High School Teachers - Current Workflow

As a teacher not in management at the start of the school year...

Date	Action
Before year starts	I don't have to do anything unless I want to change an achievement task
	I will typically receive a unit outline from my manager A unit outline is a breakdown of... learning outcomes Specific activities I need to do with my lass list of standards I need to run my class by - and they have to completed and marked by X date
	I avoid planning anything until I meet my kids and evaluate capabilities
First day of school	First day of school for the year
First week of school	Start with an exam, evaluate capability of students - this is largely informed by last year's exam
	Create visible planning doc that covers... Specific learning outcomes, learning activities, questions, practice questions Cool activities that help teach concepts - she either makes them or finds them provided they match learning outcomes I adjust timelines based on how quickly the class learns in my doc so that we can cover as much ground as possible
Sometime during the term	I might bring in an expert to talk about something - the process here typically goes like this: Find friend / scour network 2 weeks before event Ask them to come in They come in They talk about stuff for an hour They leave usually police vetting is done atm for talks like these given that as a teacher I am there - also person is within my circle Almost every school surveyed does this - web of trust atm ie(If the person is in my circle, they can be trusted)
6 weeks before an internal (2-3 weeks)	Teaching the content for the internal - expert / activities would come in here (Vly has best chance of things happening here)
3 weeks before an internal (1-2 weeks)	practice / full practice with loads of feedback
1 week of internal	Supervising students / not allowed to help them

8 Weeks before External	Learning, practice, questions
Mock Exams
Real External at end of year

	If I wanted to change something I taught, I evaluate...
1	Judgement schedules provide examples for X grade ie: excellence is justifying your opinion and this is what this looks like
2	Marking schedule Sometimes included in exemplars Quite literally how to grade
3	Examplars of standards, answers etc Read title of achievement standard, and what each grade requires Refer to NZQA clarification - this provides more guidance about what you can and cant do while teaching this standard - also tells you how much help you are allowed to give Refer to exemplar tasks and they should get a judgement schedule and a marking schedule