Can Professional Development Really Become A White Elephant?
by Rebecca Thomas A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is...
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rthomas681
- May 22
- 3 min
The wolf at the door: debunking stereotypes in education
by Rebecca Thomas Whilst the media and politicians are doing their best to drum up even more cynicism in our educators and educational...
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rthomas681
- May 10
- 4 min
Healing from things we don’t talk about: mitigating trauma for our young people
by Rebecca Thomas On hearing the tragic news that filtered down the motu yesterday about a school outing that changed students’ and...
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rthomas681
- May 2
- 3 min
Kaiāwhina - A Teacher’s Aide
by Rebecca Thomas (image belongs to Irene Cooper) Our unsung heroes, nanna’s, mums, dads, uncles, aunties, kaiāwhina are getting...
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rthomas681
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Better Together
by Rebecca Thomas (image Waitangi National Trust ) Tūrangawaewae, the title of the conference Dr. Melanie Riwai-Couch spoke at yesterday,...
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rthomas681
- Apr 20
- 3 min
The reason for our Curriculum Cohesion gift
by Rebecca Thomas and Steve Saville After attending various MOE Curriculum meetings over the past two weeks, it is clear there is a...
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rthomas681
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Are compliant teachers effective?
by Rebecca Thomas After recently reading an old paper where two case studies tried to pinpoint how to tackle educational disparities,...
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rthomas681
- Apr 5
- 4 min
Why we dread teacher only days
by Rebecca Thomas (image by Jason Rosewell) Call back days, curriculum refresh days, PLD, TODs, Accord days, are all met with the same...
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rthomas681
- Mar 30
- 3 min
Educators are NOT emotional punch bags
By Rebecca Thomas Usually, I tend not to write when I am feeling disgruntled or emotionally tired, but this week I have heard and seen...
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rthomas681
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Common Practice Model Release - A Pedagogical Journey
by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas On Friday the MOE released the pedagogical approaches for teaching literacy, communication and maths....
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rthomas681
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Vote with your feet
by Rebecca Thomas ‘People vote with their feet.’ -Russell Bishop Today teachers voted with their feet. They let the country know how...
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rthomas681
- Mar 9
- 2 min
When more isn't better
By Rebecca Thomas ‘We expect teachers to reach unattainable goals with inadequate resources. The miracle is this: they often do.” - Haim...
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rthomas681
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Can we do our job justice?
By Rebecca Thomas "I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It is that simple." - Jacinda Adern, 7th February 2023 Listening...
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rthomas681
- Feb 19
- 5 min
Fear has two meanings
by Rebecca Thomas ‘Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.’ - Khali Gibran Like you,...
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rthomas681
- Feb 10
- 4 min
Creating the right conditions for pedagogy growth
by Rebecca Thomas Part 2 of ''It's time to talk about pedagogy." “How do we set up communities in our staff to share pedagogy, not just...
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rthomas681
- Feb 6
- 6 min
Tangata Tiriti Educators - Finding our place in the partnership
by Steve Saville I recently had the privilege to present four Tiriti o Waitangi workshops at Howick College. I say privileged because it...
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rthomas681
- Feb 2
- 4 min
It’s Time to Talk About Pedagogy
by Steve Saville " A bad curriculum well taught is invariably better than a good curriculum badly taught: pedagogy trumps curriculum. Or...
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rthomas681
- Jan 31
- 3 min
The Butterfly Effect
by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas 'Her chaos made her beautiful.' - Atticus Chaos is a terrible word to describe anything. It’s not...
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rthomas681
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
Suspended, dangling
by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas ‘How ‘bout them transparent dangling carrots.’ -Alanis Morissette It is now obvious that the...
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rthomas681
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
Your Tribe
by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas photo by Christian Vizl ‘What connects a tribe is commitment to do the thing they feel they were born...
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