Data Champions Conference 2020

[Jake Wills]

Hi all,

Details for the 2020 Data Champions Conference are now up on the website: https://www.datachampions.nz/2020-conference

The 2020 New Zealand School’s Data Champions conference will take place towards the end of Term One on Friday 20th March.  

Hosted at the Ministry of Education offices in Wellington, the conference will showcase the best practice happening right across New Zealand schools in using data to make better decisions to positively impact learner outcomes. 

One of the keynotes this year will be the Ministry’s Te Rito initiative, now fully budget funded and trialling in some schools. The Te Rito project aims to create a personalised, travelling, life long record of learning for every student that passes through New Zealand’s state schools. Records of learning that travel with the student throughout their schooling will recognise and celebrate each student’s learning progress. They will be holistic, showing strengths and progress across a range of knowledge, skills and capabilities. They’ll identify any need for additional support or extension in an individual student’s learning journey. They will be accessed digitally, giving parents and whānau real-time information on their child’s progress.  Governance issues over the use of Educational data will also be covered.

The other keynote will be around how learning stories are being used, as well as brief presentations from Network for Learning (N4L) and some teams from the Ministry who are will be running workshops later in the day on progress mapping (across a broader range of learning – including social and emotional learning).

As in 2019, the Data Champions Conference 2020 is by teachers, for teachers. Sharing best practice will again be at the heart of 20th March event. We are currently looking for people willing to share from both primary and secondary schools, and particularly after people who are willing to run hands-on workshops where people can 'get their hands dirty'. If you are willing to share please email jake....@kc.school.nz and we can discuss details.

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Any questions let me know.

Jake Wills