He Kākano: culturally responsive leadership
He Kākano is a significant in-depth professional learning programme for secondary and area school leadership teams. The programme focuses on growing culturally responsive pedagogical school leadership – leadership that actively takes account of the culture of Māori learners to build relationships that result in achievement success.
He Kākano 2012 updates
You can download regular newsletters about what's happening in He Kākano from here:
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He Kakano Communique 22 - 14 May 2012 (Word 1 MB)
He Kākano Communique 21 - 17 February 2012 (Word 141 kB)
He Kākano Communique 20 - 3rd Feb 2012 (Word 137 kB)
About He Kākano
In Budget 2009 government announced funding to help secondary and area school leadership teams to improve the achievement of Māori learners in their schools.
The key project under this funding is He Kākano, a major new professional learning programme. He Kākano is a school-based professional learning programme aimed at area and secondary school leaders.
The programme will be implemented in approximately 100 secondary and area schools over the next three years (to December 2012). It will enable professional leaders, teachers and their schools to gather, interpret and use a range of data to develop a comprehensive profile of their Māori learners. This profile will be the basis for setting targets and establishing tailored leadership, teacher and learner plans for improvement.
The programme will strengthen pedagogical leadership and teachers’ capability to:
- analyse their leadership and wider school capability to lead and implement culturally responsive pedagogical leadership practices and school processes (including governance) that build Māori achievement success
- lead and manage change within their professional practices that responds to the needs of culturally located Māori learners
- build relationships, partnerships and networks that include whānau, hapu and iwi to support ongoing improvement in leadership, teacher, learner and school performance
- gather, interpret and use a range of data and other evidence to develop a comprehensive profile of their Māori learners’ achievements
- establish targets and tailored plans for sustainable improvement in the schools’ performance for and with Māori learners.
Participants in the programme will be involved in a mix of intensive cultural and professional learning and also ongoing mentoring and coaching support.
These resources support the delivery of He Kākano:
Rangiatea case studies and exemplars
Read more about He Kākano in these articles from the Education Gazette:
Manutaki - Asking More Questions than Giving Answers
He Kākano Sets Direction for Leaders in 2011
He Kākano - Growing Culturally Responsive Leadership
