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Technology Students

Goals and Actions - Student learning and achievement

To improve outcomes for students in my department by modelling effective teacher practice to Technology staff and assisting staff to apply various VTaL components of Learn Create and Share for learners.

Goals and Actions - Teacher learning and achievement

To discuss with Technology  staff which standard (or project) will be the focus for applying VTaL to, and assist staff to set this process up.

Goals and Actions - Reflections

Staff trialled VTaL with a particular class.  In my Impact Burst 2017! post, I briefly outline some of the outcomes from this goal in the section entitled ‘Taking the Journey with Technology Staff’.  This included breaking down some of the VTaL tools that staff could focus on integrating into their subject sites for 2018.

Some of the Technology Staff also blogged about their experience with the use of the some or a particular VTaL tool, which they were then able to share into the VTaL Google+ Community.  These are particularly insightful in terms of:
  • Promoting student engagement and motivation
  • Setting up classroom routines
  • Integrating theory and practical lessons together
  • Developing rewindable resources

I am extremely proud of the work that the Technology staff have put into the use of various VTaL tools so far this year.  They’ve all done well within their own journeys of integrating VTaL into their classrooms, and I look forward to ongoing developments in 2018.

The following images link to the various blog posts shared into the VTaL Google+ Community.






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Focus Class for the Goal

Māori students in NCEA Level 1, NCEA Level 2 and NCEA Level 3

Goals and Actions - Student learning and achievement

To improve outcomes for students in my classes by making changes or adjustments to my teacher practice by  tracking the attendance and achievement of Māori students in my NCEA Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 multi-level class, and communicating this information to students on a regular basis.

Goals and Actions - Teacher learning and achievement

  • To develop a digital process and system to collect regular data on achievement and attendance.
  • To digitally share the data on achievement and attendance with the students.
  • To have one to one meetings with students whose attendance or incomplete work leaves the student at risk of not achieving.
  • To contact home for students whose attendance or incomplete work leaves the student at risk of not achieving.
  • To enter updates into Kamar for issues relating to achievement and attendance.

Goals and Actions - Reflections

The initial template turned out to not be a sustainable resource.  I then developed a different process that integrates achievement data with student attendance.

This aligns with the data summary sheets in Kamar that is used to discuss student achievement with SLT.  The Student Standard Data Update - Templates enable an overview of the formative feedback relating to students with regards standards the students have achieved, standards the students are working on, credits offered to each student, attendance, teaching strategies and interventions, student actions, and any other notes that are not picked up through summative feedback in Kamar.

The sheets also included meeting updates between myself and individual students, which I then shared with the students, so that they had a copy of the feedback to action in terms of the project they were currently working on.  This also enabled me to track the conversations that I'd had with students, as well as the actions that the students either had, or had not, followed up on.

Goals and Actions - Future Focus 2018

I have shared the process with staff in the Technology Department and have developed a template for Technology Staff to use in 2018.  Student Standard Data Update - Template.

This will enable each staff member, as well as myself, to know and understand where each Senior Student who takes a Technology subject, is tracking throughout each term, and from one term to the next.

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Kia ora! I am the Head of Technology at Tāmaki College and also teach Digital Technologies.


My target group of learners for my Inquiry 2021 will be my Year 12 NCEA Level 2 class. This group of learners were my target group from my 2020 Inquiry. I would like to inquire into whether Academic Writing exemplars specific to Digital Technologies, in conjunction with the 'Explanation Writing' classroom display resources for Digital Technologies, based on SOLO taxonomy, could accelerate achievement in literacy in my subject.


My target group of learners for my Inquiry 2020 were my Year 11 NCEA Level 1 class. I inquired into the process of using the LearnCoach online programs (content) and VTaL Visible Teaching and Learning (workflow) to accelerate student achievement for Tamaki College students undertaking courses in Digital Technologies NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3.


In 2019, my inquiry is to maximise pedagogical practices (relating to integrated education, and collaborative teaching and learning), to effectively shift student achievement, supported by digital platforms connected to visible teaching and learning.


My Inquiry in 2018, was to develop a VTaL Purpose-Built Innovative Tool, to enable all elements of the VTaL Framework to be accessible to teachers, in order to accelerate student achievement.


In 2017, my inquiry was based on raising student achievement and shifting teacher practice around effective pedagogical practices including Learn, Create and Share. This will be achieved through the development, implementation and monitoring of the Visible Teaching and Learning Framework.

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