Staff Professional Development

Teachers at Tirimoana School meet every Wednesday afternoon. These meetings are an opportunity for staff to engage in powerful professional learning on a range of subjects and issues.

During 2009 teachers learned more about effective teaching strategies to teach children who have non-english speaking backgrounds. This was a whole school professional development initiative during 2009.

Our whole-school professional development focus during 2010 is Teaching as Inquiry. Our current professional upskilling as a whole staff is in the area of teaching mathematics. Outside facilitators from the university are working with our staff in classrooms.

Alongside this important new focus for us is the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum and National Standards.

At the end of Term 1 a report went home to parents on children against the National Standards. In Term 2 our report discussed academic and social goals for children at their level. These goals are essentially the next step for each children to stay on track for achievement success at the end of this year. This report informed the Student / Parent / Teacher conferences on 29th June.

Below are some photos of teachers taken during our recent staff meetings.