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This Friday at 3.30pm join Megan and Wendy here on Facebook for a live chat about Professional Growth Cycles and Arinui Limited. We hope to see you there!

Considering the three Cs of Professional Growth Cycles, by Dr Wendy Moore https://www.evaluate.co.nz/blog/considering-the-three-cs-of-professional-growth-cycles/

Considering the three Cs of Professional Growth Cycles Professional growth cycles (PGC) create an opportunity for leaders to review how teacher professional growth is promoted. Open conversations about what staff value when considering professional growth, and what further support might be appreciated to further develop their practice, are required. Suc...

Evaluation Associates' PLD Consultant, Diana Wilkes presented during the recent ULearn21 conference on Professional Growth Cycles and Arinui. If you would like to find out more about how Arinui can support your Professional Growth Cycle, contact us at [email protected].

In our conversations with school leaders and teachers we are hearing that schools are approaching professional growth cycles in different ways. After pausing and reflecting on their teacher learning and growth processes some schools are happy with their current approaches/foci and only need to remove some unecessary aspects of compliance. Other schools have identified that they need to start the design process anew with the end in mind - supporting teacher growth to further develop student outcomes. Read more about a possible approach to designing your professional growth cycle https://www.arinui.com/professional-growth-cycles.

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In this article the Teaching Council explains why they have not set a required minimum or maximum number of hours of professional learning and development as part of gaining a practising certificate.
https://teachingcouncil.nz/content/why-council-doesnt-set-required-minimum-number-of-pld-hours

Why the Council doesn't set a required minimum number of PLD hours | Education Council In this article we explain why the Teaching Council has not set a required minimum or maximum number of hours of professional learning and development as part of gaining a practising certificate.

Designing your Professional Growth Cycle

Evaluation Associates PLD Consultant and Arinui team member, Dr Wendy Moore, provides these useful tips for schools to consider as they create their professional growth cycle.

1. Develop a shared understanding of the Standards for the Teaching Profession. What does this look like in your context? This is also a good opportunity to re-engage with the Code. The Code outlines the high standards of ethical behaviour expected of every teacher and this influences the way in which the standards are understood and enacted in your practice. It is important for schools to really unpack both the Code and the Standards and find agreement about what these mean at their school, in their context.

2. Ask “what do we currently do and what do we value in our school which maps to the Standards? Additionally, it is a good time to review ”what do we want to get better at/improve in relation to the Standards?” Consider as a school, if there is new learning to be done around any of the Standards. The quality practice templatehttps://teachingcouncil.nz/sites/default/files/Guidelines%20and%20QPT%20for%20website_0.pdf can really help you to unpack and reflect on the Standards. Even if you have worked with this template before, it is a great time to review and reflect now that some expectations have changed. It is a really good document to engage and include all staff in the conversation.

3. Ensure there is clarity of purpose, process, and system. Unless teachers understand how the professional growth cycle is going to run, have engaged in co-construction and fully understand the ‘why’ behind the process, it may not be as effective as anticipated.

4. Plan for feedback. The professional growth cycle requires that all teachers can receive quality feedback. What do teachers want this to look like? How can leaders support staff to engage in professional learning and growth? What are the expectations of your school?

5. Allow enough time. Ensure time is planned in the school term or year to allow teachers to work on/reflect on and collaborate on their professional growth cycles and ensure these times are clearly stipulated. Dedicate time to collaborative sense making schoolwide, allow time in staff meetings/team meetings/faculty meetings where staff can discuss their professional growth cycles and celebrate their successes.

The Teaching Council has released a diagram which gives an overview of the professional growth cycle https://teachingcouncil.nz/sites/default/files/TC-Creating%20a%20Professional%20Growth%20Cycle%20within%20everyday%20Teaching%20Practice_Diagram.pdf. Schools are telling us that they are finding this document quite useful in supporting them to discuss the changes and to begin considering what the professional growth cycle might look like in their context.

If you are interested in obtaining PLD support for developing the professional growth cycle in your setting, contact Dr Wendy Moore http://www.evaluate.co.nz/our-team/1040/dr-wendy-moore/.

Moore - PLD Consultant - Auckland office Accredited facilitator for MoE-funded PLD - See Summary of practice CoL Expert Partner Wendy consults with schools to develop their assessment for learning and leadership capabilities, under the Leadership and Assessment contract with the Ministry of Education. She also conducts evaluation and rese...

The Ministry of Education launched two policies last week - the refreshed Ka Hikitia (Māori Education Strategy)
- https://education.govt.nz/our-work/overall-strategies-and-policies/ka-hikitia-ka-hapaitia/

and the Action Plan for Pacific Education.
- https://conversation.education.govt.nz/conversations/action-plan-for-pacific-education/

Arinui strongly supports the philosophies behind both of these policies. In 2019, in conjunction with experts at Evaluation Associates, we developed a variety of lenses to support teachers to review their practice with a particular focus. The Tapasā and Tātaiako lenses within Arinui Waka support educators with raising education success amongst our Pasifika and Māori learners. They have been designed with a series of questions to prompt and guide teachers, helping them to reflect on their practice for and with Pasifika and Māori learners and their families.

