Support professional learning in inclusive practices
Build staff capability in inclusive practices with a cohesive programme of professional growth for all.
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Develop a shared sense of purpose
Develop a shared sense of purpose
School board chairperson Giovanni Tiso talks about representing the aspirations and interest of the community to create an inclusive school.
Support professional growth
Support professional growth
Build capability with coaching
Build capability with coaching
Teaching is a complex craft, and teachers are simultaneously curriculum developers, content experts, pedagogues, social workers, psychologists, mentors and motivators… Coaching is likely to be effective because it is purposefully differentiated. Much like effective teaching to students, effective coaching purposefully targets each individual teacher’s needs.
Provide professional growth in inclusive practice
Provide professional growth in inclusive practice
Develop a cohesive programme of professional growth for all staff.
Adapted from Creating a Professional Growth Cycle Within Everyday Teaching Practice (Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand).
Recognise and value expertise
Recognise and value expertise
- Investigate the breadth of community expertise, including present and past students, parents and whānau, local agencies.
- Identify where there are common needs across different classes, areas of the school or across local schools.
- Identify gaps in your school’s collective expertise and possible solutions.
- Use Learning Support Coordinators, where available, to help teachers to develop capability.
- Involve Ministry of Education specialists such as RTLB.
Design flexible professional development
Design flexible professional development
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Useful resources
Useful resources
Facilitating professional learning
A guide to using the resource Inclusive practice and the school curriculum in professional learning and development with schools.
Publisher: Ministry of Education
Leading inquiry at a teacher level: It’s all about mentorship
This article in Set 2012:3 looks at conditions that support teachers to be learners when they inquire into their practice. The importance of strong leadership is emphasised.
Publisher: NZCER Press
Regionally-allocated PLD
How to apply for PLD funding for your school, kura, kāhui ako or cluster. Allocation decisions are made by regional allocation panels.
Publisher: Ministry of Education
An introduction to instructional coaching
This research review outlines what coaching is, how it works, why coaching is effective, and some considerations for school leaders as they incorporate coaching into their professional learning systems.
Publisher: The Education Hub
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