This report explores the teaching and learning approaches that work best for learners under 25 years of age. It introduces an integrated professional development decision-making model to developing effective teachers for Under-25s, in which the ākonga/student voice is at the centre.
This professional development model is intended for use by whole organisations (that is, by teachers, staff developers, and management). It is a model for change, and is intended to be both sustainable and transforming.
The accompanying teaching resources, developed for teachers, staff developers and managers, have been designed to enhance practice and have come about through critical understanding of factors that are required for successful professional development that leads to positive student outcomes.
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Full report | Professional development decision-making to support under-25 student success (PDF, 2.5Mb)
Professional Development Decision-making to Support Under-25 Student Success – Project summary and teaching guide (PDF, 600Kb)
Teaching resource | Orientation and Whakawhanaungatanga – Building Positive Student Relationship (PDF, 300Kb)
Teaching resource | A Community of Practice Working with Under 25 Māori Students (PDF, 500Kb)
Teaching resource | Establishing and Maintaining Effective Teams and Groups (PDF, 500Kb)
Teaching resource | Peer Observation of Teaching (PDF, 700Kb)
Teaching resource | Timing Teacher Talk, A Formative Teaching Observation Tool (PDF, 600Kb)
Teaching resource | Three-Way Teaching Feedback, A Collaborative Teaching Observation Approach (PDF, 900Kb)
Teaching resource | Self-Reflective Analysis Tool for Teachers of Under-25 Students (PDF, 600Kb)
Teaching resource | Teaching Young Students Workshop (PDF, 400Kb)
Teaching resource | Extra self-reflective analysis tables (PDF, 100Kb)
Background:
Improved educational outcomes for youth are a key focus for central government and the future social and economic aspirations of our country. But how do we know which teaching and learning approaches work best for those under 25 years of age?
This two-year project, completed in 2016, aimed to create an integrated professional development decision-making model for teachers of students aged 25 and younger.
A collaboration of Eastern Institute of Technology, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and Waiariki Institute of Technology.
Report prepared by Judith Honeyfield, Lesley Petersen, Vaughan Bidois, Liz Fitchett, Helen van Toor, Leonie Nicholls and Mike Crossan.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)