FutureMakers Update 7 Feb, 2023

An item for my Kiwi readers to finish the day.

FutureMakers Update 7 Feb. 2023 Tena koutou katoa e maumahara ana ki te ra o Waitangi. Greetings to you all as we celebrate Waitangi day. The photo here is of me when I had the privilege of participating in the Waitangi Day celebrations at Waitangi four years ago – an experience I’ll treasure for years to come. It seems to me that the significance of Waitangi Day is growing for all New Zealanders, and provides the ideal opportunity, at the beginning of the school year, to assess just how well your school is doing in terms of being a Treaty honouring organisation and being culturally responsive. Let’s see if 2023 can be ‘that year’ for your community. In this newsletter… Cultural Capability for Educators Women and Girls in Science The Great Mail Race Drivers and Roadblocks Cultural Capability for Educators It’s been four years now since I stepped back from my role with CORE Education, but the team there continue to do an outstanding job contributing to the growth and development of educators in the cultural capability space. They have amassed an awesome collection of resources and learning opportunities that you can access as an individual or as a whole school staff. Check out their cultural capability resources here. Women and Girls in Science Friday 11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! What a great opportunity to promote science and technology with your students. This International Day not only commemorates the important role of women in science and research but also points out that the global representation of women in science is still low. Perhaps you could mark it  with student activities about the 14 profiles of Māori female scientists available in these great resources from the New Zealand Association of Science Educators. The Great Mail Race Here’s a challenge that you might like to have your students contribute to. A good friend of mine is the Superintendent of the Eastern Hancock School District in Indiana, and he sent me details of the Great Mail Race – a project involving students from the Eastern Hancock HS Essential Skills programme. You might like to check in out and consider sending them something from students at your school. Roadblocks and Drivers What’s driving change in our schools and education system? Have your say here. There’s still an opportunity to contribute to the survey on roadblocks and drivers of change in education which closes off on 10 February. Please distribute this link to your staff, board of trustees members and/or parents and community and invite them to contribute their thoughts in response to the two questions asked. But wait, there’s more… At FutureMakers we use a range of forums to curate good ideas and resources. Check out the following… Derek’s Blog – regular posts available on the FutureMakers website Previous newsletters – access all of the previous editions of the FutureMakers newsletter from this one place Resilient Schools Online Community – brought to you in partnership with Transcend My slideshows from recent presentations curated on SlideShare Modern Learning Practice – a curated set of links on Scoop.It Hybrid Learning – a collection of resources on the FutureMakers website Learner Agency – another collection of resources on the FutureMakers website If you’ve enjoyed reading this newsletter please feel free to forward it to others to read, or better yet, ask them to become a FutureMakers subscriber so they will receive their own updates delivered to their mailbox. I’m always interested to hear your feedback or ideas about what you’d like to see included in future newsletters – please use the link below to email me with your suggestions. Email Derek

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