Alwyn Poole
www.mthobson.school.nz
Our wonderful Mt Hobson associate principal Saira Boyle brilliantly tells the story of the reason why we established a nationwide online school. She explains the benefits and outlines the potential.
The students are thriving and we are getting superb feedback from parents as well as making continuous improvements with what and how we deliver. We have two forms of delivery:
- One is fully teacher-led and involves the students following our high quality and innovative curriculum through virtual classrooms and with a superb group of teachers.
- The other is more parent-led (closer to traditional home schooling), with the teaching and learning units designed by our staff and the parents met with at least weekly and tutoring available four hours a day from education professionals.
It is a great way for students from any part of the country to engage with a proven, high-quality model and teachers who are remarkable. It is also a great way to engage students who are marginalised through learning needs, anxiety or other barriers or where parents are simply unhappy with the education provision in their area. The parents of the students in both groups have been superb and are greatly enjoying having more agency in what their children are learning.
Saira is well worth listening to in this clip: online-schooling-the-future-of-education.