A Modern Learning Environment at Ladbrooks School

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A Modern Learning Environment at Ladbrooks School

• Sharing and Thinking Collaboratively

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To begin, sit back...

• and enjoy Ken Robinsons thoughts

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Some questions around our beliefs...

• What are our beliefs about the nature of our
  learners?
• What are our beliefs around the attributes our
  learners need now and for the future?

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Defining our thinking .

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Collaborative teaching?

• We will start with the BLUE HAT to frame our
  thinking
• We will share some of our thoughts using the 6
  Thinking Hats
• Following this, you will be involved in recording
  your thoughts and ideas under the headings of
  red, yellow, black and green hats
• We will share these ideas at the end as part of
  our discussion

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Way back then .

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Today in NZ!- Stonefields (Auckland)


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What is a Modern Learning Environment? (MLE)

• Physical environments that support the
  needs of a modern learner
• They tend to have increased flexibility, openness
  and a greater access to resources
• Teacher - student ratios are reduced
• Far greater opportunities for collaboration
  student(s) to student(s), teacher(s) to
  student(s)

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Collaborative teaching?

• Several teachers with many children
• Often multi-level and various age groups
• Can be in one space, MLE or in traditional class
  set up
• All teachers are responsible for all learners
• Individual needs are catered for effectively
• Teacher expertise exponentially increased

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Collaborative teaching?

• Excitement - It could really revitalise our
  practice and learning for the children.
• Sadness - Some of the neat things we do currently
  may change
• Fear - What will this look like?

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Collaborative teaching?

• Supports strength-based teaching
• When there is one teacher, the learning is often
  serial
• When there is a team, it is parallel and learning
  is
• faster
• Additional possibilities for Gifted and Talented
  and remedial attention
• Increased connectivity between students and staff
• Teachers have told us they wouldnt want to teach
  any other way

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The TOROA environment...

• Will students feel overwhelmed?
• How will siblings in the same learning community
  be accommodated?
• How will childrens social groupings be affected?
• Will it be noisy?
• How will the ages and stages be catered for?
• If I have an issue, who will I talk to?

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The possibilities!

• We could do a arts/language rotation
• We could involve families in more formalised
  before- school word reading, spelling and brick
  testing routines
• We could use the library and Weka as quiet
  break-out spaces
• Cooking would be easy - wed have the kitchen
• The spare classrooms could be set up for art or
  music or PMP

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Collaboration in action

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Sharing our thoughts...

• Key thoughts...