Citizenship through inquiry and actionRoad safety curriculum resources unpacked for secondary schools

Teacher WorkshopWednesday 4 March 2015

Secondary teachers are invited to a free Professional Development workshop in Upper Hutt. This event will demonstrate:• How SOLO Taxonomy is used to plan for deep learning

outcomes that cover what students can describe, and what students can do

• How you can use road safety as context relevant to notions of citizenship education to hook students into key concepts across learning areas such as English, drama, mathematics and statistics, science, health and PE, and media studies.

This workshop is led by well-known educators and teachers.

It is a practical, forward-focussed event designed to help with planning junior and senior units of learning.Presenters will unpack curriculum resources that use road safety as a context and show how to adapt these to fit term planning and your students’ needs and interests.NZ Transport Agency curriculum resources are:• Aligned to NZC achievement objectives• Designed using SOLO Taxonomy, and packed with

learning experiences• Set up for teachers to easily modify and adapt• Trialled in schools• Quality-assured by NZQA (in the case of NCEA

assessment resources).

This free event is provided by the New Zealand Transport Agency, Hutt City Council, and Upper Hutt City Council.

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WHAT: Citizenship through inquiry and action: road safety curriculum resources unpacked

WHEN: 4 March 2015, 9:30am to 2pm. Lunch provided.

WHERE: Trentham Gardens, Racecourse Road, Upper Hutt

REGISTER ONLINE: http://inform.gw.govt.nz/register.aspx

INFORMATION:Contact Jan Simmons 04 570 6730roadsafety@huttcity.govt.nz

OTHER: Teachers attending the workshop will be reimbursed for travel expenses. Schools will be paid for teacher release time.

09:15 Coffee and tea

09:30 Plenary introduction – Raewyn Baldwin, NZ Transport Agency

09.40 Changing mental models – Raewyn Baldwin

09.50 SOLO taxonomy/What is worth knowing as a citizen and road user – Pam Hook

10:50 Workshops

1. Mathematics and Statistics: Dr Sarah Howell. Sarah Howell is a Mathematics and Statistics teacher at Wellington College and was joint recipient of the NZAMT Ernest Duncan Award 2013 for the resource ‘How far until it stops?’

2.English: Jane Dewar is Head of Department, English, at Hutt International Boys School. She has trialled several of NZTA’s English resources.

3. Science: Pam Hook, an experienced consultant in teaching and learning. http://pamhook.com/about

4. PE and Health: Lawrie Stewart, National Coordinator: Schools at New Zealand Police.

5. Drama: Karen Morgan is a Deputy Principal at Wellington Girls’ College, and presented at the Drama New Zealand Conference, Wellington 2012.

6. Media Studies: Diane Henjyoji has been in charge of Media Studies at Wellington Girls’ College, works with the National Association for Media Educators, organised the Media Studies national conference, and has moderated NCEA marking.

12:10 Lunch. Menu includes vegetarian, GF & DF options

12:30 Keynote presenter Neil Shaw, ACC. Big Picture thinking about driver licensing.

13.15 Citizenship and a road safety context in the curriculum and in the community Panel of teachers/ NZ Transport Agency/ACC/Council group discussion.

14.00 Close

Notes:

Teachers who work with vocational pathways and transition will find all sessions of value. The Resources for Unit Standards in Literacy and Numeracy http://education.nzta.govt.nz/resources/secondary/literacy-and-numeracy# are particularly relevant, and will form part of the discussion throughout the day.

Our six workshop presenters have all developed and written their subject’s curriculum resources for NZTA.

All resources can be found at: education.nzta.govt.nz/resources/secondary-school-curriculum-resources

Programme:

Find NZ Transport Agency curriculum resources online:

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