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Our Presentation at Northern Rocks #NRocks

Jun 17, 2015 | Assessment, Featured, Open Classroom, Pedagogy, Presentations, Students

Unlock Achievement – Microcredentials for the secondary classroom

Unlock Achievement – Microcredentials for the secondary classroom

Feb 15, 2015 | Assessment, Featured, Open Classroom, Pedagogy

In another step towards restoring authenticity to the secondary classroom, our department has completely re-created our process of assessment. We have abandoned the old ‘curriculum levels’ model and replaced it with a standards-based badged achievement system.

Presentation to Teachmeet BETT 2014

Presentation to Teachmeet BETT 2014

Jan 23, 2014 | Open Classroom, Pedagogy, Presentations

You can also read my “It Takes a Village” Post

Build a New English Department: Step One – The People

Build a New English Department: Step One – The People

Aug 29, 2013 | Anecdotes, Featured, Open Classroom, Pedagogy

He aha te mea nui? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata. (What is the most important thing?  It is people, it is people, it is people.) I start a new year in a new role, Head of Department for English. As part of my application process for the position, I was asked to...