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Cluster meeting dates for your diary!

It has been quiet on the Mantle of the Expert website lately, but you will be receiving a wee flurry of posts in the next few days.

First up, this message has information about cluster group meetings coming up. Please read carefully to ensure you have the right details for your meeting:

  • After its highly successful launch last month, the Whangarei cluster has its next get together on Wednesday 28th May at 3.30. I think this will be at Kaurihohore school, but please email Leslee Allen (principal@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz) to confirm and to notify your attendance. The focus for this session will be on drama conventions.
  • Also on Wednesday 28th –  at 4.30pm – is the next Hamilton cluster meeting. This will be held at the Faculty of Education, University of Waikato. The focus for the session is assessment strategies for Mantle of the Expert. Please RSVP if possible to viva@waikato.ac.nz
  • Finally, a little further off Tuesday 10th June will be the next Bay of Plenty cluster at 4.30pm at University of Waikato Windermere Campus. Further details to be confirmed, but this session will be all about drama conventions / drama for learning. If you are planning to attend this one, please let Jon know: jmj28feb@gmail.com

As usual  please bring a plate, a smile and an interested friend.

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Next Hamilton Cluster meeting and skype meeting for secondary teachers, plus a reminder of other dates…

Greetings colleagues

There is much ‘clustering’ occurring in the next few weeks. Please check below for a meeting to suit you. First two notifications are new gatherings, the others are reminders.

* Hamilton Cluster meeting will be Thursday 27th 4.30pm for 5pm start  at Puketaha school – please note this is a change from the date previously advised.  The topic is a walk through the planning process – with updates on the planning model.

* Secondary skype meeting – for specialist secondary teachers around the country. Thursday 3rd April 7pm over skype. Please email gaenor@waikato.ac.nz with your skype name if you wish to join. This discussion will look at possibilities for Mantle at secondary and adapting Mantle for older learners.

* Northland cluster at Kaurihohore School – 24th March contact Leslee Allen <principal@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz> for more information or to register interest

* Bay of Plenty cluster at Omokoroa Point School – 4.30pm for 5pm Tuesday 18th March contact Jon Jenner <jmj28feb@gmail.com> for more information.

Great to see all this activity happening. As always, you are encouraged to bring a plate of nibbles to share – and a curious friend… All welcome.

 

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Whangarei Cluster Meeting – March 24th

We will be holding our very first cluster meeting on the 24th of March at 3.30pm.  This will be held at Kaurihohore School.  If you want to know more about MOTE, hear about some of our experiences so far and know more about how to get started we urge you to come along.

Kaurihohore school is located at 71 Apotu Road, Kamo/Kauri, Whangarei.  As this is our first meeting please RSVP with numbers to Leslee Allen at principal@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz for seating purposes.

We look forward to seeing you there and setting up an active group in Whangarei.

 

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BOP Cluster Meeting – Tuesday 18th February

Hi all

Our next BOP Cluster Meeting will be held on Tuesday 18th March at Omokoroa Point School, 37 Hamurana Road, Omokoroa – from 4.30pm for a 5.00pm start – please bring nibbles.

A focus on drama conventions has been suggested and as such we are asked to come armed with what and how we have used them already – Viv is coming with useful stuff from Brian’s recent visit….

For those wishing a ride – Viv and I will be leaving from Windermere Site (main car park) at 4.00pm – please let me know if you would like one.

See you all there I hope.

Cheers

Jon

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Hamilton Cluster Meeting 17th February

Greetings! Just confirming details for the next Hamilton cluster meeting –  MONDAY 17th FEBRUARY, 4.30 – 6.00  pm in the McLaren room,  Faculty of Education, University of Waikato.  Brian Edmiston (visiting professor from the USA) will be joining us, just two days before he leaves NZ, so this is a great opportunity for cluster members old and new to meet and talk with Brian about his wealth of experience in dramatic inquiry approaches.  Tea and coffee will be provided, please bring a little something  to share for afternoon tea.  The topics explored will  be based on inquiry questions posed by cluster group members. So please, email viv on viva@waikato.ac.nz with your current wonderings about Mantle…. No question too big or too small!

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Seminars with Brian Edmiston

A final reminder about two forthcoming seminars with visiting Professor Brian Edmiston at Waikato University.  Not purely MOtE but may be of interest. The first session (hosted by WMIER – blue flyer) is aimed at education researchers and will explore dialogism and positioning theory. NB: This session has been extended to 9-12.

The second event (hosted by TDU – red flyer)  is for tertiary teachers interested in using dramatic and active approaches  in their teaching.

Both are almost full so if you want to attend, please register with the emails shown on the flyers. For the  WMIER session, please email viv on viva@waikato.ac.nz. For the TDU workshop email Lissa (address as shown on flyer)

Brian Edmiston seminar Feb 2104

Prof Brian Edmiston promo flyer 180214

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On the importance of not tricking children….

I have had some requests for this article, which was originally published in 2009 but can be hard to find online. It talks about why it is so important to signal the fiction when working in drama.  It’s a long read but hopefully of interest – particularly the later sections on ‘deliberate misframing’ in the classroom. Your comments are welcome.

The article was originally published in the e journal New Zealand Journal of Research in Performing Arts and Education: Nga Mahi a Rehia volume 1, 2009

Borat FINAL copy

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Useful books for Drama and restorative practice

Greetings colleagues

At a recent cluster meeting Sue Bleaken (Deputy Principal of Melville Intermediate School) was kind enough to share a list of books she has found particularly useful in planning drama for restorative practice in her school. Sue has provided us with a PDF of this list – attached here. Sincere thanks to Sue for sharing this useful resource.

Contact Sue via the school if you would like more information about her work bringing together drama and restorative practices. Sue also wrote a Master’s thesis on her approach, which can be accessed via the University of Waikato library.

Sue B’s books for drama and restorative practice

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Seminar by visiting professor Brian Edmiston

Here’s a flyer for a seminar on 13th Feb 2014 by visiting prof Brian Edmiston. As well as being an experienced practitioner in MOTE, Brian has researched and written extensively on positioning theory and dialogism. This seminar (sponsored by the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research at the University of Waikato) is an opportunity for students, academics or people just plain interested in teaching and learning, to come and hear more about these fascinating theories and how they have informed Brian’s work. Places are limited so please email if you are keen to attend.

Brian Edmiston seminar Feb 2104

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Thanks to cluster group hosts for 2013 – and dates for next year.

Two buzzy cluster meetings this week – Hamilton and Tauranga brought our 2013 get togethers to a close. Great to see familiar colleagues and new faces at both events.

In Hamilton on Thursday a small but enthused group gathered to hear Jacqui, Luke and Sue  share about their successful experiments with MOtE in Melville Intermediate classrooms. The highly ITC savvy Luke has edited  a set of videos of these presentations – which will be shared soon.

Then on Friday it was the turn of BOP teachers who gathered at the Tauranga Steiner school for another small but fascinating session.  This session was focussed on “hooks” – different ways to begin MOtE experiences. The evening culminated with everyone in the group having a go at different ways to kick off a mantle experience based on a transport company. The starting points were the same, but the hooks people came up with were strikingly different. Interesting stuff!

I’m sure everyone who has attended a cluster meeting this year would join with me in extending thanks to the teachers and schools who have hosted our meetings this year. We all know how busy teachers’ lives are and so for  people to take time to host, provide food and prepare presentations for colleagues is deeply appreciated. Dates for our first meetings of next year are as follows: Hamilton 17th Feb, Tauranga 18th March. Venues to be advised.