User:Taniwha

= My Profile  =

I am a passionate teacher and a dyed-in-the-wool West Aucklander. I live with a bright, beautiful (yet blase) teenage boy and an earnest Golden Retriever. More to follow...

Professional background

 * Current:                   Head of Literacy - Rutherford College
 * 2006 – current:        Classroom Teacher of English and Language Literacy Alternative – Rutherford College

Full teaching age range (years 9-13) in a 3-level banded school (Learning Support, Mainstream and Kaleidoscope),                                         with particular weight of practice in both lowest and highest band classes. High rate of referrals for assessment of underachieving and/or gifted students. Core classroom strategies using differentiation in sensory preferences, learner styles and neural processing.


 * 1998 – current:         Learning Support/Gifted and Talented tutor of over 300 students 1-1 and groups

Year 7 to 13 English, Health, Mathematics, Science                                    All levels Meta-cognition including self-esteem, exam and study skills, learning styles.


 * 2005 – 2006:             Regional Representative – SPELD Auckland, Manukau and Franklin
 * 2005 - 2006:              Liaison Officer – SPELD Auckland

Education

 * Current    University of Auckland                                 GradDipTESSOL (on scholarship)
 * 2005        SPELD New Zealand                                  Certificate in Specific Learning Difficulties
 * 2005        University of Massey                                  GradDipSecTchg (English and Health)
 * 2001        In-Tuition Development Institute                   Certificate of Neurolinguistic Programming
 * 2000        Hart Life Coaching Institute - Australia         Diploma of Life Coaching
 * 1981        University of Auckland                                Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and English)

My Sandbox
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I want to make a link to The Dyslexia Foundation of NZ because they are COOL...and helped bring pressure to bear on our Government to officially recognise dyslexia as a Specific Learning Difficulty.

http://www.dyslexiafoundation.org.nz/

The Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand

To find out out more about dyslexia in NZ, go here.

Learning4Content/Proposal_outlines

"The largest wiki training program in the world"

Dyslexia

Twice-exceptional Students





To Do List...

 * 1) Do my reports.
 * 2) Move the mulch from the back lawn to behind the garage.
 * 3) Practice this stuff in My Sandbox until I don't lose my headings!!!

"My Wiki Project."
A project to help 'identify, support and remediate dyslexia indicators in secondary students.'

"My Booklist."