Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success
Filed under: Research & evaluation
In 2007, Victoria University was contracted by the Ministry to produce an external evaluation of the effectiveness of Te Kotahitanga. It is the first external evaluation of Te Kotahitanga.
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective teachers
Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i te Reo Māori – Kura Auraki are the curriculum guidelines for the teaching and learning of Māori language in English medium schools (years 1-13).
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Te Reo Maori | Effective leaders
This story from Rotorua Boys’ High emphasises the inseparable nature of reo and tikanga (language and culture), an integral part of the school’s programme.
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Ako
These clips come from a DVD that was recorded during workshops facilitated by Māori language advisers in schools, to support teachers in the implementation of the Māori language curriculum guidelines, Te Aho Arataki.
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture
This 25-year strategy (2003) provides a framework to bring together Māori language initiatives. Its aim is to coordinate and prioritise government action towards Māori language revitalisation and to have te reo Māori widely spoken by Māori within whānau, homes and communities by 2028.
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.
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Te Reo Maori
This framework identifies government's investment priorities for Māori language (in both Māori medium and English medium education) over a 10 year period, in order to provide a coherent approach.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders
Iwi education partnerships are relationships that iwi, or iwi-based organisations, have with the Crown to improve Māori education outcomes. The partnerships allow iwi to work together with the Ministry to design and implement education solutions.
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Te Reo Maori | Effective leaders
This story relays how Chisnallwood staff and students worked together, as part of their school review, to implement the New Zealand Curriculum, so that it would make a difference for Māori students and help them to succeed.
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).