1903 - High School Teacher

Hypothesis:

We believe teachers need help with teaching STEM topics, and could benefit from getting industry volunteers in to help either through comms, or in class

Interview Questions:

Day to day /Current :

• What are teachers currently struggling with / what are their most pressing pain points in their day to day roles?

• How are you currently supported when teaching something unfamiliar or new?

Process / Bearaucracy

• What is the current process for bringing a guest speaker into the school?

• What is the current process for bringing volunteers in?

STEM & Digital Readiness

• What are teachers currently doing to bring STEM into the classroom?

• Do you feel ready to teach the digital technologies curriculum?

  • What about your peers?

  • How could the transition be easier? What kind of support would you prefer?

Notes:

• Digital technologies curriculum was surprised

• 13 - 18 year group taught

• Science for younger groups then bio as they get older

Tell me about what the pain points are

Nothing filtering down to classroom level

Currently teaching stuff like spreadsheets and graphic, basic formulas

Digitech class did really basic games

Having classes with kids of different abilities
same subject to wide spectrum

Chromebooks help

Full autonomy with chromebooks

Learning management system

Hapara

Permission letter

If you're a teacher you need to run it past head of department who runs it past principal

What's cutoff between police vetting and no police required

If it's in class for prolonged period need police vet

If it's one off they don’t usually do police vetting

How do you plan a term:

She;'s the only bio teacher in the school and given free reign

Plans standards to teach, plans exams

Looks at assessment context next, etc

Ie in bio they have to do a social scientific issue

Ie: genetic engineering / CRISPR

Assessment driven

Goes online to look for existing activities and resources

Starts with youtube and key search terms on google

Follow up:

Does tamaki college have a written policy? Nicola can check

Pond is a resource bank

Orange teacher card

Ministry of education number

Searchable register

As a teacher, RAMS forms, EOTC forms

Assume responsibility for the health and safety of the children

Permission slips, allergies, medical forms, doctors details

Visitors inside a time period requires very little paperwork

After school might require permissions slips but very easy

Automated forms?