Transcript Te Huarahi - JR McKenzie Trust

Te Huarahi
A community approach to raising Maori
engagement and achievement in Franklin
Sarah Copeland & Nikki Tarapa
Te Huarahi Trust, Pukekohe
October 2012
•How we started….
Our timeline of development
2009
ERO reports on local schools highlighted issues in achievement
and whanau engagement. Invitation to local schools to meet
together and discuss ideas to enhance relationships
2010
School based hui continued to develop relationships and share ideas
about increasing engagement. Included BOT, schools, parents,
kaumatua and led to PATH being created. PATH launched to
community and MOE to share dreams and aspirations of Te Huarahi
2011
More schools and ECE joined the initiative. Sub-committees created
to help action the goals. Organisational changes (in each setting)
occurred to support the collective strategic plan. Funding from JRMT
2012
Employment of Dobbie Martin as Community Liaison Officer. Te
Huarahi Trust Board elected. Sub-committees more focussed
and main meetings once a term continues to grow and build
relationships. School commitments to goals evident
•The PATH
“It takes a village to raise a child”
ECE
Celebrating
Success
Raising
Achievement
Building
Authentic
Relationships
Te Huarahi mo te puawaitanga o ngā kura whanui ngatahi
o te Puaha o Waikato
A pathway for schools and families to blossom in Franklin
•The Goals
Te Huarahi Strategic
goals….
Early Childhood Education
By 2015 every 5 year old
Maori child will have
accessed some form of
regular ECE
By 2015 Te Huarahi will
offer 8 educational
opportunities to whanau in
our area per year
Celebrating Success
Building Authentic Relationships
By 2015
By 2015
All schools participate in a
celebration of culture in our area
Contribute 8 stories of success
per year to media and marae
The philosophy behind Te Huarahi is that
all families should be a part of their child’s
educational journey from preschool
through to leaving high school.
It is about schools and whanau working
closely together to create positive
experiences and opportunities for
participation
Whanau Education
PATH is displayed in local area
Schools will make kanohi ki te kanohi contact
with every Maori whanau on their roll
All TH staff attend Te Tiriti training
All TH staff encouraged to complete the Mauriora
course with TWOA
Raising Achievement
By 2015 100% Maori children achieving at
appropriate benchmarks or personal potential
Other measurable data will be comparable to nonMaori
•The 2012 benchmarks
Te Huarahi progress on the goals
Strategic Areas of
Development
The goal
Early Childhood Education
25% of % year old Maori children have accessed some form of regular
ECE
Whanau Education
Every year TH will offer 2 educational opportunities to the whanau in
our area
25% of TH schools will be participating in a celebration of culture
Celebrating Success
TH contribute 2 stories of success per year
The PATH displayed
Building Authentic Relationships
Opportunity to offer Te Tiriti training
Continue to engage in Kanohi ki te Kanohi with whanau
Maori Achievement
25% of TH schools will offer the Mauriora programme and continue to
offer the opportunity to new staff
50% of Maori children achieving age appropriate benchmarks and/or
personal potential
We have improved other measurable data by 25%
Progress
•Our challenges…
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Keeping the momentum going so everyone stays on board
• Time- meetings, responsibilities, achieving the goals
• Different interpretation of the goals
• Finding the right people for the job
• The employment of Community Liaison Officer
Some schools and ECE centres are still not actively involved
• Making connections with Marae
• Administration difficulties and management
•Our successes….
Ways we continue to engage with whanau and schools
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Matariki celebrations
Maori Language week activities
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Whanau hui
Tuakau prize giving with marae sponsored trophies
School budgets allocated to Maori events
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Kanohi ki te Kanohi accepted model of interactions
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Push and success in employing more Maori staff
Mauriora programme upskilling large numbers of staff
Maori achievement awards
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Cultural festival- increase in number of schools
Whanau evenings with different focus
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attending
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Paid Kapa Haka tutors for the area
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Kapa Haka uniforms
Shared hui at different sites
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Email trees
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Whole school hangi
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Maori art exhibitions
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Maori mass
Computers in homes promotion
Increase in leadership roles for Maori in schools
Linking whanau to agencies with collabrative support
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Transition programmes- from ECE to High school
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Promotional pamphlets for whanau
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PATH updated regularily
Where to next?……
TH Logo
and
Website
More
community
events
Build on
Marae
relationships
Bring on
more
groups
Resource
database
TH Waiata
and Haka
Collective
PD
More
whanau
at
meetings
Pursuit of
goals
Overcome
challenges