Te Kāhui Ako o Kōhanga Moa
NEWSLETTER No 2, June 2019
Whakatauki
E kore e taea e te whenu kotahi te whāriki te raranga
Heoi anō mā te mahi o ngā whenu, mā te mahi tahi o ngā kairaranga
Ka oti tēnei whāriki
The tapestry of understanding cannot be woven by one strand alone.
Only by the working together of weavers,
will such a tapestry be completed.
Our Values
Integrate - whakakotahitia Innovate - auahatia
Include - tāpeke Inspire - whakaohoohotia
Our Goal
The aspirational goal for our kāhui ako is to grow young people who, through being educated in our community and to use the words of NZ poet Allen Curnow: “learn the trick of standing upright here.”
Our way of operating, first and foremost, collaborative and strengthened by our professional respect for one another and underpinned by our united and passionate commitment to the young people entrusted to us.
Latest News
Kāhui Ako School Board of Trustees and other Governing Body from Early Childhood Centres Hautū training
Hautū are the leaders in a waka that call the time to the kaihoe | paddlers and guide the waka to travel in the direction of their vision.
Hautū: Māori Cultural Responsiveness Self Review tool for boards of trustees has been developed for boards of trustees (boards) of English medium school settings. Hautū uses cultural responsiveness as an approach to tailor actions to the needs of your school and community.
Please ensure you have registered your name in the document link below for catering purposes.
Performance Appraisal Professional Development
The day will involve casting a lens over our Kāhui with regard to Performance Appraisal Practice. In the recent announcement from the Government regarding the Accord and Performance Appraisal, it is timely professional development for all.
More Term 2 Happenings
Visit from Waitomo Arotahi Kāhui Ako
As the day progressed and knowledge was shared the day coupled as an information session and also a celebration of how far we had come as a Kāhui.
First Performance of Kāhui Ako o Kōhanga Moa Kapa Haka
Shared Pedagogy - Transitions with Chrissie Lepper, Early Childhood Teachers and New Entrant Teachers
Kāhui Ako value tāpeke /Include
Kāhui Ako value whakaohoohotia / Inspire
Kāhui Ako value auahatia / Innovate
Kāhui Ako Forum in Whanganui 13 June
Purpose
↬To gather information, notes, discussions to on-share with those of our Kāhui Ako not in the room today
↬ To use as a reference point from today’s hui
↬ To knowledge build in these areas of - collaboration, distributed leadership, adaptive leadership, effective governance/stewardshipEyes within our Kāhui Ako Spotlights
IPS Panitahi Whanau Celebrating Puanga at Kōhanga Moa Marae
Shared Pedagogy - Digital Fluency
Who are we?
Our Team
Key Leadership Team
KEY LEADERSHIP TEAM
This group consists of Key Principals/ECE Head Teacher & MoE Senior Advisor. This group meet every week on Thursdays from 1330 - 1500.
At present this group consists of the following: Karen Patterson, Sally Wooller, Andrew Georgeson, Rosey Mabin, Richard Anderson - Jude Fawcett is MoE Senior Advisor, Jo Wilson is our Expert Partner and Kathe Tawhiwhirangi is our Key PLD Facilitator .
The role of the Key Leadership Team is to:
- Updating (when required) the Achievement Challenge Plan that is focused on the needs of the learners.
- Deliberate acts of Leadership to ensure the Aims and Outcomes in our Action Plan can be achieved.
- Through an on-going plan of monitoring and review, support the Kahui Ako to build its effectiveness, including the capacity to operate responsively to community needs.
Friendly Experts of our Kāhui Ako
Across School Teachers
Within School Teachers
Simon Raine - Inglewood High School
Andrew Birchler - Inglewood Primary School
Term 2 Calendar (This may change on a weekly basis)
Thurs 27 June
KLG Hui - Ing Pri 1330 - 1500
Friday 28 June
KLP Hui (Karen, Lorraine and Paul)
Thursday 4 July
KLG Hui - Ing Pri 1330 - 1500
Friday 4 July
Karen with Lorraine and Paul 1200 - 1330
Sunday 7 July
Kahui Ako - BoT self-review using Hāutu 1530 - 1930 - Norfolk School