Leadership for Māori education success
Some school leaders are enjoying pockets of success among their Māori learners despite the latest data continuing to show under-performance of the education system for Māori. The data, evidence, and experiences that underpin such examples of success are important to hear about and learn from – so that success might be shared more widely. This section contains a range of success stories.
Promising Results from Four-Year Te Kotahitanga Journey
by Jacqui Gibson
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This article looks at Massey High School’s 4-year experience with Te Kotahitanga and the results it is seeing.
Supporting school leaders to meet the challenge of equity
by Marion Fitchett
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In this article Marion Fitchett reviews the professional learning opportunities that educational leaders need in order to respond productively to the Ka Hikitia strategy in order that Māori enjoy educational success as Māori.
Podcast: Professor Russell Bishop
by EDtalks
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Russell Bishop is Professor of Māori Education at the University of Waikato and director of the Te Kotahitanga project. Here Professor Bishop talks about the need to provide a classroom context where caring and learning relationships, paramount to the educational performance of Maori students, can be developed.
Sam Gets Ahead with Youth Apprenticeships Scheme
by Ngā Haeata Mātauranga The Annual Report on Māori Education 2007/08
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In this case study, Aotea College head boy Sam Henare (Ngāpuhi) talks about his personal experience of the Youth Apprenticeships Scheme, an initiative available to support learner decision-making at school.
Talented and Inspired Leadership the Key to Education Success
by Ngā Haeata Mātauranga The Annual Report on Māori Education 2007/08
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This case study explores how Te Kopuru School’s principal Lee Anderson has spent the past 8 years changing the culture of her small Northland school to improve the education, social, and cultural outcomes of the school’s Māori learners.
Trusteeship: a special opportunity for whānau
by Ngā Haeata Mātauranga The Annual Report on Māori Education 2006/07
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In this case study, long-serving school trustee and New Zealand School Trustees Association president Lorraine Kerr talks about the important contribution whānau can make to school boards, noting that boards need an ability to analyse, understand, and tackle complex problems in commonsense ways.
Otara School Links Literacy Success to Education Partnerships
by Ngā Haeata Mātauranga The Annual Report on Māori Education 2007/08
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This case study focuses on Wymondley Road School principal Tone Kolose and his school’s experience of boosting the literacy achievement of its mostly Māori and Pasifika learners. School data shows more than 50 per cent of students in years 4 to 6 are writing at or above the national norms – a significant improvement on the previous year.
Supporting rangatahi with common-sense solutions
by Ngā Haeata Mātauranga The Annual Report on Māori Education 2007/08
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In this case study, Newlands College deputy principal John Murdoch reflects on his school’s experience in setting up a whānau advisory group. The group began in response to data showing the college’s year 9 Māori students were struggling.
How Māori Learners Transition to School
by Ngā Haeata Mātauranga The Annual Report on Māori Education 2007/08
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This case study looks at how two early childhood education services in the Waikato region are supporting vulnerable whānau to develop their knowledge and skills and get hooked into the education system early.
