Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success
“pedagogically focused leadership has a substantial impact on student outcome”
School Leadership and Student Outcomes: Identifying What Works and Why. Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration [BES]. Ministry of Education. November 2009
Leadership is the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.
Governance relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of a separate process or of a specific part leadership processes.
The resources you will find on this page reflect the effective leadership and governance that support Māori learners to achieve education success as Māori.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Effective leaders
Sally Wilson, Principal, Raurimu Avenue School discusses how she used the school’s commitment to Ka Hikitia to make dramatic changes at Raurimu Avenue School.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Effective leaders
The community engagement section of the New Zealand Curriculum Online website presents resources on this site support school leaders, teachers and professional learning facilitators as they engage with school communities.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders
The Special Education (SE) Māori strategy uses the imagery of a meeting house (wharenui) to explain how Service Provision for Māori can be facilitated within the context of Special Education.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Effective leaders | Effective teachers
Approaches to conceptualising, identifying and providing for gifted and talented Māori students are dual faceted: they may emanate from Te Ao Māori; a Māori worldview on the one hand, and have significant connotations to Te Ao Hurihuri (the global world) on the other.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Research & evaluation | Effective leaders
This working paper written by Ally Bull for NZCER, discusses the relationship between schools and their communities. It explores the purpose of different school-community initiatives and discusses the case for a wider public engagement in education for the purpose of rethinking how schools meet the needs of all learners in the 21st century.
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders
This Curriculum Update supports schools in understanding and enacting the curriculum principle of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Effective leaders
Hine Waitere, the Professional Development Director of He Kākano, describes the willingness of participating schools to look at things differently, to engage more broadly to bring about better learning outcomes for Māori students.
Filed under: Effective leaders
Professor Russell Bishop describes how He Kākano is designed to transform the learning relationships within schools and the research base for this approach.
Filed under: Effective leaders
Paora Howe, the He Kākano Professional Operations Manager describes how this initiative supports school leaders, and how school leaders support one another through their participation in the He Kākano process.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders
Yolanda Julies, Principal at Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri, discusses the importance of establishing a shared understanding and supportive school culture as the school explored the national curriculum documents.