Week 6

Well a completely different week for my learning this week.
As part of the Fellowship I am on when I return to school next year I need to offer professional development about teaching science. This will look at ways we can all become better at teaching science at the school. In order to do this the 13 teachers currently doing the Primary Teachers Science Fellowship were in Dunedin together to attend a leadership course. The course was run by the Otago School of Business Studies and involved a 360 assessment of our leadership style, a Myers Brigg Personality assessment, and lectures on the leadership, values, and visions. It was a fairly intense week and I learnt a lot about myself as well as the other topics I have already mentioned.
The other really good thing about the week was getting together with the other teachers because we had time to get to know each other a lot better as well as talk about the science we are doing, the things we are learning, and the highs and differences we are experiencing. Each of the teachers are involved in different projects, you can read about them on this link.
http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/funds/teacher-fellowships/profiles/2011/
This shows all the teacher fellows for this year, as well as the awarded fellowships, but it gives an insight into what others are doing. For any other teachers out there there are links from there if you are interested in applying.

One of the highlights of the week was a quick tour of Dunedin. Here is a photo of the teachers form the course at Baldwin st. the steepest street in the world.