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DVC review document 2016
- Changes and problems identified in this document with the DVC programme from 2016 - Next steps identified Please read this monster for...
Ashlee Rouse
Mar 15, 20171 min read
Reflection on Level One DVC Sketching standard
After marking externally last year, I now have alot more knowledge of what is expected for the standards and what I need to get them to...
Ashlee Rouse
Mar 1, 20171 min read
Improvements to Units for 2017
DO NOWS: Every year level: Do now relates to the achievement standard: i.e.: What is the point of my era? what are the three things I...
Ashlee Rouse
Dec 8, 20167 min read
How one word can go down
Situation: - Intense class - High energy, high swearing - one girl swears EXTREMEMLY loudy and often - I tell her, "Young ladies don't...
Ashlee Rouse
Sep 26, 20162 min read
New teaching tactic - Whiteboards
Today for Year 10 DVC, I have tried a new method. Because of the nature of DVC, we are normally spending the entire hour on project work....
Ashlee Rouse
Sep 26, 20161 min read
Reflection - Year 11
We are very close to the end of term, and the Year 11's are further behind than last years year 11's. This is a very difficult issue to...
Ashlee Rouse
Sep 5, 20162 min read
Year 9 Tech Reflection - Future changes for programme
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6dxZrfDaVwdQWtOeHhVdko2YTg #reflection #Criteria11
Ashlee Rouse
Aug 18, 20161 min read
Inquiry Reflection - Verbal Recording
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6dxZrfDaVwdblZRei1SY1lWQkU #Criteria12 #TeachingasInquiry #reflection
Ashlee Rouse
Aug 18, 20161 min read
Year 10 Reflection - Floor Plans
So, today the year 10's started to create floorplans for their architectural design. This was an interesting lesson, becuase once again,...
Ashlee Rouse
Aug 16, 20162 min read
Engaging the rough youths
As I was on duty today, another teacher was also wandering around. He asked me to walk with him as we 'walked over to check that these...
Ashlee Rouse
Apr 5, 20162 min read
Bored Students - UPDATE
AHH! WORST NIGHTMARE. I have discovered - although I already knew and did not want to truly own up to it because it is scary.. - that my...
Ashlee Rouse
Mar 19, 20162 min read
Bored Students
AHH! WORST NIGHTMARE. I had news from one of the Deans (she has the ability to change students options) that two of my students are BORED...
Ashlee Rouse
Mar 6, 20161 min read
NCEA results 2015
After getting the NCEA results from my 2015 classes, it was quite a shock to see that the top students were not receiving top marks....
Ashlee Rouse
Mar 1, 20161 min read
Start of year class setups
I am getting worried about how to start the year with my new classes. I do not want the hassles that came about after last years wild...
Ashlee Rouse
Jan 13, 20161 min read
Year 9 - The crazy is back
Probs with the Year 9 Crazies 17.11.15 Spoke to Barbara this morning about my awful angry lesson yesterday. She teaches the wild Year 9’s...
Ashlee Rouse
Nov 19, 20151 min read
Year 9 - New strategy
Fun lesson - Year 9 horrors After a harrowing 3 weeks on the last project, we are starting a new project in year 9 tech. For this one, I...
Ashlee Rouse
Nov 17, 20151 min read
BEST LESSON!
Today was such a good lesson! After all of the crappy lessons and the yelling and the frustration and the hurt, this lesson the students...
Ashlee Rouse
Nov 16, 20151 min read
Stress and pressure
Testing students Recently - and this could be due to the stress of externals and end of year submissions dates - I have been feeling a...
Ashlee Rouse
Nov 11, 20151 min read
End of year pressure of Externals
End of term stress Term 4 - stress term. These past few weeks have been very crazy. The internals fro the level ones and twos and threes...
Ashlee Rouse
Nov 11, 20151 min read
Year 9 Step by Step
So, back to the year nines. I have learnt alot from their two little projects we have done together this year so far. My idea was to...
Ashlee Rouse
Oct 12, 20152 min read
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