If you are interested in taking a closer look at the Tapasā and Tātaiako lenses, request a free 30-day trial of Arinui Waka.
- https://www.arinui.com/request-a-trial

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Introducing Arinui WAKA! A new version for your professional learning and development! Take TWO MINUTES and check it out!
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Did you know the Arinui can now CUSTOMISE a version for your kura, school or centre?
Get in touch to find out more!

Register now for our "Shape" workshop in Christchurch - discuss your ongoing needs and development work with a team of experts!
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It's Alive! Arinui is SUPER excited to launch it's native Video Analysis tool FREE for all of it users - check it out when you log in and watch for more information tomorrow!

Very soon Arinui will be communicating directly with its clients about developments to support teacher learning and growth.
In the meantime, we think this is this the best read you will find.
http://www.evaluate.co.nz/blog/whatnextforappraisal/

What next for appraisal

Ever wondered about the importance of building your own and your organisations evaluative capacity?

The ability to look in the mirror is key, but equally important is your role as a leader in creating things for others to look at.

Arinui Limited helps you ask - "What does good look like?"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2017/01/24/the-dunning-kruger-effect-shows-why-some-people-think-theyre-great-even-when-their-work-is-terrible/

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Shows Why Some People Think They're Great Even When Their Work Is Terrible If you’ve ever dealt with someone whose performance stinks, and they’re not only clueless that their performance stinks but they’re confident that their performance is good, you likely saw the Dunning-Kruger Effect in action.

Our Chief Executive, Tony Gilbert would like to share something his father Tony Gilbert Snr. shared with him about "change" 52 years ago today.
We hope you enjoy it.

https://www.arinui.com/change-pun-intended

Change - pun intended

Hey Gull friends!

Happy Friday and end of Term Two to New Zealand's amazing educators - what a term it has been!

Here at Arinui we are excited to continue to support meaningful growth, development and learning for NZ teachers. The upcoming changes are what we are all about and rest reassured we are working hard to help you make an impact on your practice.

We've got your back!

Check out the latest info in your inbox from the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand!

More great stuff from NZCER.
Very interesting and unfortunately some not surprising.

What are the top issues facing NZ secondary schools? Findings from the latest survey of NZ secondary schools highlight key issues: recruiting quality teachers, supporting vulnerable students, and school funding.

A reminder for fabulous Dunedin educators to get along to this workshop with the awesome Evaluation Associates Ltd. team!
http://www.evaluate.co.nz/workshops/teacher-appraisal-for-leaders/

Teacher appraisal workshops for school leaders Schools need to feel confident in the quality of their teacher appraisal. This workshop is a chance to familiarise yourself with the Standards for the Teaching Profession which were released on July 1st last year. Evaluation Associates offers an appraisal workshop for all school leaders in primary....

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Wishing a great break to NZ educators :-)

A big shout out to the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand!

Some seriously great myth busting here by Teaching Council lead advisor Christina Thornley and ERO manager of national projects Jane Lee.

Tino pai rawa atu!

Listen to it here on SoundCloud: https://m.soundcloud.com/user-94237250/mythbusting-special-appraisal

Or see the transcript here: https://teachingcouncil.nz/sites/default/files/Episode%201%202019%20transcript.pdf

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Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand The Teaching Council has released new ITE Programme Approval, Monitoring and Review Requirements. These set new standards for the design and delivery of ITE programmes, and outline the processes for programme approval, monitoring and review. The new Requirements come into force on 1 July 2019. All e...

There is an alpaca at the door and it's winning time!

Congrats to the following winners of our March promotions!

The fabulous ECE packs from Mātaki Kids

- Amy of JumpStart Preschool in New Plymouth Jumpstart Preschool
- Tania of Central Kids ECE Central Kids

The winner of our coffee goodness prize pack from KūkūCoffeeŌtepoti

- Zara at Otumoetai Primary School (https://www.facebook.com/Otumoetai-Primary-235547676464916/)

A free 2019 subscription of Arinui for the school

- Meremere School (http://meremere.school.nz/)
An amazing school doing amazing things :-)

Our lucky Facebook friend winner!

- Anthony H who won a "Do One, Two" prize from Triumph & Disaster

We will be in touch to get your goodies delivered to you!

PS - yes, we took this photo!

What an amazing example of brilliant leadership and investment in best practice! Ka pai Ellesmere College!

Our thoughts and aroha go out to the Muslim community and all of the families and friends affected by the terror attack on Friday.

Arinui Limited will be making a donation to Victim Support on behalf of its staff and clients and wish to acknowledge the educators that stood bravely to support their students as events unfolded and who now stand with them to begin the healing process.

Arohanui, the Arinui Team.

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