Teacher Requirements - big list

These are from post it notes at the ideation session Dec 2018. 

Note

Category

Teachers don't know how to access help

live help

students can't sometime find immediate answers to solve some exercise

live help

teachers need quick access to answers/mentors

live help

Volunteer is not the teacher

Observation

The NCEA DT teacher is struggling to cope with paperwork, time, ideas, skills, complience bollocks, often isolated and rural

persona

60 yr old, Year 9 English teacher - does not see how STEM applies to them

persona

Completely at home courses, work online


Communication Generation barriers - Teachers / Students

obstacle

Teachers are blocked - needs ???? up the drain

obstacle

Limited resources

obstacle

Students need interactive learning style

opportunity

students don't like NCEA course delivery style

opportunity

Students don't know the purpose

obstacle

Personalise the content & mentor

opportunity

Inspire Teachers - inspire the inspirer

opportunity

Inspiring success

motivation

Feel they deserve success

motivation

inspiration - recruitment and retention

motivation

Teacher work overload

obstacle

experience must be easy to say yes to

challenge

Whanau engagement

relationships

School Community engagement

relationships

Cool shit that is accessible

motivation

strong commitment from volunteers

sustainability

mentor beyond the tech learning

sustainability

ongoing relationship

sustainability

role models

sustainability

need broad relationships with corporates

sustainability

student has been given low expectations

obstacle

student's lack of purpose

obstacle

If there were no barriers to learning what would you want to do 'be a vet'

motivation

unexpected stresses - no skills to deal with

opportunity

Y9 to y11 are uninterested to go to school - not excited

opportunity

adolescent brain

obstacle

early intervention

challenge

Yr12 I want to be an engineer - what kind? how do I do it?

persona

Teacher - how do I support students ambition?

challenge

Teacher - I can't answer their questions

live help

Teacher - I reached out to corporate - got no response

challenge

Corporate - want some relationship - don't know how to coordinate

challenge

Y11 Dropout risk - Responsiblities(chores, family, work) Tired, trying to stay engaged, I don't see other options or role models

Persona

Put Students in the Drivers Seat

challenge

Long term programmes

sustainability

Bums into schools

corporates

accessible cool shit

challenge

simple to use

challenge