1. History Level 2 alignment workshop Shirley Beazley Social Science Facilitator s.beazley@auckland.ac.nz Ph. 0272925578

2. Learning intentions The requirements of Middle Leaders The aligned Level 2 achievement standards and their links to the NZC BES in Social Sciences and culturally responsive pedagogies Effective literacy practices for Level 2

3. The contract… Professional learning development (PLD) will be offered to secondary schools to support a system-wide shift for middle leaders (and teachers), supported by senior leadership teams, with a focus on:  Ensuring the success of every student through developing the potential and success of the target student groups: Māori learners, Pasifika learners, and learners with special needs to develop the competencies and qualifications they require via a range of relevant pathways such as The Youth Guarantee, to improve access to tertiary, work training and/or employment.  The implementation of The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (TMoA), and the realigned National Certificate of Achievement (NCEA) achievement standards to develop a coherent school based curriculum to reflect the intent of the national curriculum framework across years 9-13.  The development of teachers’ literacy and language knowledge and skills to attend to the language demand in each learning area.

4. Reading Literacy Proficiency Level 5 or higherLevel 4 or higherLevel 1aLevel 1b Pakeha/European 19% Asian 16% Maori 7% Pasifika 4% Pakeha/European 48% Asian 41% Maori 23% Pasifika 17% Pakeha/European 9% Asian 15% Maori 24% Pasifika 35% Pakeha/European 2% Asian 3% Maori 6% Pasifika 13% Source: Telford, M. & May,S. (2010) PISA 2009 Our 21 st century learners at age 15 NCEA 2011Geography N/AHistory N/AEconomics N/A Internals Maori 25.025.533.0 NZ European 10.611.218.3 Pasifika 27.426.130.7 Asian 14.411.514.6 Externals Maori 39.929.337.0 NZ European 20.415.322.6 Pasifika 51.737.548.9 Asian 28.217.924.8

5. Middle leadership What is your current practice? Order from Down The Back of the Chair 0800 660 662

6. New Zealand Curriculum How are these embedded in your programme? Vision Values Principles Key competencies Assessment Refer to pages 37- 42 NZC

7. Understanding alignment What does the NZC state? What do the Teaching and Learning Guides indicate? Assessing using NCEA What are the Achievement Standards asking? What could a programme look like that suits your students in your school?

8. Your programme What have you based your programme on? What do you teach and when? What is going well? What is not and why? What would you change for 2013?

9. BES in Social Sciences How does BES align to the NZC? How does BES support our History teaching? Teaching as Inquiry Mechanisms identified in BES How are we going to lead PD in our department? How do we know this is embedded in teacher practice?

10. Maori and Pasifika students What are some pedagogies that research has shown that improves both their engagement and learning? Jig saw reading activity How are you going to lead this PD in your department?