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At least half of what students bring to the table is their OWN motivation, prior knowledge, cultural capital and dispositions.

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Teachers need to make learning accessible, meaningful and purposeful.

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-some children become disengaged with learning before the age of 12 - early education is therefore a critical period in children's learning.

-to maximise engagement teachers are alert to their needs, preferences, attitudes and abilities.

-importance of quality feedback and feed forward

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Sustained improvements in students' performance is likely to occur gradually rather than in sudden gains e.g learning spherical not vertical.

Teaching is both a science and art.

The teacher who knows how to teach what they know in ways that makes sense to students is what makes the difference.

Teachers actively seek further information. For example, looking up strategies to make the kids successful, Adopt a problem solving approach to individual students.

Teacher who reflect are flexible and not afraid to improvise.

Humility is part of our repertoire - Learning from others including the students themselves. Always seeking feedback.

Assessment of effective teaching has moved away from tick boxes. We are not robots.

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Teachers make a difference to students when the recognize and acknowledge the distinctiveness of their students.

Important to acknowledge students cultural identity.

Maori students have not achieved as well as they should.

If teachers accept that they are a part of the problem they are beginning to create change.

Kotahitanga focuses on improving student engagement and this enhanced when they are able to bring their own culturally generated ways of knowing and learning e.g. Ako which is working in pairs, being challenged and expected to succeed and actively involved and listened to.

Correct pronunciation of names.

We have to ensure education trumps disadvantage, do not allow deficit thinking.

Be aware of the unconscious attitudes.

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Teachers holds High expectations = students will face challenge and fail - this will help them learn to persist, build resilience and take risks.

Good learners know that learning is sometimes hard.

High expectation teachers help build courage and persistance.

High expectations can be warm and encouraging OR stern and formal - its all good.

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"Palmer captures the contrasting emotions that typify teaching, in all its glory and in all its despair."

"The sooner we realise that perfection is a myth and growth is the goal, the sooner we are able to learn from our mistakes and improve our teaching."

"Developing one's own philosophy provides a foundation and enables a teacher to hold to what they believe is important in the face of disaster and difficulty."

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It's an ongoing challenge to maintain passion in the face of inevitable setbacks.

Passion is one of defining traits

Push boundaries

Go to considerable lengths.

The teachers who maintain their passion will continue to grow their pedagogy.

They have courage

Teachers with passion are unlikely, therefore to churn the same lessons.

Connected with students, fill classroom with pleasure, creativity, challenge and joy.