Supporting+Maori+student+achievement

__**September the 7th 2011 (Nicki D)**__
Here are some fantastic resources hot off the press this week. The First is Tataiako-Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Maori Learners. The document explains competencies teachers need to develop so they can help Maori learners achieve educationally as Maori.It has been developed after wide consultation by Dr Peta Sharples.

The next file is a resource prepared by the New Zealand Teachers Council linking Tataiaki with the Graduating Teacher Standards and The Registrered Teacher Criteria



and here are all the web links for the documents

This new page seeks to gather together links to useful resources for educators as we seek to enhance Maori educational success. We hope you find it useful. Do remember to share your cool resources with us!

The first document you need to be aware of is //Ka// //Hikitia - Managing for Success:// The Māori Education Strategy 2008 - 2012 is the Ministry of Education's approach to improve the performance of the education system for and with Māori. [|//Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008 - 2012//]

//Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success:// The Māori Education Strategy 2008 - 2012 takes an evidence-based, outcomes-focused, Māori Potential Approach. The strategy has been designed to concentrate on what the evidence shows will achieve a transformational shift in the performance of the education system for and with Māori. This is why the strategy takes a 'narrow and deep' approach in its focus areas, goals and actions, rather than encompassing everything and spreading the focus too thinly to achieve significant change. It is also why the [|Maori potential approach] and [|ako] sit at the heart of the strategy's approach.

A good place to start you thinking about the implications of Ka Hikitia for classroom practice is [|Tips and Ideas.]

//The New Zealand Curriculum// describes a cyclical process of inquiry that it calls �Teaching as Inquiry�. The purpose of the Teaching as Inquiry cycle is to help students achieve worthwhile learning that will lead them to become �confident, connected, actively involved, and lifelong learners� (page 8).

While students are at its heart, the Teaching as Inquiry cycle isn�t just about student learning. It�s also about teacher learning. When teachers inquire into the relationship between their teaching and their students� learning, they add to the knowledge and skills they can use to respond to the particular needs, interests, and strengths of the diverse students in their classes. As teachers build their knowledge and talk about their learning with their students, they model for their students what it is to be a lifelong learner. Read more at [|Teachers as learners: Improving outcomes for Māori and Pasifika students through inquiry].

[|Te Mana Kōrero] is a series of three professional development packages and workshops facilitated through school support services. These professional development packages draw on the evidence that show what is working for Māori students, from research programmes such as Te Kotahitanga and Te Kauhau. These professional development programmes are based on important Māori concepts or principles:
 * ** ako ** � effective and reciprocal teaching and learning relationships where everyone is a learner and a teacher
 * ** manaakitanga ** � the care for students as culturally located people above all else
 * ** mana motuhake ** � the care by teachers for the academic success and performance of their students
 * ** whakawhanaungatanga ** � the nurturing of mutually respectful and collaborative relationships between all parties around student learning.

Those looking for more depth could also view the [|effective teacher profile] developed as part of the Te Kōtahitanga research.