Teacher-led Innovation Fund (TLIF): summaries of completed projects Publications
Publication Details
These reports bring together the summaries of the Teacher-led Innovation Fund (TLIF) projects which have already been successfully completed. They demonstrate teaching practices in innovative and exciting ways or explore new practices to improve learning outcomes.
Author(s): Various
Date Published: Various
Introduction
The project summaries are intended to help groups of teachers to think creatively about their proposals and how they can further develop innovative practices.
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Mahurangi College, with Mahurangi Kāhui Ako (TLIF 5-020) - Science Pathways Equity
Project Reference: Mahurangi College, with Mahurangi Kāhui Ako (TLIF 5-020) - This inquiry was a response to a long-term pattern of differential engagement with and achievement in science learning. It was informed by student and parent surveys confirming that Māori…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) initially led by Ian McHale and later by Natalie Caldwell (Mahurangi College)
Date Published: August 2021
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Mount Cook Preschool (TLIF 5-038) - Sowing seeds of peace
Project Reference: Mount Cook Preschool (TLIF 5-038) - This inquiry was inspired by an earlier research project conducted in the centre and led by two researchers who became the project’s critical friends. Their research (Dalli, Strycharz-Banaś, & Meyerhoff, 2020) had…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Rebecca Miller
Date Published: August 2021
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Renwick School, with Renwick Kindergarten, Bohally Intermediate School, Marlborough Girls College, and Marlborough Boys College (TLIF 5-046) - Ako i roto i te mahi – Ako in action
Project Reference: Renwick School, with Renwick Kindergarten, Bohally Intermediate School, Marlborough Girls College, and Marlborough Boys College (TLIF 5-046) - The teachers in this project sought to break down the silos between their schools through setting up learning labs. These…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Michelle MacGibbon (Renwick School, Across School Lead – Piritahi Kāhui Ako)
Date Published: August 2021
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Edmonton Primary School (TLIF 5-084) - A collaborative inquiry into the dimensions of effective practice in implementing the Digital Technologies Curriculum
Project Reference: Edmonton Primary School (TLIF 5-084) - The launch of Digital Technologies in the National Curriculum was a challenge for teachers in a school that was lacking in digital resources and where teachers felt lacking in expertise and confidence…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Antony Alexander
Date Published: August 2021
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Katikati Primary School, with Omokoroa Point School, Tauriko School, and Omokoroa Number One School (TLIF 4-015) - Unleashing the power of collective intelligence
Project Reference: Katikati Primary School, with Omokoroa Point School, Tauriko School, and Omokoroa Number One School (TLIF 4-015) - In an earlier TLIF project, teachers at Katikati Primary School explored the concept of a growth mindset. They noticed how enhanced…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) Marlene Dyer and Ashleigh Gaudion (Katikati Primary School)
Date Published: August 2021
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Matamata College (TLIF 5-018) - Teachers and whānau collaborating in local curriculum development at Matamata College
Project Reference: Matamata College (TLIF 5-018) - Teachers at Matamata College and other schools in the college’s Kāhui Ako were concerned that, despite progress, Māori students did not feel as valued as non-Māori students and did not believe that they…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Andrew Skipworth
Date Published: August 2021
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St. Peter’s College, Gore (TLIF 5-047) - Scaffolding project-based learning that is aligned to local curriculum design in years 8–10
Project Reference: St. Peter’s College, Gore (TLIF 5-047) - Teachers at St. Peter’s College were keen to explore how project-based learning (PBL) might be used to facilitate students’ development of the qualities embodied in the school’s graduate profile. This unites…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Bridget Ryan
Date Published: August 2021
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Te Kura o Te Kao (TLIF 5-011) - Ngā Kura Taiao o Te Hiku
Project Reference: Te Kura o Te Kao, with Ngātaki School and Te Hapua School (TLIF 5-011) Ngā Kura Taiao o Te Hiku - Three kura in the very Far North (Te Aupōuri and Ngāti Kuri) had all been on a…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Hemi Takawe (Te Kura o Te Kao) and Tracey Ashby (Ngataki and Te Hapua Schools)
Date Published: July 2021
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Tōtara Park Kindergarten (TLIF 5-024) - Nurturing mindfulness and social-emotional competence in early childhood to support competent, confident, and resilient learners
Project Reference: Tōtara Park Kindergarten (TLIF 5-024) - Kaiako at Tōtara Park Kindergarten wanted to strengthen their children’s growing social-emotional wellbeing, recognising the increasing stress and anxiety in everyday lives of whanau and tamariki.…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Monica Bay Waters
Date Published: June 2021
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Hagley Community Preschool (TLIF 5-061) - Whakawhanaungatanga in a culturally diverse ECE community
Project Reference: Hagley Community Preschool (TLIF 5-061) - Teachers at Hagley Community Preschool were keen to explore the concept of whanaungatanga and how to make it part of daily interactions. This was in a place where tamariki and whānau speak…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Jocelyn Wright
