Tool launched to improve outcomes for Māori students
Tool launched to improve outcomes for Māori
students
A self-review tool
to help boards of trustees to improve outcomes for Māori
students by evaluating and improving cultural responsiveness
in their school has just been jointly launched by the
Ministry of Education and NZSTA.
Hautū - Māori cultural responsiveness self review tool for boards of trustees, is designed to enable boards of trustees to assess their own and their schools’, effectiveness in creating a supportive environment for Māori learners and to make changes that will improve outcomes for Māori students. It aims to help boards develop practical steps to create an environment in their school that
• meets the needs of
Māori students and the school’s Māori
community,
• delivers engaging education and strong
student outcomes, and
o enhances Māori students’
identity, language and culture through access to high
quality teaching.
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The self-review tool has been
jointly developed by NZSTA and the Ministry of Education,
and is part of the framework of Ka Hikitia – The Māori
Education Strategy, which sets the direction for
improving how the education system performs for Māori
students.
The printed Hautū resource will be supported by a nation-wide series of face-to-face workshops to be delivered free of charge to boards of trustees by NZSTA in Terms 2 and 3 as part of NZSTA’s professional development programme. This approach promotes NZSTA’s vision of all schools being effectively governed by a board of trustees whose primary focus is every student achieving their highest possible educational potential
Copies of Hautū will be mailed out to the board of trustees of all state and state integrated schools through the board chair in early May.
School trustees can register for
Hautū workshops at http://training.nzsta.org.nz/find-a-course
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