Māori-medium PLD

Support for kaiako, kaiārahi, and tumuaki to enhance their use of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.

Why consider professional learning?

A focus on improving outcomes for ākonga across your kura will allow you to:

  • consolidate mātauranga Māori

  • work together with colleagues within and beyond the kura

  • build strong ties with whānau, hapū and iwi

  • support kaiako in-class to assess their teaching practice

  • identify effective aromatawai approaches to address underachievement, and support ākonga and their whānau.

  • learn more about standards-based assessment

  • foster leadership among your kaiārahi.

What do we focus on?

  • Mātauranga Māori as the foundation of teaching and learning.

  • Integrating te reo Māori and tikanga into all aspects of learning.

  • Modelling mentoring conversations for kaiārahi, to support kaiako.

  • Staff workshops on aromatawai, marau ā-kura and how ākonga can help build learning pathways.

  • Applying the ākonga and kaiako capabilities as expressed through Te Poupaka Āheinga mā te Kaiako me te Ākonga.

  • Using standards-based assessment in your kura.

  • Strengthening ties among kaiako, ākonga, whānau, hapū and iwi.

Whakamana Akoranga

How we work with you

Wānanga:

  • leadership team: use inquiry to examine needs

  • strategic planning

  • teacher-only days

  • working with individual kaiako

  • consultation with whānau, hapū and iwi

  • capturing ākonga voice

We promote strong relationships with the kura, kaiako, ākonga, whānau, hapū and iwi. We are guided by the following values:

  • Mahitahi

  • Whakarongo kia mārama

  • Manaakitanga

  • Pono me te tika.

We honour the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and acknowledge the tikanga, kawa and knowledge of mana whenua.

  • Responsive No two kura are the same. With you, we’ll plan professional learning that suits your needs and budget.
  • Inquiry driven We use a pakirehua approach to improve teachers’ capability.
  • Solid feedback All our consultants are trained in practice analysis conversations and Leading by Learning. A hallmark is high-quality observations and feedback, which bring about real change in the classroom.
  • Video coaching and feedback We offer online video coaching and practice analysis conversations for both kaiārahi and kaiako.
  • Informed by research and practice We draw on our knowledge of educational policy and practice. Key documents include Tatāiako, Tapasā, and the Ministry of Education’s Learning Support Action Plan 2019-2025 https://conversation.education.govt.nz/conversations/learning-support-action-plan/
  • Evaluative We devise markers of success, to track progress.

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