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Effective teachers

Effective teaching practice is the art or profession of teaching, meaning that teachers learn their subject and also the pedagogy, or best or most appropriate means for teaching that subject.

The resources you will find on this page examine examples of best teaching practice for Māori learners.

  1. Filed under: Effective teachers

    This is a bank of tools and resources to help teachers with the assessment of student learning.

  2. Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective teachers

    On this site you can access an e-copy of Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i Te Reo Māori - Kura Auraki, the Māori language curriculum guidelines or years 1 - 13. There are also many resources to support these curriculum guidelines – including lesson plans, school stories, second language tasks, high-frequency vocabulary, a grammar progression, and teacher/student assessment examples.

  3. Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders | Effective teachers

    At St Joseph’s School there has been a big focus on te reo Māori in the classroom. This was precipitated by the language progressions set out in the draft Māori language curriculum guidelines (now in final form:Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i Te Reo Māori - Kura Auraki).

  4. Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders | Effective teachers

    Te Marautanga o Aotearoa is the Māori medium curriculum, which outlines what students will learn through the medium of Māori language. The curriculum is founded on the Treaty of Waitangi, and is expressed through the vision of students achieving their full potential.

  5. Filed under: Productive partnerships | Ako | Effective teachers

    Providing opportunities for student voice informed and encouraged changes in teacher practice.

  6. Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective teachers

    Principal Anne Brokenshire and facilitator Kylie Coulbeck reflect on what is now more evident as a result of the professional learning that staff have undertaken.

  7. Filed under: Effective leaders | Effective teachers

    At Te Kura Tuarua o Waihora – Hillmorton High School, an analysis of student data revealed a pressing need to address issues of Māori student achievement. Teachers took ownership of the issues and sought solutions through an action research model.

  8. Filed under: Productive partnerships | Effective teachers

    Mason Durie, Wally Penetito and Keriana Tawhiwhirangi discuss the need for both Māori and non-Māori to share the responsibility of building and maintaining effective relationships for learning. (Extract from ‘Te ManaKōrero: Relationships for Learning’, 2007).

  9. Filed under: Productive partnerships | Effective leaders | Effective teachers

    A regional example of celebration of student learning with their community is the annual Nati awards on the East Coast of the North Island. (Extract from ‘Te ManaKōrero: Relationships for Learning’, 2007).

  10. Filed under: Productive partnerships | Ako | Effective teachers

    At Hiruharama School, the process of learning is expressly communicated to all the students, and they are the primary communicators of their learning to whānau. (Extract from ‘Te ManaKōrero: Relationships for Learning’, 2007).

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