Inclusion

Starter:

 * Consultation with our Learning Communities**

Facilitation Strategy:
Take a name badge with OPV (Other Point of View).  BOT chairperson Grandmother Father Principal Beginning Teacher 5 yr old European boy 16 yr old Maori girl Teacher Grandfather Mother

Pretend to be in the role of that person...take a moment to imagine. In the best way you can, write an explanation on a stickie for each of these corresponding areas: Effective Pedagogy Key Competencies  Learning Areas  Curriculum Design **
 * Vision, Principles & Values

Once complete, collate and share with the larger group. This strategy was a political practice of Steiner. It will inevitably show each person's current understanding, view, wants and needs in relation to these areas of curriculum design.

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 * Things we already do
 * Things we need to work on
 * Things that will be more challenging to change

Key Questions:

 * ===Who should we consult with?===
 * ===What will they say?===
 * ===Are they inadequately informed?===
 * ===Who should you involve in this consultation and information process?===
 * ===How can you get them to share their views?===
 * ===What will you do with the diverse range of ideas that are presented?===
 * ===How can you ensure that educationally sound thinking prevails?===
 * ===What time frame will you need to ensure that this process can be fully worked through in order to arrive at educationally sound thinking and strategic planning to implement?===

Some resources for this process
From a workshop with Julia Atkin: Undertake this process with all stakeholders e.g.
 * Expressing and addressing the hopes and fears of all stakeholder group
 * 1) List your hopes for the new development - what could be the wonderful things that could come out of this implementation process.
 * 2) Identify your fears or concerns about negative things that could happen or derail achieving good outcomes.
 * 3) Take each of your hopes and fears and work through how you could plan strategically to achieve the positives and overcome the negatives - NB This will require discussion about what is educationally sound - plan time for research and inquiry to feed into the areas where their is not common consensus. Don't leave dissent to fester in the carpark - bring it into the open and work through it - bring in outside expertise where necessary.
 * Hopes || Strategic Planning || Fears ||
 * ➢ Focused on the needs of learners for the 21st century

➢ Child centred

➢ Room for spontaneity

➢ Energise teachers

➢ Grapple with core professional work of teachers

➢ Take account of student voice || ➢ Set out to take the full implementation time to explore and experiment – but utilise the time well not just leave it til tomorrow

➢ Develop and utilise leadership strengths – identify the thinkers on the staff and key people who will effect change

➢ Involve ERO in the PD and development process so that they learn alongside and work in partnership – change the role during the implementation phase to supporting and developing new thinking. Overcome the old yardstick mentality.

➢ Develop a school culture of sharing and collaborative building – and identify what that looks like and what components it contains

➢ Create opportunities to become aware of student voice and set up processes that empower them in the learning process. || ➢ Issues of accountability structures – ERO processes may not match spirit

➢ That the change will be too broad and overwhelming

➢ That schools will try to fit their old ways of doing things into the new framework and nothing will really change

➢ The flexibility may cause schools to lose focus

➢ That the old “rigid school mentality” will prevail – may go with what is tight and comfortable || Template for use in this process

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