Date Published: June 2021
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Opāwa School (TLIF 5-050) - Creating a localised curriculum through ākonga and kaiako partnerships
Project Reference: Opāwa School (TLIF 5-050) - Ōpawa School was preparing to redesign its local curriculum through a revised process that would have ākonga voice at its core. The school hoped that a series of inquiries engaging kaiako and ākonga…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Justin Hickey and Rachel Howard
Date Published: May 2021
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Huntly College, Ruawaro Combined School, Huntly Primary and Taupiri School (TLIF 5-013) - The revitalisation of Te Reo rich learning environments
Project Reference: Huntly College, Ruawaro Combined School, Huntly Primary and Taupiri School (TLIF 5-013) - While the vast majority of ākonga attending schools in the Huntly District are Māori and whakapapa to Waikato-Tainui, most of their teachers are not. The…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Sharon Moller and Kandy Pohatu from Huntly College
Date Published: May 2021
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Daisies Early Childhood Education and Care Centre and Te Puna Reo o Ngā Kākano (TLIF 5-041) - Distinguishing and flourishing: two early learning services use the same inquiry design to co-construct new communication teaching practices
Project Reference: Daisies Early Childhood Education and Care Centre and Te Puna Reo o Ngā Kākano (TLIF 5-041) - Kaiako at Daisies Early Childhood Education and Care Centre (“Daisies”) and Te Puna Reo o Ngā Kākano (“Te Puna Reo”) had…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Meg Kwan (Daisies) and Erin Robertson (Te Puna Reo)
Date Published: May 2021
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Fraser High School (TLIF 4-012) - Te Kaapuia
Project Reference: Fraser High School (TLIF 4-012) - For several years, Fraser High School’s Hei Taniwha programme had provided aakonga Maaori in years 9 and 10 with the opportunity to learn within an environment that was being shaped to foster…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) Paora McGrath, Laura Green, Sue Harker and Junior Si‘ilata co-led the project
Date Published: December 2020
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Richmond School (TLIF 3-081) - How digital devices might improve teacher practice and student writing performance
Project Reference: Richmond School (TLIF 3-081) - Richmond School had seen success in student achievement across a number of outcomes, including writing, as a consequence of carefully planned and scaffolded professional development, linked to teacher appraisal and the targets set…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Ryan Higgins
Date Published: October 2020
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Dannevirke South School (TLIF 4-002) - What effect will changes in teacher pedagogy have on the transition, wellbeing, and academic engagement of the tamariki in Dannevirke?
Project Reference: Dannevirke South School, Huia Range School, Norsewood School, Weber School, Ruahine School, St Joseph’s School, First Years Preschool, Kids Castle Education and Care Centre, Appleton Kindergarten, Central Kindergarten, Busy Bees Educational Childcare Centre, Sprouts Home-based Care, Our Place…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Jenna Hutchings
Date Published: October 2020
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Douglas Park School (TLIF 4-055) - Developing key competencies and digital capabilities through maker spaces: preparing future capable learners
Project Reference: Douglas Park School (TLIF 4-055) - In this project, a team of teachers and school leaders experimented with connecting maker pedagogy with the school’s core beliefs and offering rich cross-curricular learning opportunities utilising technological materials and practices, including…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) Shaun Harkness, Gareth Sinton, Sophie Macdonald, Amy West, James Riley, Rosie Puddy and Kiri Eagle.
Date Published: August 2020
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Hutt Valley High School (TLIF 4-057) - HVHS ‘SNAP’: Sustainable Networks and Pathways (for students with special education needs)
Project Reference: Hutt Valley High School (TLIF 4-057) - Staff in Hutt Valley High School’s Tautoko Learning Support Centre were concerned that while they were generally able to work with whānau to access some form of short-term training for their…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Heather Lear and Nick Larkin
Date Published: August 2020
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Ruahine Kindergarten Association (TLIF 4-016) - Data, knowledge, action: A teacher-led inquiry into data-informed teaching in early childhood education
Project Reference: Ruahine Kindergarten Association (TLIF 4-016) - This project was guided by the premise that effective data can lead to knowledge and knowledge can lead to action for improved teaching and learning (Earl & Timperley, 2008; Gunmer & Mandinach,…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) led by Lynda Hunt (West End Kindergarten)
Date Published: August 2020
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Te Awa Primary School and the Matariki Kāhui Ako (TLIF 3-001)
Project Reference: Te Awa Primary School and the Matariki Kāhui Ako (TLIF 3-001): Understanding effective transitions for students (and whānau) across Matariki Kāhui Ako. While transitions are a natural and expected part of any learner’s pathway through schooling, New Zealand…
Author(s): (Inquiry Team) Tim Van Zyl (principal, Te Awa School) was the project leader. The rest of the team included Greta Van Zyl, co-project leader (Te Awa School), Nicole Murphy (Marewa School), Laura Jackson (William Colenso College), and Nic Montgomery (Sunny Days ECE)
Date Published: July 2020
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