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realist, supportive and not afraid to ask the challenging questions. Rob is digitally savvy and knowledgeable but also understands the importance of developing good working relationships and using a strengths-based approach to effect change.

the classroom. This programme was to build our teachers’ capacity in giving students feedback on writing using teacher inquiry. The staff were well-supported and engaged in this process and have commented positively on having this opportunity to develop their practice. During the year Rob also worked alongside our leadership team to develop a feedback model which they have used to support our teachers in the classroom.    

the learning for staff so they work at a pace that suits them and does this in a challenging but caring manner. She has pushed our thinking, modelled new learning and supported each teacher in their development. I believe Victoria has set our school up in a sustainable way that when her time finishes we will be able to push on and flourish. She is amazing! I can’t wait to have her back!

in the digital facets of learning and the links with effective practice.

her facilitation. Victoria is an approachable facilitator, that has education experience in the classroom, which is invaluable, and can relate to our teachers. Victoria has been able to create the contextual base that we can translate into the classroom. She has a hands-on approach, that is differentiated for our staff but also our students. This has been valuable. Victoria has also been able to provide in-class support, and because of her personality and approach, the staff have been very open to their professional learning. For us in terms of the computational thinking journey, Victoria has been able to unpack what’s been some very difficult language, so that it’s plain and unambiguous for us. We were treated as learners and fully supported. Her notes are very thorough providing good reference notes for when we are stuck. Victoria also gave us time to generate resources that are relevant to our learners. We have been able to personalize these for our learners and our classrooms, which has been fantastic. I can’t thank her enough for the ongoing support that we’ve been able to access. Victoria understands what it’s like to be a teacher and she works the hours that teachers work and for us, that’s made a difference. Kia ora kouto. Thank you for Victoria for the workstream you have provided at Pyes Pa School. Your content and pedagogy his meant that you have delivered an extremely valuable series of professional learning that has been well received by our staff. I thank you for delivering one of the best Professional Learning Series of my career.

see what we will need next in our learning journey.

of the curriculum and ideas to get started. Shona’s ability to break everything down into small steps and explain things simply has meant our team is feeling really confident in where we are going.

incorporate it in our Maths – my students were highly engaged. I found that it made some difficult concepts easier to teach! We stream Maths and trialled three different level maths classes. Across all classes there was high engagement and a whole lot of fun! Having Shona guide us through the curriculum and come in, to model how lessons can be run was a huge advantage. She had incredibly creative ideas to help implement the DTC, and as the one who was sceptical at the beginning, I can now happily say I’m hooked. Year 8 Level Leader.

with small groups of children, and work with the whole class and/or staff. This approach has inspired our team as a whole. A particular area of strength is her ability to differentiate learning opportunities across the different age groups, ensuring the best possible outcomes for the students. It has been a fantastic learning journey with Shona.”

classrooms. Her ability to empathise with teachers and the multiple needs they are meeting has meant she has been extremely successful in gaining buy-in from our teachers. Our school is far better off for having an association with Victoria and Learning Architects. We are exploring ways in which we can continue to utilise her and benefit from her expertise. I would unreservedly recommend Victoria to any school looking for an external PLD facilitator to provide assistance in the roll-out of the ‘DTC’ in their schools.

of a Digital Fluency PLD contract. Matt is a visionary for us. He listens too and acknowledges our own vision, values and aspirations. Condensing what we think, and identifying what we are trying to achieve in succinct and interesting ways. Matt can work with everyone on the staff and use his world perspectives to motivate and guide us.  

relationships with the staff and taken us through the document. We have all appreciated the pacing of the work Victoria has done with us and how she has supported our learning this year.

are less comfortable/familiar with the Progress Outcomes and activities. The time, effort and thought Victoria puts into not only the activities we do but the professional learning sessions we are a part of is not only admired but really appreciated! Victoria is very approachable and really easy to communicate with outside of school hours. The amount of resources Victoria shares with us is incredible! She is always thinking of ways to further support us as teachers in our classrooms so we can gain further confidence and experience success with our students. I am constantly blown away by the thought Victoria puts into resources which are specific to my level of teaching the Digital Technology Curriculum, but also the varying levels of students in my class. I have some boys who love to be challenged, so Victoria created some fantastic activities for them to complete which they thoroughly enjoyed. Teachers and schools who haven’t yet had the good fortune of working alongside Victoria are really missing out. She is an absolute asset and I’m really grateful I get to learn from her as it’s making me a better teacher. I can’t speak highly enough of Victoria and all she is doing for the teachers and students at Tauranga Intermediate School. She is the reason the Digital Technology Curriculum is being integrated into our teaching with such enthusiasm.

