This document outlines the 16 Habits of Mind philosophy and its implementation at a kura (school). The habits seek to develop important qualities in students such as problem solving and thinking skills. The role is to facilitate embedding the habits into classroom practice, values, and strategic planning. Professional development has covered the habits and creating resources like posters. Intended outcomes are high performing students and teachers with collaborative and effective problem solving dispositions. Implementation will continue being tracked and reinforced in curriculum, reporting, and professional development.

1. Habits of Mind • A formulation of 16 Habits of Mind that describe the characteristics of people who are remarkable/intelligent performers and, what they do when they are confronted with problems

3. What is my role? #   To facilitate and support the infusion of these ‘habits’ in to our Kura values & beliefs / the way we do business / classroom practice / classroom programmes # To facilitate staff mtgs around HoM #  To oversee finalising the Kura ‘ posters ’ #  To ensure these posters are displayed in each whare # To follow up on the implementation of the programme # To create a supportive learning journey for all in an online reflective forum (Kura wikispace) # To gather evidence and track each whare’s learning journey (Strategic plans) # To observe the ‘ teaching and learning ’ of the HoM in classroom practice # To feedback and feed-forward some possibilities in regard to these posters becoming ‘ living ’ charts # Encourage student voice i n all whare