Click here for the Let’s get it on and out there competition!
Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success is relevant to everyone in the sector. The evidence is clear that responsive and accountable professional leadership and the professional learning and capability of teachers are key to the success of Māori students.
Are we …
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using student achievement and attendance data to make decisions about resourcing and our students’ learning?
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participating in and promoting effective professional development that makes a difference for and with Māori students?
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connecting with our students and whānau? Every student needs to connect with at least one teacher in our school.
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sharing information about what works in our school and asking others to do the same?
Here are some resources that may be of some assisstance.
Te Mana Kōrero Highlights DVD – have you seen this DVD yet? A copy was sent to each school (stuck on the inside cover of the Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success strategy document).
Te Mana Kōrero Relationships for Learning is one of the resources that the Ministry of Education has available to support realising Māori potential in education. It reflects the latest evidence showing what works in high quality teaching for Māori students. Click here for more information, contact School Support Services to request a workshop on this resource; or contact Wickliffe (ph 0800 660 662) to order your copy [Item number 11275].
Ngā Haeata Mātauranga: Annual Report on Māori Education contains data and information about Māori education, and has case studies of great teaching and learning practice. Check out your school’s copy of the report; click here to view it online (PDFv1.4 3.2MB); or read one of the case studies below.
Teaching Resources
Have you received your Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success packs yet? The pack includes a copy of the strategy document, a copy of Ngā Haeata Mātauranga, buttons for teachers – and for the Let’s get it on and out there! competition, and packs for teachers which include bookmarks containing teaching strategies based on what the evidence says works for Māori learners; and wallet cards with the school term dates and student outcomes from Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success on them.
Click here to view the teaching strategy bookmarks online.
What teachers are saying about relationships:
“We have to know our kids – that means we have to talk to them. We’ve got to know what they did yesterday; we’ve got to get them to share their lives with us.”
What teachers are saying about expectations:
“I think it’s about recognising that we, teacher, don’t know everything and that our role is often about stepping back to be that facilitator and realising that you’re not the expert. Really, my expertise is the motivating, encouraging, and supporting. I feel it’s about having high and real expectations of students and making them believe that they can do it.”
What teachers are saying about the classroom:
“I ask the students what would help them learn better in the classroom – for example, I give them a say in lesson content.”
What whānau are saying:
“You have to have a relationship with the teacher and the school so you can help.”
What studens are saying:
“If they respect us they get it back…cos with respect comes trust and stuff… not stereotyping people.”