Enhancing Wellbeing in Mathematics Classrooms: Key Practices and Leadership Support

1. Well being in the mathematics classroom Louise Miller and Lee Smith

2. Ko te waka mātauranga, he waka eke noa The waka of knowledge is the waka for everyone

3. Purpose Understand Review Develop Develop a shared understanding of how to create a culture of wellbeing in the classroom Understand the key practices that enable wellbeing and how they promote learning Review and refine how we as leaders support these practices across our schools

4. What’s important when it comes to wellbeing in the maths classroom?

5. ERO statement “Student wellbeing is strongly linked to learning. A student’s level of wellbeing at school is indicated by their satisfaction with life at school, their engagement with learning and their social-emotional behaviour.” Wellbeing for success: a resource for schools. March 2016

6. Hauora - what’s at the core of having positive well being? Taha tinana - Physical well-being Taha hinengaro - Mental and emotional well-being Taha whanau - Social well-being Taha wairua - Spiritual well-being Each of these four dimensions of hauora influences and supports the others.

7. What does it mean to have ……? Mental / emotional wellbeing Physical Social Spiritual

8. Hauora

9. Ontario - Ministry vision for the mathematics learner

10. Research

11. Leading Mentally Healthy Schools (LMHS, 2013). Ontario We know our students (relationships). We understand (through assessment) where our students are beginning, i.e., their learning strengths and gaps. We plan with our students in mind, knowing where our curriculum is taking us. We create the conditions for learning that support achievement, equity and well-being for all students.

12. Ministry funded - Health Promoting Schools

13. Relationships and interactions between teachers and students in the classrooms are key to effective teaching of Maori students. Effective teachers take a non-deficit view of themselves and see themselves as capable of making a difference for them.

14. We know our students Effective interactions rely on: Manaakitanga (caring for students as Maori and acknowledging their mana) Mana Motuhake (having high expectations) Nga Whakapiringatanga (managing the classroom to promote learning) Wananga and Ako ( using a range of dynamic interactive teaching styles) Kotahitanga (teachers and students reflecting together on student achievement in order to move forward collaboratively).

15. Mana Motuhake – High Expectations

16. We create the conditions for learning that support achievement, equity and well-being for all students. Student Voice • Collecting • Valuing • Using

17. Nga Whakapiringatanga (managing the classroom to promote learning)

18. How might we evaluate wellbeing?