As part of my role as DP and junior syndicate team leader, I facilitate the meetings and create the agenda and minutes for the team. My focus is to move away from admin and 'stuff', to teaching and learning and things that support effective teaching and learning programmes.

Here is an example of my syndicate minutes from Term 2, 2016

Eskdale Team A Meeting Notes
Sharing (resources, lesson ideas)	·        Inquiry Sharing RTC 12. use critical inquiry and problem-solving effectively in their professional practice ·        Mike and Justin to share this week. Inquiry to be shared visually on the projector and discussed- Mike share about oral language needs of target students- ideas collaborated with Team A include hearing sound focus, talking in sentences, slowing down speech, modelling adult language and consulting with parents about this. ·        From inquiry meeting- Tui and Kotare intend to run an evening for parents on how to read at home with their child, aim for the end of term 2- Jo and Debbie indicated they would like to take part and week 8 Tuesday the 21st has been penciled in. (Catherine and Justin still to be filled in with this) ·        Everyone liked Debbie’s ‘Laser eyes’ strategy for encouraging active listening.
Matters arising (from last meeting or Staff meeting)	·        As discussed teachers are to get and return all sports gear from the PE shed, also having one student per class to be in charge of retrieving gear left in the playground. ·        Ensure the relievers have a class list on hand (hard copy). Team A will have a coloured paper copy pinned in an obvious place for the reliever. ·        For our Matariki trips the office will need details of the transport list etc- there is a spare seat donated by Plunket in Trish’s room. More info is needed about the details of the museum visit. ·        No reading or spelling ages to be mentioned in reports, just how they are tracking in terms of curriculum levels. ·        Also ensure we all have the students ages sorted to comment at the correct level, e.g. working at, on track to be working at etc
Planning, Inquiry & Curriculum	·        Writing moderation.- Not done as two staff were away but we will do this next week on Tuesday. Each staff member to bring 3 students’ writing books to the meeting- one low ability, middle and high ability to student. Also literacy progressions, writing matrix, and/or curriculum to help level the students moving into reports. ·        Science- what has everyone been doing lately? Any feedback on the rubric use/ strengths/ weaknesses? The team felt the Life bus sessions ate into the science last week so everyone has been incorporating the science into other curriculums e.g. observations as a reading activity, science experiments for writing. The rubrics will be used for self-assessment in some classes.
Students of concern Behaviour/ learning	·        Kourosh in Kotare- can be a wanderer. If you see him can you engage in him and send him on his way- particularly during class and the end of break times. Teachers have noticed him already and had conversations, Jo will inform a couple of her students to help move him back to class if need be. ·        Team A teachers to talk to their class about toilet etiquette and not playing in the toilets. ·        Kowan and Rory mentioned for behaviour but are being monitored by their teachers and well sorted.
Other business	·        Reports- we need buddies to check grammar, spelling and punctuation. Mike- Emma, Jo-Debbie, Catherine-Justin ·        ICT- Heather appear-in conference. These have been done by half the team with the other half being done this week. ·        Digi awards- discussion had about possible ideas- theme needs to be clarified.