Teacherthink

The real life learning team identified a need to help teachers work through a process so to develop their compentencies in plannning with using the 9 steps,to get some support & feedback on planning, a way for teachers to reflect on their teaching and then decide about their next steps. The **teacherthink** process is based on the student's authorthink model. When a teacher starts to think and plan their '**end in minds'** they need to talk it through with other staff - like a thinktank/discussion time. Often it helps to clarify teacher's thinking & ideas, more often it helps to have a fresh perspective. It can be the ideas from left field that takes an initial idea & completely takes it another direction or level.
 * Why should use the teacherthink process when you plan? **

Using the **9 steps** is mandatory at GHS, by planning this way it helps to identify the big **'SO WHAT, NOW WHAT**' but also identifies the **rigor/schema** needed from the GHSC/ NZ curriculum. Teachers can then create organisers that connects thinking and learning, decide on the journey the students will go on as they make authentic connections across the curriculum. Finally identifiy the immersion activities that will help lessen the cognitive overload (more information on this later) by building prerequisite schema/rigor, emotionally engage, identify the End in Mind, gather baseline data.

At any stage of the planning, teachers can work with their peers whom have expertise in RLL or work with a member of the RLL team. This could be an ongoing **self edit** as the teacher refines their plans.

An **outside edit** from management is needed twice a year, this should be ideally completed before the teacher starts to teach. For some teachers they may decide that they need this outside edit every time they plan.

The **teach, celebrate and reflect i**s for the teacher to have their stop'n' think time, to celebrate with students, parents and peers the journey & the end in mind achieved by the students. For the teacher to celebrate their own journey and then to identify a next step for them in their planning & teaching of RLL.

We would advise teachers to take notes on a teacherthink document of any meetings with peers or experts and a final goal/next steps be identified as this will form part of the evidence when having an attestation & health check. As a school we can also take staff goals & help decide on PD, workshops.

 

