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Title: Education Outside The Classroom


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Education Outside The Classroom
  • arthur.sutherland_at_canterbury.ac.nz

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PRESENTATION
  • A joint venture between UC Education Plus and the
    Canterbury branch of Education Outdoors NZ (EONZ)
  • Arthur Sutherland has been contracted by EONZ
    Canterbury
  • The EONZ website will carry this presentation
    under the Resources section by Monday 11th
    September
  • www.eonz.org.nz

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Learning Intentions
  • This seminar will assist participants prepare for
    their role as Education Outside The Classroom
    Coordinators. It will explore the enablers that
    ensure teachers can deliver teaching and learning
    outside the four walls of the classroom.

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  • EOTC Photos

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DEFINITION OF EOTC
  • Education Outside The Classroom is all
  • events beyond the four walls.both on and off
    site..
  • Curriculum related
  • Extra curricular
  • Sport, Arts, Languages
  • Overseas tours visits

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SO WHY DO TEACHERS ENGAGE?
  • Considering the workload the lack of training
    the comments made by colleagues (Enjoyed your
    four-day holiday?) and the perception that
    (the) OSH rules make it too hard.
    (Sutherland, 2006)
  • Note OSH no longer exists.

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  • Learning about yourself
  • Learning about the environment
  • Experiencing competition team participation
  • Physical activity
  • Learning about safety
  • Experiencing another culture
  • Learning from the resource that exists beyond the
    classroom

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In summary..because there is a
  • POTENTIAL
  • FOR
  • GAIN

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  • With regard
  • to
  • student learning

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WHY IS THERE AN ELEMENT OF FEAR?
  • Potential for loss
  • Injury
  • Death
  • Hypothermia
  • Lost
  • Damage to environment
  • Emotional damage
  • Loss of process

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  • Clearly there is a huge responsibility.

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THE PICTURES
  • show students, teaching staff, a principal,
    parents, while
  • Behind the scenes will be ..
  • The Principal and Management
  • The B.O.T
  • The Ministry, and
  • The industry

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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNORS?
  • Have systems in place so that
  • The potential for gain is realised
  • The teaching staff and the L M team feel
    confident
  • The school community feel confident
  • Ensure there is an appropriate school culture
  • Delegate through the delegations document

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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE PRINCIPAL?
  • Establish systems (this maybe delegated)
  • Establish a culture where EOTC is encouraged
  • Employ staff who are qualified to take students
    outside the classroom
  • Provide opportunities for staff to
    maintain/extend their qualifications/currency
  • Monitor the implementation of the systems
  • Report to the BOT

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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE MINISTRY?
  • Provide guidelines on the NZ way which reflect
    the values and systems agreed to by the industry
  • Inform ERO of the ministry expectations
  • Undertake incident reviews to inform practice

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What is the role of parents?
  • Be supportive
  • Be there as per the allocated role and the
    responsibilities that go with it
  • Be there for all students
  • Be there because of experience, qualifications
    and skills

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What is the role of students?
  • Be supportive of the leader
  • Contribute (to the group co-construct)
  • Participate
  • Be respectful
  • Co-lead

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What is the role of TIC?
  • Lead so that students achieve the outcomes
  • This means
  • Be a risk manager
  • Facilitate
  • Instruct/teach
  • identify and assess the potential losses and
    causes and take action to eliminate, isolate and
    minimise/reduce

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What is the role of industry?
  • Provide leadership
  • Through research set standards

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THE EOTC PROCEDURES
  • (expanded from the blue box page 21 Safety
    EOTC)
  • Approval process
  • Educational outcomes for all events
  • Assessment of staff/volunteer competence
  • Process re allocation of staff to the event on
    the basis of competencies required
  • Preparation of volunteers and staff
  • Checks and agreements with outside
    providers/contractors

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  • Transportation procedures
  • Risk analysis and management process
  • Accident/incident recording and analysis
  • Parental consent process
  • Process to collect student and staff information
    such as health profile and contact numbers

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  • Student contract
  • Swimming competence
  • Aquatic safety procedures
  • Equipment use maintenance procedures
  • Emergency procedures
  • Review processes (programme, systems)

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SAFETY EOTC DOCUMENT
  • Safety and EOTC-A good practice guide for New
    Zealand schools
  • Published by the Ministry in 2002
  • Physically sent to schools Dec 2002
  • CD ROM included
  • Available at www.tki.org.nz/e/community/eotc/resou
    rces

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WHERE DOES THE DOCUMENT SIT IN THE SCHOOL?
  • Supplements the Health Safety Code of Practice
    for State Primary, Composite, Secondary Schools
    (Ministry of Education 1998 any updates)
  • Sits alongside Safety Science and Safety
    Technology
  • Influences practice in all eight learning areas
  • Influences the school developed H S Policy
    Procedures, and EOTC Policy Procedures

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Outdoor Activities Guidelines for Leaders
  • published by SPARC in 2006
  • Hard copy sent to all schools with secondary
    students
  • Primary and Intermediate schools received through
    the Active Schools programme
  • Go to www.eonz.org.nz resources section for a
    direct link.

