PORIRUA EAST KAHUI AKO
WORKSTREAMS
HAUORA
Hauora is a Māori philosophy of health and well-being unique to New Zealand. It helps schools be educated and prepared for what students are about to face in life.
Strategic Goal
Develop trauma-informed practice
Expected Outcomes:
Improve educator & leader understandings & practice about trauma-informed practice & neuroscience in order to support increased learner wellbeing, hauora, positive engagement & learning.
Leader: Lynda Knight de-Blois
TE AO MAORI
Strategic Goals:
● Grow te ao Māori understanding and connections to culturally sustaining practice
● Effective Te Reo me ona Tikanga practice shared across the kāhui ako
● Include Te Ao Māori as a focus in all strategic plans
Expected Outcomes:
Outcome - Staff share hauora strategies across the kāhui
Leaders: Lester Mohi & Matekino Matthews
DMIC
Developing Mathematical Inquiry Communities (DMIC)
is a method of teaching which encourages group problem solving in culturally centred contexts. It takes maths out of textbooks and into the hearts of classrooms and communities.
Leaders: Karen Ataera, Ta'ase Puleaga & Crystal Southey-Willis
Csouthey-willis@maraeroa.school.nz
STEAM
Strategic Goal:
To collaboratively create an effective and equitable pathway for students in Porirua East to connect to future learning and careers in STEAM, and have equitable access to Digital Technology.
Outcomes:
Establishment of a KA STEAM website with resources and database of local curriculum contacts
Development of competencies for staff in STEAM curriculum implementation
All learning centres have begun to use the resources of the STEAM library.
Leaders: Tami McCarten & Dave Sutherland
TRANSITIONS
Strategic Goal: Building and strengthening a coherent pathway for students and their whanau
Expected Outcomes:
Clear transition statements being used by teachers in curriculum planning
Students will be using the Graduate Profile to reflect, respond and take action on their learning
All learning centres have agreed on effective processes for transitioning students and whanau.
Leaders: Yr 6/7 : Eugene Gibson & Juliette Toma
eugene.gibson@brandonintermediate.school.nz
Leaders: Yr 8/10 : Melanie Gill & Georgina Walker
SPIRALS OF INQUIRY
The Spiral of Inquiry professional learning has supported leaders and teachers to increase their pedagogical repertoire through deep reflection on practice, gathering learner and whānau voice and garnering their partnership.
LITERACY
Strategic Goal: Raise student literacy achievement, through shared practice, teacher capability and a coherent pathway
Expected Outcomes:
Identify how literacy teaching and learning builds capabilities described in the Graduate Profile
Explore and share the use of DMIC pedagogy in literacy.
Leader: JoAnn Gray
