Thoughts, notes and thinkings from the PD session. Might not be fully coherent – typing as it goes!
Acknowledgement 4yrs ago that Te Puna Aroha needed to supply more support towards G&T students not just ‘higher needs’.
Looking at more Universal Design of Learning.
Identifying G&T
Care around clarifying Gifted and Talented through not just a ‘western’ lense. Mahi being done currently to also look at this through Te Ao Māori and Pasifika lense.
UDL – Te Tūapapa model
3 parts –
Te Matua – the stuff that you provide to all students
Te Kāhui – more targetted mahi (small group stuff)
Te Arotahi – one to one learning tasks for those who need it
A way to think about UDL…
Analogy of going to a feast. Two options here:
One size fits all model – everyone is given the same full plate of kai. Irrespective of dietary requirements, tastes and preferences.
UDL is more like having a buffet where everyone can pick their own kai preferences and eat what they need/want.
UDL thinking cycle
3 Principles of UDL
Engagement – provide multiple means of engagement. This is the ‘why’ of learning because different students are interested in different ways/different tasks/different situations.
Representation – provide multiple means of representation. The ‘what’ of learning because students differ in their perception of information.
Action and Expression – Provide multiple means of action and expression. The ‘how’ of learning, so students can participate and show what they have learned.
Rubber Chicken 
As you walk through town you notice everyone is carrying a rubber chicken. Why?
Fluency – write as many different ideas as you can
Originality – answers that no one else came up with
Gifted and Talented recognition at ŌC – new doc developed for this.
Lists different indicators. Can go through reflectively and as you read the indicators, jot names down of students who come to mind.