This document summarizes a teacher professional development day focused on reflection and planning for the future of education. It includes activities to: 1) reflect on what motivates teachers and share aspirations; 2) identify drivers, roadblocks and accelerators of change; and 3) consider how to translate insights into action. Teachers discuss what inspires them and share advice with colleagues. They also identify statements that represent goals and provide practical examples to illustrate progress toward creating student-centered, skills-focused learning experiences.

1. Inspiring the next generation of leaders, thinkers and problem-solvers
derek@futuremakers.nz
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Are We There Yet?
Masterton Schools Teacher Only Day, 1 April, 2021

2. Focus for today
Pause
Pause to
reflect on
what we’re
doing, why
we’re doing it
and where
it’s all taking
us.
Share
Share our
aspirations as
educators
and how
these
motivate and
engage us in
the work we
do
Identify
Identify the
drivers,
roadblocks
and
accelerators
of change
Consider
Consider how
to translate
all of this into
action that
will take us
forward
Construct
Construct
some
guidance to
help us
answer “are
we there
yet?”
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay

3. We’re on a journey
• Change is relentless
• It’s a marathon, not a sprint
• We can choose to be on the roller
or on the road
Image source: https://openclipart.org/detail/276672/road-roller

4. REFLECT: What ‘spins your wheels’?
What’s the thing you most look forward to in a
typical week at school, working with your
students?
Describe it to a colleague – exchange stories
Discuss:
• Why is this so motivating for you?
• What about it gives you that ‘positive energy’?
• Summarise in a word or two some of the key
themes that emerge
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay

5. REFLECT: What ‘spins your wheels’?
If you had one piece of advice for a school
leader, based on what you’ve shared, what
would that be?
Stay and Stray – one person to remain with your
statement, the others stray to other groups
Back to group – compare – same – different –
ideas to steal?
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay

6. • 15 groups – one card per group
• Discuss what the statement means to you
• As a group, create a list of practical
examples you can think of that would
illustrate this
• Share with us all
Activity: Are we there yet?

7. Are we there yet…?
• Purpose?
• Authentic context?
• Skills?
• Agency?
• Knowledge?
• Inquiry?
• Collaboration?
• Leveraging digital?
• Inclusive – UDL?
• Time?

8. Column headings
• Drivers – con sider the changes in social structrures, nature of work
etc
• Roadblocks – structures, systems, processes, attitudes etc
• Accelerators – those things that are bringing about ‘unexpected’
change at a great rate of knots

9. CODE your progress:
N – Not yet
B – Beginning on this journey
P – making progress
G – we got this!
Activity : Are we there yet?

11. Activity: making progress
Small group – discuss:
When you are going on a journey, what
are the things you look for to satisfy you
that
(a) you’re on the right track, and
(b) you’re closing in on your destination?

12. Students create real products to
solve real problems for real
audiences.

13. Not Yet Beginning Progress “Got this”
What
How

14. Thank You
derek@futuremakers.nz
@dwenmoth
www.futuremakers.nz
http://www.wenmoth.net