I am privileged to be participating in the 2022 Manaiakalaani Innovative Teachers programme. Our first task was to complete a Moonshot Proposal Slide. We typed up our thoughts and ideas (hunches). This is what I've observed in the last few years at school while mentoring and working alongside new teachers starting at our school.
Then I was buddied up with Pip and Anna. I had to ask Anna 5 WHY questions about her challenge, and Pip had to ask me the 5 WHY questions. (Thank you Pip for challenging me on this).
Through this thinking process, I had to really think hard about what the WHY is. Why is this a challenge and why do I think this is important. The 5 Why's process helped me to get to the root of the problem quickly. In order to get to a good solution, it's important that I had a strong idea of what the problem/challenge is.
My challenge is about how new teachers starting at a school feel quite overwhelmed with understanding the curriculum, planning, assessment etc.
My goal is to make it easier for new teachers to find their feet in schools in order for students to get the best teaching as soon as possible so that no time is wasted while teachers are trying to figure out how to group students, what levels they are, what to teach etc.
I am looking forward to this new journey.
