This document discusses preparing students for their futures and the skills and dispositions needed for success. It focuses on developing literacy and mathematics skills, empowering self-directed learning, and providing opportunities to discover talents through pathways. Key goals are preparing learners, building teacher capacity, strengthening relationships, and enhancing learning environments. Dispositions like communication, problem solving and adaptability are important as knowledge rapidly changes. The document emphasizes developing a growth mindset in students and teachers.

1. A Great Place to Be
Engaging, Enriching, Evolving

4. What is success for our learners and
what does it mean for us as teachers
and leaders?

6. Levers

7. Changing Times...

8. Our Future
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9. Think back to when you were at primary
school.

10. “As I see it, the aims of education
are to enable students to
understand the world around
them and the talents within them
so that they can become fulfilled
individuals and active,
compassionate citizens.”
Sir Ken Robinson, 2016.

11. The Knighton Way
Knighton Way - preparing our learners for
their futures.
-What will the future look like for our learners?
-What is a life long learner?
-What can we do to prepare our learners for this
world?
The Knighton Way

13. Organised
Setting Goals
Time Management

14. Belonging
Respect
Resilience
Success
Creativity
Hauora

16. Skills that Employers Want:
1. Communication and Interpersonal Skills
2. Problem Solving Skills
3. Using your initiative and being self
motivated
4. Working under pressure and to deadlines
5. Organisational Skills
6. Team Working
7. Ability to learn and adapt
8. Numeracy
9. Valuing diversity and difference
10. Negotiation skills

17. Think about your day today…..
What knowledge, skills, values,
dispositions helped make your day
successful?

18. Why Dispositions?
We don’t know what knowledge is going to be essential BUT we do
know what skills, attitudes, dispositions and values are going to assist
our learners in their futures.
“In times of change, learners inherit the world while
the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to
deal with a world that no longer exists” Hoffer

19. Concepts?
The Knighton Way
Concepts?Concepts?

20. Why Concepts?
-Knowledge is changing exponentially.
‘Curriculum is just a guess- it represents ‘one billionth
of one percent of all there is to know’.
- Preparing learners for their futures (not our past).
Enduring Understandings- Learning to Learn.
-Success for all (most efficient way to learn).

21. Strategic Goal One
‘Preparing Learners For Their Futures by
developing a sound base in literacy,
mathematics, the Knighton Way and pathways’.
-Developing a strong base of literacy and mathematics.
-Learners empowered to ‘take charge’ of their learning
-Ensuring success for our learners (see targets).
-Creating positive memories where learners have the
opportunity to discover their talents, passions and interests
via our pathways.

22. Opportunities

24. Classroom Culture- Our values in
action!
WHO comes first!
• Who- Who is in front of us and what are their needs, their capabilities,
gifts and talents?
• Why- Why are they in the classroom? What is the purpose of the learning
we are completing? What aspects of the KNS Way are we focussing on?
• How- How are we going to engage the learners? What pedagogies will be
effective? What technologies / resources will enhance learning
experiences?
• What- What knowledge is essential? What context will be most effective?
Are we giving students opportunities to transfer skills learnt to new
situations?

25. Strategic Goal Two
‘Building Capacity’
‘To build capacity in our teaching staff
by encouraging the teacher as inquirer
process and designing targeted
professional development’.
Walkthroughs based on school wide targets and
priority learners.
- Providing responsive professional learning for our
teachers.
- Teachers as inquirers.

26. Strategic Goal Three
‘Informed, Engaged, Involved’
‘Ensure that relationships between Knighton
Normal School stakeholders are based on
respect and inclusiveness’.
- Informed.
- Engaged.
- Involved.
-Create an environment in which all stakeholders have opportunity to be well
informed and engaged in school life.
-Continue to provide a range of opportunities for stakeholders to be involved
in the future direction of Knighton Normal School.

27. Strategic Goal Four
‘Fit for Purpose learning environments’
-How can our learning environment be shaped to meet the needs
of our learners?
-Continue to investigate technologies, pedagogies and learning
environments to enhance opportunities for our learners.

28. https://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion

29. We need YOU!

32. Aware
Recognise
Predict
and Value
Adopt
Reflect
Internalise