mō te Whitinga Hangarau

Guide for Technology teachers

Grow Waitaha Resources Overview: Ngā Pou

Grow Waitaha Resources Overview: Ngā Pou