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“If we want to grow in our practice, we have two primary places to go: to the inner ground from which good teaching comes and to the community of fellow teachers from whom we can learn more about ourselves and our craft.....Good talk about good teaching is what we need - to enhance both our professional practise and the selfhood from which it comes. “ Parker. J. Palmer

Teachers were sent a 'calendar' and could then make a choice of whose practice they wished to view.
 * Prior:** Teachers were invited to gain an insight into and become familiar with, each of our 5 Cluster Schools - **Welcome Bay, Te Akau ki Papamoa, Omanu, Mount and St Mary's** an informal session was held at each school where classrooms were open for viewing and the schools vision and 'point of difference' was shared.


 * Senerio:** Every teacher within the cluster uses a minimum of one block of their release time over this time frame (Term 2 and 3, 2010) to view another teachers practice.

Who is attending which session?

 E  R  M  2 ||= Sue Beesley **Focus**: Integrating authentic use of ICT throughout a Junior classroom programme, not just tips and tricks but actually lifting student achievement! ||= Janine O'Connor ** Focus: ** Experimenting with reflective tools to make a difference. || Dylan Parry **Year 3/4 Class** **Focus:** ICT the Easy (ier) Way Integrating ICT authentically in the classroom and creating memorable learning experiences. || **Focus:** Senior Learners celebrating, sharing and reflecting on their camp experience with teachers, peers and their families using a variety of ICT tools and other media. ||= Amie-Lee Mills **Year 4** **Focus:** Motivating children to write through blogging “They will see the learners in action and we will have the learners presenting with me facilitating” ||  ||  E  R  M  3 || Helena Swanhau
 * Evaluation:** Forms are sent to every teacher attending a session (the week of the session) and they are due back (emailed to facilitator) by the Friday following the session.
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 * Year 1/2 Class**
 * Year 1 Class**
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**Focus:** Looking at management strategies, Inquiry Learning, Questioning and coping with challenges. || Kay McKinlay
 * Junior Class **

My children will show you some things they have been using the computer for. You will be welcome to “Walk the Walls” through our other Year 2 and Year 3 rooms as well ||= Annette Barnett ** Year 5/6 ** ** Focus: Enhancing student engagement and building on skills by using and integrating ICT tools. ** Online environment - Wiki ||
 * Year 2 Class Focus:** I have a MOBI teaching station and will show you how I use this technology as a learning tool.
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 * || Hannah Mortimore

**Focus:** Using GarageBand as part of my reading program. (iRead, Radio Plays, Reflections and more). ||  || Douglas Reeves (2010, ASCD), in his book // “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results // ” states that
 * Junior Class Focus:** Blogging in a Junior room - how I manage it and try to make it meaningful to 5 year olds. Encouraging blog viewers to interact and help us with our learning. || Hamish Gavin **Year 5/6 Class**
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** “ High Impact professional learning has three essential characteristics: (1) a focus on student learning, (2) rigorous measurement of adult decisions, and (3) a focus on people and practices, not programmes.” **