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: 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.
Filed under: Ako | Effective leaders | Effective teachers
Curriculum Updates support school leaders and teachers as they work to design and review their school curriculum, in line with the New Zealand Curriculum and with current knowledge and understandings about effective classroom teaching.
Filed under: Effective leaders
Better relationships for better learning provides guidelines for boards of trustees and schools on engaging with Māori parents, whānau, and communities.
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders | Effective teachers
In her paper presented at the Now is the Future Conference, Auckland, October 2000, Jill Bevan-Brown shares a number of stories illustrating what schooling is like for many gifted Māori learners.
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Research & evaluation | Effective Leaders
This article published in the AUSTR ALIAN JOURNAL of INDIGENOUS EDUCATION, (volume 36, 2007), offers another framework for creating a Māori perspective on classroom practices.
Filed under: Ako | Effective leaders
In these three stories from the Experienced Principals Development Programme (EPDP) experienced principals to lead change that creates effective teaching and learning conditions.