Mr+Paterson

Mr Paterson

3. lily: what is the most intresting thing you have learnt throughout your years of teaching? 4.lily: throughout your years of teaching what was your proudest moment? 5.alice: was there a moment you wanted to stop or give up being a leader? 6.mollie: did you want to be a teacher when you were a child like our selves? Craig completed his teacher training with a Diploma of Education at the Christchurch College of Education. He then made the move and taught for two years in Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island before coming to Auckland. In Auckland he has taught at Chelsea Primary School and was a music specialist for three years at Belmont Intermediate School. Before he moving to Hobsonville School he spent at a year as the visiting teacher at the Educational Assessment Research Unit at the University of Otago, Dunedin. There he worked on the National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) writing assessment tasks. Moving back to Auckland saw Craig move into the Torbay area where he enjoys living with his family. Craig has a passion for ICT and believes it is an essential tool for education in the 21 st Century. While also being part of the Senior Leadership Team he is also on the ICT team. Craig also is taking the school choir preparing for the APPA Music Festival at the end of the year. ||
 * 1) alice: how do you consider yourself a leader?
 * 2) mollie: what/who inspired you to be a leader?
 * This is Craig's first year at Long Bay Primary having been senior teacher at Hobsonville School of the Year 5/6 team for the last 5 years. Craig is currently acting senior teacher of the Akonui syndicate here at Long Bay.

1. I have been a leader in different capacities. Leading choirs both adults and children's choirs. Also in my roles in education over the years. First and foremost being a classroom teacher. There are times when this involves leading children through their learning. Other times this has been facilitating their learning - having the children lead their learning. Also in education I have lead teachers in Professional Development - the teachers learning new things. This year this has been in ICT.

2. I think these where my highschool teachers. I went straight to teachers college from high school and then into teaching. In conducting choirs - it was the people who were my conductors of the choirs I sung in.

3. That leading from behind is an effective skill. That is providing the structure and scaffold for their learning and allowing them to learning. I believe it is important for the students to become responsible for their learning. I like to provide the means for this to happen. The wiki is an example for this. 4 This is hard. ..... I need to think about it. Send me another email reminding to answer it.

5. Yes there have been a few moments when I have wanted to give up being a teacher. It tends to happen when I am under stress or feel all the work is on top of me. Often a sleep helps me to clear my head. It is important to remember the big picture and not sweat the small stuff.

6. I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a leader. I have to say I used to enjoy being the leader of groups when I was at school.