Digital fluency and digital literacy are key drivers for living in the 21st century and it is our responsibility as educators to equip our young people with the necessary skills to thrive in this environment. It’s also important that our educators feel confident digitally, not only to motivate and engage with students technologically but also to raise achievement outcomes through innovative practice and evidence-based pedagogy.
I am highly skilled at supporting teachers and schools through the process of transitioning progressive pathways towards digital enablement. Through facilitation, modelling and consultation I offer professional learning that is individualised to meet the needs of teachers while appropriate for school leaders, parents and school governance to be engaged in managing the process of change.
Professional Learning and Development Practice
The Manaiakalani Outreach Programme is a research-based programme specifically designed to raise student achievement in low decile schools. As a Manaiakalani Outreach Facilitator I am directly involved with the following;
- Providing in-class pedagogical support for teachers utilising Manaiakalani’s Learn, Create, Share framework.
- Supporting best teaching practice to engage students through visible learning through the Google Suite and associated applications to promote student agency and raise student achievement.
- Lead Coach for the Northland Manaiakalani Digital Fluency Intensive programme
- Collaboratively designing then facilitating staff meetings to support teachers understanding of Manaiakalani’s Learn, Create, Share pedagogy and visible learning.
- Design and deliver professional development toolkits/workshops to teachers within the Kaikohekohe and Te Hiku clusters in accordance with employed online applications
Specialist professional learning and development expertise in relation to quality teaching practices. Medium: English
Specialisations: Digital Fluency for teachers and students, Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko curriculum
Educational and Change Leadership, Digital Technologies, Future Focused Teaching and Learning, E-Learning, Digital Pedagogy, Collaboration, Relationships, Networking, Communication, Teacher Inquiry, Priority Learners, Diverse Learners
School Level: Secondary School
Professional Experience
2021 - current Manaiakalani Secondary Specialist
- Responsible for supporting and strengthen the implementation of the Manaiakalani Programme in current and newly partnered high schools including whare Kura and special schools.
- Provide support and guidance to secondary schools beginning their journey with Manaiakalani.
- Assistant coach for Manaiakalani Digital Fluency Intensive Course
2018 - 2020 Manaiakalani Outreach Facilitator
- Contracted to work in the Kaikohekohe Education Trust and the Te Hiku clusters providing professional-pedagogical development support to teachers within Manaiakalani schools.
- Responsible for leading and delivering the implementation of Manaiakalani Learn Create Share pedagogy and the Manaiakalani Cybersmart Curriculum in Digital Learning Environments.
- Lead Coach for Manaiakalani Digital Fluency Intensive Course (Professional Development for teachers) in Northland
- Responsible for supporting schools with cloud-based solutions and Google Apps for Education
2012 - 2017 Bay of Islands College
- Head of Digital Technologies: 2016 - 2017
- School Leader for Manaiakalani programme: 2016 - 2017
- Part-time Manaiakalani Outreach Facilitator: July - Dec 2017
- Year 9 and 10 Dean: 2012 -2104
- School’s online teacher for FarNet delivering Digital Technologies to distant students 2012 - 2016
2016 University of Auckland
- Part-time professional teaching fellow Auckland University
- Designed and delivered EDFOUND12 Introduction to Computing
2015 Recipient of the Woolf Fisher Lead Teacher Masters Scholarship, Auckland University
Qualifications/study/research
2016 - Auckland University- Masters of Education - 120 point Thesis - Self-Regulation in a BYOD class
- Post Graduate Diploma in Education with Distinction (endorsed in E-Learning and Digital Technologies)
- Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) -
- Bachelor of Applied Arts
Summary of Practice
Kerry is currently a Manaiakalani Outreach Facilitator and primarily works alongside school leaders and their teachers to help them develop best pedagogical practice in a 1:1 learning environment. Through consultation and guided by Manaiakalani’s evidence-based pedagogy of Learn, Create, Share, Kerry supports teachers to shift their teaching practice online to enable differentiated, self-paced learning that promotes student agency. Her facilitation practice ensures teachers gain digital fluency to a level of competency that supports rewindable and visible learning resources, aimed at raising student achievement. Additionally, Kerry understands how the new Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko curriculum sits within the Learn, Create, Share framework. Prior to becoming a Manaiakalani Outreach Facilitator, Kerry studied extensively with Canterbury and Auckland Universities to earn a Post Grad in E-Learning and Digital Technologies and a Masters of Education. She was awarded a Woolf Fisher Lead Teacher Scholarship and worked under the supervision of Dr Aaron Wilson and Dr Kerry Lee with the support of Dr Rebecca Jesson, Professor Stuart McNaughton and Dr Mei Lai. This opportunity gave Kerry the research background necessary for understanding how to lead measurable change to raise students’ achievement when learning with digital technologies. Other aspects Kerry developed included how to strategically plan and action change management, the ability to communicate across diverse ethnic and socio-economic groups and facilitation for the development of digitally rich pedagogies. Historically, Kerry was trained as a secondary school teacher of visual arts and digital technologies. She held middle management positions of Head of Department, Dean and School Leader for the Manaiakalani Outreach Programme. Kerry’s experience has largely focused on low decile schools with predominantly Māori rolls and her own teaching practice reflects the bicultural goals and aspirations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi Partnership.Publications
Boyde-Preece, K, (2015) Masters of Education Thesis - Self-Regulation in a BYOD class Jesson, Wilson, McNaughton, Lai, (2017), Teachers leading inquiry for school problem solving, Boyde-Preece, K, Chapter 9 Barriers and Enablers to students’ self-management in BYOD environments, NZCER Press Boyde, K. (2012). Blended learning in secondary schools is a start in the right direction. Computers in New Zealand Schools. Vol 24. No.1. pp 40- 53.Special interest areas that I have been particularly active in:
- Professional development for teaching in a digital environment Digital technologies Enabling digital fluency across a variety of subjects Digital citizenship Future-focused education in secondary school environments Data analysis to inform teaching practice
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