Implementing Ka Hikitia
Kia ora koutou,
Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008-2012 is a broad reaching five-year strategy aiming to transform and change the education sector, ensuring Māori are able to enjoy education success as Māori. It was launched on April 15 2008. I would be interested to know how schools plan to operationalize and implement Ka Hikitia, particularly in the context of Schools Plus and the Unified Skills Strategies, to ensure greater engagement and greater achievement by Maori across the secondary sector. I am sure most schools will responsively tautoko te kaupapa nei, and it would be very illuminating to hear of the innovative and inventive proposals that are planned in schools around the country.
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http://kahikitia.minedu.govt.nz/default.htm
http://www.schoolsplus.govt.nz/
http://www.skillsstrategy.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/NZSkillsStrategy08.pdf.
7 Responses to “Implementing Ka Hikitia”
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are we producing citizens for a global marketplace – in which case english could be useful… this seems another case of the tail wagging the dog
Yes, we are, and it is about ALL citizens. How is raising Maori achievement and engagement “another case of the tail wagging the dog”?. If you look at the results of the 2006 ALL Survey you will see many students in NZ leave school without literacy and numeracy skills in any language. If you extend ‘P’s fallacious argument to a logical conclusion, Mandarin and Hindi should be compulsory on the curriculum now that the hegemony of western capitalism is under threat. It is petrifying that such antediluvian attitudes exist among those purportedly dedicated to pedagogical excellence for all students. When you have demonstrated you have read Ka Hikitia and Schools Plus perhaps we can have an intelligent discussion.
I disagree vehemently with “P” too. We all have a vested interest in the success and well-being of every student, and as the statistics show the education system hasn’t been particularly responsive for Maori. ‘Maori suceeding as Maori’ can take a multiplicity of forms. Personally, as a Pakeha, I would like to see schools having greater accountability to local communities, including iwi and other Maori communities. If we were held more accountable for results in the classroom, and had more support and interaction fr whanau, this would drive engagement and achievement, and I suspect schools who hold the attitude of ‘P” would be exposed. I know the Ministry of Maori Development has the statutory power to audit performance within the whole education sector. Personally, I don’t think compliance is the way to go, but I would hope that schools engage strongly (not merely consultation) with Maori and work together with local communities to drive further Maori success. I think School Plus will give us the flexibility to make meaningful steps to realising Ka Hikitia by allowing some students to attend Wananga, ITOs or PTEs perhaps. I guess time will tell which schools are interested in Maori achievement and which schools really are not. I certainly would not want to be in ‘P”’s classroom.
I don’t think there’s any evidence to say that “P” is a teacher.
Agreed – while this blog is specifically aimed at teachers and those interested in education, it is open to anyone. So it is not fair to assume the occupation of individual posters.
The implementation of Ka Hikitia, Te Kotahitanga, Te Mana, Schools Plus, Key Competencies and other aligned educationals tools is vital to my practice. Our school serves a 70% maori population and thus I am accutely interested in raising maori student achievement. Ka Hikitia is immediately implementable in individual classroom practice. It has given my department license as teachers of maori learners to immediately begin affecting change for the 100% maori learners within our formclasses and the many maori learners in our subject classes. It is easy to use the phrases and graphics within the document to motivate learners and generate discussion about their pathways and prospects. We have no known school wide initiatives yet. Thanks for the opportunity to contribute.
And after all, what is good for Maori, is good for the Nation. As soon as people realise that given our demographic change, they will appreciate the urgency of ensuring the education system is more responsive to Maori and encourages greater rates of participation and achievement. Ask yourself this, who do you expect to pay for your superannuation and social services in 50 years? More NZers will have Maori and Polynesian ancentry then, so if for no other reason, we need Maori in every niche of our economy in far greater numbers.