Professional Development & Certificates – Alison Macdonald Teacher

Title	Date	Provider	Details
Ukulele Level 3	28 July 2023	Yousician	Basic chords (F, C, Am7, Am, C7, G, G7, Em, D, A), strumming, finger picking and tablature.
Tools for Diverse Learners Training	22 July 2023	Google for Education	As technology plays an increasingly large role in the classroom, think about how you might use different features to assist your students with disabilities or special needs, or anyone else who may benefit from them.
Minecraft: Education Edition: Teacher Academy	21 July 2023	Microsoft	… using Minecraft Education as a teaching and learning tool to support strong pedagogical practices in the learning environment.
Bi Cultural Online Modules (part 2)	20 July 2023	Kia Māia Bicultural Communications (Through Riding for the Disabled)	…identity, connection with Te Tiriti, each other and the land, the language of colonisation, inherited social ‘norms’, decolonisation, re-indigenisation, and the effect of our suppressed histories on our nation – culturally, spiritually and economically, bias, prejudice and discrimination, interpersonal and institutional racism, types of defensiveness and how to counter them, privilege, equity issues, cultural appropriation, tokenism, restoration, power-sharing, working as allies and our shared future.
Introduction to Basic Game Development using scratch	5 July 2023	Coursera	Learn to use features in Scratch, design a basic game using block based code and create algorithms using block based code.
Bi Cultural Online Modules (part 1)	24 Nov 2022	Kia Māia Bicultural Communications (Through Riding for the Disabled)	…develop bicultural competencies and gain a better understanding of Māori perspectives. Understand the facts of our history … skills to build effective relationships with iwi Māori … confidence to use Te Reo Māori (the Māori language) in everyday life Know how to conduct yourself with confidence in Te Aro Māori both on the marae and in the boardroom.
Tikanga Māori	13 Nov 2022	Toro Mai (Massey)	… emphasis to te ao Māori , through ngā kōrero pūrakau (ancient Māori narratives); kaupapa, tikanga, kawa; te hauora and te ao hurihuri (dynamics of the modern Māori world).
Coaching Athletes with Autism	10 Oct 2022	Sport NZ	-Defining autism in a way that everyone can understand -Provide an insight into what you might expect when coaching athletes with autism -Learn new ways of adapting your coaching methodology to promote an inclusive coaching environment
Child Protection in Play, Active Recreation and Sport	16 Mar 2022	Sport NZ	– recognise signs of potential abuse and neglect. – how to respond, eg be able to handle a ‘disclosure’ -how to report your concerns – Be confident to follow the ‘Four Rs’ approach: recognise, respond, report and record.
Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals (2019)	8 August 2021	LinkedIn Learning	gathering and analyzing data, formulating rules for classification and decision-making, and drawing actionable insights

Ukulele Level 3

28 July 2023

Yousician

Basic chords (F, C, Am7, Am, C7, G, G7, Em, D, A), strumming, finger picking and tablature.

Tools for Diverse Learners Training

22 July 2023

Google for Education

As technology plays an increasingly large role in the classroom, think about how you might use different features to assist your students with disabilities or special needs, or anyone else who may benefit from them.

Minecraft: Education Edition: Teacher Academy

21 July 2023

Microsoft

… using Minecraft Education as a teaching and learning tool to support strong pedagogical practices in the learning environment.

Bi Cultural Online Modules (part 2)

20 July 2023

Kia Māia Bicultural Communications (Through Riding for the Disabled)

…identity, connection with Te Tiriti, each other and the land, the language of colonisation, inherited social ‘norms’, decolonisation, re-indigenisation, and the effect of our suppressed histories on our nation – culturally, spiritually and economically, bias, prejudice and discrimination, interpersonal and institutional racism, types of defensiveness and how to counter them, privilege, equity issues, cultural appropriation, tokenism, restoration, power-sharing, working as allies and our shared future.

Introduction to Basic Game Development using scratch

5 July 2023

Coursera

Learn to use features in Scratch, design a basic game using block based code and create algorithms using block based code.

Bi Cultural Online Modules (part 1)

24 Nov 2022

Kia Māia Bicultural Communications
(Through Riding for the Disabled)

…develop bicultural competencies and gain a better understanding of Māori perspectives.
Understand the facts of our history
… skills to build effective relationships with iwi Māori
… confidence to use Te Reo Māori (the Māori language) in everyday life
Know how to conduct yourself with confidence in Te Aro Māori both on the marae and in the boardroom.

Tikanga Māori

13 Nov 2022

Toro Mai (Massey)

… emphasis to te ao Māori , through ngā kōrero pūrakau (ancient Māori narratives); kaupapa, tikanga, kawa;
te hauora and te ao hurihuri (dynamics of the modern Māori world).

Coaching Athletes with Autism

10 Oct 2022

Sport NZ

-Defining autism in a way that everyone can understand
-Provide an insight into what you might expect when coaching athletes with autism
-Learn new ways of adapting your coaching methodology to promote an inclusive coaching environment

Child Protection in Play, Active Recreation and Sport

16 Mar 2022

Sport NZ

– recognise signs of potential abuse and neglect.
– how to respond, eg be able to handle a ‘disclosure’
-how to report your concerns
– Be confident to follow the ‘Four Rs’ approach: recognise, respond, report and record.

Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals (2019)

8 August 2021

LinkedIn Learning

gathering and analyzing data, formulating rules for classification and decision-making, and drawing actionable insights

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