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  • The Arts
  • Languages
  • Mathematics
  • Social Sciences
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Health and PE
  • English
  • Extra-curricula
  • Pathways
  • Safety and EOTC
  • Outdoor Activities Guidelines for Leaders

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THE APPLICATION OF PROCESS AT OUR SCHOOL
  • Student outcomes
  • Approval
  • Parental consent
  • Student information
  • Leadership
  • Transportation
  • Risk analysis and risk management
  • Evaluation

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Event 1KAPAHAKA EVENT
  • The Kapahaka group performing 9th August 2008 at
    1pm at the Welcome to Recent Arrivals event being
    run by the District Council at the Civic Centre

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  • Student outcomes
  • Relationship building
  • Improved performance
  • Approval
  • CC approval Nov 05
  • Effective Jan 06
  • up for review Mar 2009

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  • Parental Consent
  • Time of enrolment at Our School
  • Student information
  • 15 students
  • Health info printed out from MUSAC Friday 8th
  • Learning needs printed out from MUSAC Friday 8th

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LEADERSHIP
  • Kapahaka Group teacher is the TIC
  • Holds First Aid Cert-expires 1st June 2009
    (recorded in MUSAC staff Quals section))
  • Parent helpers Pi (AL) and Mary
  • regular helpers (event specific phone briefing
    attended volunteers briefing Feb 08)
  • completed volunteers form 1st Feb 08
  • Police Feb 08
  • information on EOTC Volunteers file

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SUPERVISION
  • Given the nature of the event, its location
    (proximity to medical services), the use of
    regular volunteers, the designated role of Pi as
    assistant leader, the experience (a fourth year
    teacher) and quals (First Aid cert) of the TIC,
    and the lack of any special student issues the
    supervision ratio is deemed to be 17.5 with a
    further parent helper available.

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TRANSPORTATION
  • Own transport plus
  • school mini-bus
  • TIC the driver-licence sighted by principals PA
    and recorded 1st Feb 2008

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RISK ANALYSIS
  • The Kapahaka Group Leaders copy of the Our
    School Generic Transportation RAMS risk
    identification section reviewed and modified by
    the TIC on Friday 8th August and signed
  • The Kapahaka Group Leaders copy of the Our
    School Generic EOTC RAMS risk identification
    section reviewed by the TIC on Friday 8th August
    and signed

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RISK MANAGEMENT
  • The management strategies identified on the risk
    management section of the Our School Generic
    Transportation RAMS and the Our School Generic
    EOTC RAMS implemented and signed off 9th
  • EVALUATION see attached

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Event 2 Museum visit on August 13th
  • Description
  • Social Studies trip to the local museum by
    9L/Room 7 class
  • Student Outcomes
  • Research of historical documents about the 19th
    Century settlers

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  • Approval
  • HOF/Syndicate Leader approval through Social
    Studies scheme
  • Scheme review due Mar 2009
  • Parental consent
  • Time of enrolment at Our School

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  • Student information
  • 28 students
  • Health info printed out from MUSAC Friday 8th
    August
  • Learning needs printed out from MUSAC Friday 8th
    August

39
Leadership
  • 9L Social Studies teacher is the TIC/Room 7
    teacher is the TIC
  • TIC holds First Aid Cert-expires 1st June 2009
    (recorded in MUSAC staff Quals section)
  • Jenny, the Teacher Aide for Jonny Jones. She
    holds First Aid Cert-expires 1st June 2009
    (recorded in MUSAC staff Quals section)

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  • Parent helper Mary (daughter is in class)
  • Mary is a regular helper who attended volunteers
    briefing Feb 08 after completing the Our School
    volunteers form on 1st Feb 08 (recorded on EOTC
    Volunteers file) and was Police Vetted in Feb 08
    (NB Police vetting not a requirement for this
    type of event)
  • Parent helper and Teacher Aide event-specific
    phone briefing occurred on 8th August (record
    attached to the RAMS)

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Supervision
  • Given the nature of the event, the intentions,
    the use of a regular volunteer, the experience
    (12 years teaching) and quals (First Aid Cert) of
    the TIC, the ratio is 127. The Teacher Aide
    will supervise Jonny Jones. The parent helper is
    available.

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Transportation
  • Hawarden Company bus
  • Three adults on board
  • First Aid kit carried by TIC

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Risk Analysis
  • The TICs copy of the Our School Generic
    Transportation RAMS section on risk
    identification section is reviewed, modified (no
    need to record route and alternative route
    mini-bus circled) and signed by her on Friday 8th
    August
  • The TICs copy of the Our School Generic EOTC
    RAMS section on risk identification section is
    reviewed by the TIC on Friday 8th August and
    signed

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Risk Management
  • The management strategies identified on the Our
    School Generic Transportation RAMS and the Our
    School Generic EOTC RAMS implemented and
    signature to that effect attached 4pm 13th August
  • EVALUATION
  • Standard form usedsee attached

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Approval and Parental Consent
  • The Nayland Primary School example
  • The Kaiapoi High School example
  • Our School example

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LINKS
  • www.eonz.org.nz
  • www.nzsta.org.nz
  • www.mountainsafety.org.nz
  • www.nzoia.org.nz
  • www.watersafety.org.nz
  • www.edplus.canterbury.ac.nz

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Arthur Sutherland
  • Advisor to schools
  • Immediate past-chair Education Outdoors NZ
  • Member of the Ministry of Education EOTC
    Reference Group
  • Outdoors NZ Board member
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