Our Expectations for Teachers

To Mātou Tūmanako (Our Expectations)

The purpose of this message is to provide Mairehau High School teachers with consistent expectations to support and deliver student learning and connection in a home-isolation environment.

“E ki ana koe, ki ahau, he aha te mea nui? Maku e ki atu kia koe. He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.”  
( Should you ask me, what is our greatest treasure, then I will reply: it is people, it is people, it is people.)

People matter so focus on connections and relationships.  Your hauora (wellbeing) and whānau always come first.

Expectations:
1. Have work available on your Curriculum Google site - you are not required to be available all day. Learning is ubiquitous.
2. Some learning areas have timetabled specific school time to 'Hangout' with students and learning team staff. We have also scheduled designated leadership ‘Hangouts’ for Learning Team Leaders, Deans, Senior leadership, and Board. Check the fluid school timetable for connection times.
3. Use our Google Platforms for learning, teaching, and connection
    a. The Mairehau High School website is the ONE portal for learning and wellbeing:
    b. Google Sites for making teaching visible:
    c. Hapara Teacher Dashboard for making learning visible:
    d. Google Hangouts Meet for connecting us all in real-time:
4. Focus learning on what is essential.
5. Don't stress our learners about high stakes assessment. 
6. Focus on providing learning and meet up opportunities.
7. Use the following descriptors to record attendance and engagement. You do not need to take rolls every hour. 
    i. 1 = no contact or evidence of course participation, since 'level 4.'
    ii. 2 = no new evidence of course participation (since the last weekly report)
    iii. 3 = some course participation since the last weekly report
    iv. 4 = strong course participation from the last weekly report
8.Do not give students your cell phone number - all communication should be through the school network - We are using KAMAR, FACEBOOK, school App & website, Google: gmail, calendar, meet, and hangout.
Share your work, learning, and stories with others. Encourage your students to Blog.

Google Sites:
●  You are expected to upload tasks/lessons using your Curriculum Google site platform, which will be located for students on our school website.
●  Provide excellent learning opportunities, engaging activities and work of value.
●  Google site content may be simply laid out (Mathematics), though some teachers have provided extensive engaging ( Social Sciences), multimodal, rewindable learning content. 
●  NCEA- Our Principal's NCEA nominee will provide you with advice on NCEA updates.


'Hapara Teacher Dashboard’ making learning visible: 
Learners should be familiar with filing their digital content in folders (created by Hapara) in their Google Drive.  Teachers should be familiar with using Hapara and interacting with student content.

They should also be aware of where to locate documents that are not appearing on the Dashboard.   If learners or teachers are not familiar with the Hapara tool, then organise  PLD support with Mark and Sharon.

‘Hangouts’ making connections:
Schedule regular Hangout meetings, invite students to connect. Use the protocols from the ManaiaKalani presentation: 'How to use Google Hangouts Link' to ensure safe structured conversations.
Schedule Hangout time with your learning team members
Utilise the Hapara/Google Classroom stream to check in, send messages and set activities if required.

Google Blog:
Encourage your students to share their learning with others by using their school Blog post.

Final message:
Be kind, use nice words to others, be patient, and look after self and whānau.

We can do this!