Title
Acting Director
Location
Rotorua
Accreditations
- MOE Accredited
- English Medium Accredited
- Maori Medium Accredited
Facilitator
- Aromatawai
- Communities of Learning / Kāhui Ako
- Cultural Capability
- Digital Fluency Curriculum
- Embedding language, culture and identity
- Engaging whānau and communities
- Enhancing student agency
- Innovative Teaching and Learning
- Lifting student achievement
- Literacy and Te Reo Matatini
- Localised curriculum
- Māori Medium
- Mathematics and Pāngarau
- Pakirehua
- Te Ara Reo Māori
- Te Reo Māori and Mātauranga Māori
Qualifications/Credentials
Current academic study: EdD, The University of Waikato (2016)
Current research interests: indigenous frameworks of teaching/learning, inquiry from a Māori perspective and connecting teaching and learning to the Māori world.
2011 Master of Management Studies (Hons) from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
1996 Bachelor of Māori Education from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
1995 DipTchg from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
My Experience
Leadership positions, including Special Education Needs Coordinator, Deputy Principal, Acting Principal, and 20 years of experience within the Māori medium education sector have all contributed to a wealth of knowledge in education.
I am a facilitator supporting the pāngarau provision where current research and theory on teaching and student learning continues to influence my professional practice to focus on Māori success as Māori.