Manaiakalani Research
What makes Manaiakalani a Learning Cluster?
In the beginning....
(well not the beginning for Manaiakalani, just the beginning of the research)
...the profiling phase:
The groundwork
The groundwork
Shared vision and articulation
(leaders, teachers, students, parents)
The groundwork
Existing clustering structures
The groundwork
Internal coherence processes in place - implementation fidelity
The groundwork
Internal self-improvement processes in place
The groundwork
Position to take research evidence and act on it
The groundwork
Write down three things Manaiakalani means to you
How does clustering support your key work?
How do we (in our place) keep people on the same page?
How does the cluster foster coherence?
How does the cluster work on things together?
The foundations
Efficiencies
The foundations
Efficiencies
Conversations
The foundations
Efficiencies
Conversations
Engagement
The foundations
Efficiencies
Conversations
Behavioural Engagement
The foundations
Efficiencies
Conversations
Behavioural Engagement
Affective Engagement
The foundations
Efficiencies
Conversations
Behavioural Engagement
Affective Engagement
Pockets of promise
Building on what exists: The hypotheses
Building on what exists: The hypotheses
Use that shared vision to drive excellence in achievement
Building on what exists: The hypotheses
Use the strong engagement to build in cognitive engagement
Building on what exists: The hypotheses
Use the efficiencies to make the most of teacher time
Building on what exists: The hypotheses
Use those pockets of promise to show what’s possible and how
The foundations
Efficiencies
Conversations
Behavioural Engagement
Affective Engagement
Pockets of promise
The Foundations Quick Site Inspection:
What are we doing with that extra time generated by efficiencies?
How have we built on students’ affinity to Manaiakalani
How have we ramped up the cognitive challenge?
How have we made sure our conversations drive thinking forward (learning conversations?)
And then....
(once we agreed on what to work on, we set about making that happen)
...the implementation phase:
Implementation:Taking collective action
Looking Inside...
Use those pockets of promise to show what’s possible and how
Pockets of Teaching Promise: Writing
What makes this work well?
2) Powerful teaching conversations
3) Complex tasks
4) In-site support
5) Connections
TALKING POINT
Pockets of Promise: Learning@home
What makes this work well?
2) Above the line tasks
Extension Explanation
Invention Researching Interaction
Exploration Reimagining Sharing
Catching up Finishing off
3) Independent learning strategies
4) Parental support
Dialogue
Talking
Comparing
Asking
Commenting
Reviewing
Expert
Teaching
Explaining
Sharing
5) Dispositions
And now....
(still maintaining the groundwork, firm foundations, collective effort)
...sustaining the process:
Ongoing analysis of data
Ongoing processes of self improvement
Shared goals
Collective problem solving
Understanding variation
Embedding and sustaining the process
Using the groundwork
The foundations
The hypotheses
The writing promises
The learning@home promises
NCEA
That’s what makes Manaiakalani a learning cluster
(I think)