This article (below) was first published in English in Aotearoa, issue #97. It is published again here with the editor's kind permission.
While this article was written to target English teachers, the key thing I'd like to point out, is that any teacher from any subject speciality can be a Project Based Learning teacher.
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Launch is an Agile Based Learning Environment
How does that look in Launch?One of the most important attributes of a highly effective team and the ability to collaborate effectively, is knowing you can be vulnerable in front of your team members, and they will support you. One of the things that was was most important to me as the "teacher" / lead learner of this course, was that the students would feel they were part of a team who really knew them and had their back, and so we've done a lot of work around building our Launch team culture. Being able to demonstrate your vulnerability, to share the fact you may not know what the next step is, to share that you do not have all the answers all the time and need to draw upon the strengths of your team, is actually a sign of great strength. A team member willing to share their struggles, concerns, worries or doubts, is demonstrating that they are self-aware, reflective, collaborative, value others' ideas, and that they are a team player. Sharing your vulnerable moments, the failures (or "pivot points", as we like to call them in Launch) and the moments of self-doubt, is a sign of someone stepping in and sharing being human with the team. |
AuthorsRowan Taigel is the Launch Coach at Nayland College. Launch NayCol is a 2nd half year module for yr 9 students in 2023. Archives
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