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 |