Renée Neville
Ko Tararua ngā pae maunga
Ko Ruamāhanga te awa
Ko Wairarapa te moana
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa tōku iwi
Ko Ngāti Moe tōku hapū
Ko Papawai tōku marae
Ko Renée Neville tōku ingoa
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa
Renée is an education consultant who works out of our Auckland office. Primarily she is part of the team developing and facilitating our Niho Taniwha professional learning programme.
Renée can support schools and Kāhui Ako in the following areas:
cultural capabilities
ākonga Māori engagement and success
leadership and leading for change and improvement
teaching as inquiry
coaching and mentoring
curriculum development and local curriculum design.
Renée comes from a background in secondary school teaching, where she started as a visual arts teacher. She has experience in a range of middle-leadership roles. Prior to joining Evaluation Associates | Te Huinga Kākākura Mātauranga, she was a deputy principal in a large secondary school in South Auckland.
Renée has a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) and a Master of Education (First Class Honours). Renée’s thesis focused on the affect of racial-ethnic identity on teaching practices for ākonga Māori in South Auckland secondary schools.
Renée enjoys working with teachers and leaders to improve teaching and learning. She has considerable experience leading initiatives to improve the experience of ākonga Māori in English-medium secondary schools. She developed and implemented programmes of professional learning and development to foster teacher capability and collective capacity. Renée used inquiry, coaching and mentoring to improve teacher practice. She held leadership roles within schools in both the Te Kotahitanga and Kia Eke Panuku programmes.
Renée brings her experience in local curriculum design, creating authentic learning contexts and curriculum development. You can count on Renée to focus on contexts where ākonga can connect and engage. She knows that this is key to accelerating learning, raising achievement, and reducing disparity.
Renée believes in the power of education and the inherent potential in all ākonga. It is through working together that we can realise equitable outcomes and educational success for all learners in education in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In her spare time, Renée enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoys travelling within the beautiful whenua of Aotearoa and beyond!
Ehara taku toa I te toa takatahi, engari he toa takitini.
Here is the blog post that Renée has written to share her thinking with the education sector:
