Simon Cossey Professional Blog

It was really helpful meeting up with my coach twice during lockdown.  Previously, we had set a goal of doing a Sharp Reading observation with the swivel camera focusing on group and whole class management. Of course this went out the window because we're in lockdown. However, we have bumped that across to Term 4. This will fit really well with the Unit 8 focus on increasing fluency.  My coach suggested finishing the online units during lockdown. So I have done that and achieved my certificate!! I haven't completed the 20 hours of practise yet, but I expect to get more practise once we get back to school.  In Unit 6, I learned how to score students accurately (and practised this with my coach). In Unit 7, I learned to teach the vocabulary strategies to clear the roadblocks (and practised this with my coach).  For me, the most important outcome is that I can pick up a Level 3 Sharp lesson and teach it when I'm releasing a teacher. 

 Leadership 3 I really enjoyed our last Leadership Meets for this term. All the leaders were invited by email and a phone call or text. Again, it was nice to make contact with whānau. Three students came on the calls.  We discussed their leadership 'Leading Self' challenges. When we reviewed the "Levels of Leadership" model, these leaders were starting to recognise the progressions.  For me, one of the great takeaways of these Meets was our discussions about next term. I asked the students for input into our Friday hui, activities and sport. As we had a korero, they were able to add suggestions of activities they would like to lead. K wants to lead dancing (Born to Move) on wet days. L is willing to lead the actions for kapa haka at our hui. 'A' was able to think of other students who would be good leaders for activities and kapa haka and wanted to start recruiting before we even got off the call! He is going to work with a friend to lead a drum group. We disc