lovely warm personality and listening to her advice and explanations of things was a breeze. She understands the demands of being a teacher, and therefore her suggestions were completely achievable. Thank you for unpacking a very wordy document in a user-friendly way Victoria!!

classroom with my learners. Prior to today’s session, I would not have considered doing digital technology with my learners. Victoria made learning very easy and fun. Her positive and supportive approach made it a very worthwhile PD session. Thank you so much.

using a range of resources, approaches, and strategies. This is particularly vital as our school community has grown significantly in the last 5 years In 2018, Rob has been our PLD provider to facilitate the strengthening of our Middle and Senior Leadership team via strengths-based coaching. Working with individuals as well as the team, he has increased our understandings of ourselves individually as leaders while enhancing our collective leadership by using our individual strengths and talents. Most recently- because of his understanding of our school, Rob was employed to work with our school community to appoint a new Principal. His work in this was diligent and innovative; this supported the Board of Trustees to reflect the community engagements that were held to be able to make an informed decision. I have no hesitation in recommending Rob and his company- Learning Architects- to anyone seeking to support and enhance their systems and educational practices. Working with Rob has supported my own growth and development as a leader and I look forward to continuing to work with him in 2019.

good systems in place.

tools and face to face meetings have been used to maximise time and meet needs. We have loved working with the team at Learning Architects and look forward to our relationship developing.

and innovate.

members of the Kāhui at their own capability level in a respectful and constructive way. His strong sense of what works well and how we can make use of this knowledge helped us to develop a system that is working very well for our Kāhui Ako.

on-line communication system. This system has been a building block for our Learning Community. With simple ideas relating to naming protocols and filing to more complex google plus communities, Rob guided us through a process of development. We are by no means a finished product but we are currently functioning enthusiastically and building an effective learning community. Thanks, Rob. Your knowledge of how schools work and how to blend possibilities with technology is unique and makes this sort of community building possible!

just focus on one, the class blog, and do that well and that done well it could cover all my needs. Huge advice thank you, I feel relieved.

next step learning, enabling me to move forward independently with the task that I was working on.

on the floor and considered recommendations. You don’t know what you don’t know so to have Rob push my thinking, share new ideas and guide into a better way was a huge win. I see my schools’ connection with Learning Architects as a partnership, a mentorship and a great ongoing decision.

Rob gave us a thorough introduction to the Google platform so that we have all been successful transitioning to being a GAFE school. He also made things fun and our teachers loved the quiz that we created guessing random facts about each other using the collaborative nature of google docs. Communication and follow up support was a real positive too. Rob was always available to interpret emails and explain in basic terms to us. He built leadership capability within our school and the two of us who are super admins are able to do many of the admin tasks ourselves that we were previously paying others to do for us.

never heard of.   Love how the training is flexible and suited to each individuals context and needs.

had learnt with the others in my team.

to improve practices in the office.

been concerned I would feel like the “class dunce” – but not at all!

so that always helps. Thanks Rob.

Well pitched for our school and where we are at.

setting.

in my professional life and personal.

etc. fantastic, great resource for teams and students. Thoroughly enjoyed the information and the presentation.

day and I was able to utilize that skill and go home and practice. Then the second day and third day built on this. I have learned how to streamline my processes so that they are efficient. So it’s much easier to find, track, and collate the information I need. [fusion_tabs design=”classic” layout=”horizontal” justified=”yes” backgroundcolor=”” inactivecolor=”” bordercolor=”” icon=”” icon_position=”” icon_size=”14″ hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=””][fusion_tab title=”Download the full testimonial here” icon=”fa-file-pdf far”] Download the testimonial here… [/fusion_tab][fusion_tab title=”Full transcript” icon=””] Hi, I’m Dana from Mangere Central School. I attended a three day workshop called Empowering the Digital Office, led by Rob Clarke from Learning Architects. Being in the administration area of the school, I find it difficult to find really good professional development. This workshop was ideal for everything that I needed. It was a full day for the first day and I was able to utilize that skill and go home and practice. Then the second day and third day built on this. I have learned how to streamline my processes so that they are efficient. Anything that would take an hour is now taking me 15 minutes to 20 minutes. All of my systems are far more organized. So it’s much easier to find, track, and collate the information I need. The course that Rob lead was a great course. It was a small group of participants, which means it was targeted for what our needs were. Rob had a great ability to cater to individual needs. So in a small group, we were all listened to. The format of the day was highlighted as to what we were needing to get out of the course. I felt that was very valuable. I would highly recommend meeting Rob and taking his courses. The three-day course was a huge benefit to me. And the next and upcoming classes that I’ve signed up for I feel would really benefit to flow on in Excel and expand what I’ve already learned. Transcribed by https://otter.ai   [/fusion_tab][/fusion_tabs]