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Hone Tobin leads the Māori bilingual and full immersion unit (Te Whānau Moko) at Henderson Intermediate in West Auckland. In this blog post, Hone shares why and how he is supporting kaiako at his school to understand te reo and tikanga Māori.

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Te Marautanga o Aotearoa

te reo Māori

tikanga Māori

treaty of Waitangi

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Liz Koni is the deputy principal of Queen’s High School in Dunedin. In this blog post Liz shares the highlights of her recent ten week sabbatical, part of which was looking into building a culture of high expectations and embedding a growth mindset.

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James Anderson is a year 12 student at Hobsonville Point Secondary School. In this blog post James shares what learner agency means to him and describes what this looks like in a classroom from a student’s perspective.

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Rosalie Reiri is a facilitator who works in English and Māori medium schools. In this blog Rosalie talks about the personal significance of Matariki and provides some key messages for teachers.

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tikanga Māori

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As a lead up to Gifted Awareness Week Ingrid Frengley-Vaipuna explains the importance of identifying giftedness and offers some suggestions as to how we can support gifted and talented students in our schools. 

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Fa’atili Iosua Esera is the principal of Sutton Park School in Mangere, and the president of Faalapotopotoga mo le aoaoina o le gagana Sāmoa i Aotearoa (the organisation for teachers of Samoan in Aotearoa). 

In this blog Fa’atili explains some important aspects of Samoan identity and offers some suggestions on how we can support Samoan language and culture in our schools and classrooms. 

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Fina Hallman, teacher from Flanshaw Road School, explains how peer coaching has enriched her teaching inquiry.  

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māori achievement

teaching as inquiry

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This blog examines the importance of the student/teacher relationship and offers ideas on how you can grow stronger ties with your students.

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effective pedagogy

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Learner agency is embedded in The New Zealand Curriculum key competencies as "the capabilities that young people need for growing, working, and participating in their communities."

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Graduate profiles are one way that a school can communicate a shared understanding of what a future-oriented learner looks like.

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future focus

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa

vision

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