Across school teacher of culturally responsive pedagogy for Kāhui Ako ki Ōtākaro, teacher at Shirley Boys' High School, Christchurch, PhD student at UC
Check out our Kāhui Ako's podcast - Ōtākaro Kōrero. This week's episode looking at how to be the best teacher of English for Māori and Pasifika students with Tiria Tiria https://t.co/JEmipHbR7Q
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You said "what punishment of gods are not gifts. Do you really believe that?" @andersoncooper, choking back tears, asks Stephen Colbert, as they discuss grief.
"Yes," replies the comedian. "It's a gift to exist and with existence comes suffering. There's no escaping that."
Heading in to relieve for one of the primary schools in our #kāhuiako and feeling a bit nervous! It's like the first day of a new job! Will I be able to hack it?
Claire Amos: An open letter to New Zealand students - you are bigger than any exam! A reminder about what exams do measure and more importantly what they don't. #NCEA#exams#edchatnz https://t.co/tLXRnmzL8y
"We found her one night out the back of the liquor store, standing in the floodlights. We’d been searching for a long time, catching glimpses of a mirage of her brunette ponytail walking with some friends."
story by Chelsea Houghton @chelseahoughton !!
https://t.co/ZxIK8pYcCj
Today I fly 5 kids (under 9) solo chch-akl-raro to @JBHoughton and their first time meeting the Rarotonga anau. Ultra prepared. May lose sanity. Hoping to gain substantial writing material. And not lose any children...
“More important than intelligence is the ability to capitalise on intelligence..Our poorest students end up segregated in smaller schools w fewer resources, bearing the burden of concentrated disadvantage - more students who are cold & hungry & stressed.” We need systemic change.
Loving #WORDChch. Performing with FIKA poetry last night. Then a day of workshops today with @MichelleElvy@CathChidgey and @HeraLindsayBird. I'm full of inspirations to last a long time...
#teacherwellbeing has been a fantastic part of 2018 for me. now i'm planning to bring it into my teaching programme and these thoughts on being present seem a good start: https://t.co/sXX39RJTEu via @zen_habits
Have you ever considered that the #marginalisedcommunities in a city are generally on the east? https://t.co/SIJyyIMDgJ there's geographic and historic reasons, but its by design and we have the ability to design for change via @stephendeberry