Maori achieving education success as Maori How policy travels… setting expectations

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Maori achieving education success as MaoriHow
policy travels setting expectations
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Maori Success is NZ Success

• Educational success critical for NZ future
  economy and productivity
• Right of every learner to be successful
• System responsibility
• Successful educational experience that reflects
  and affirms Maori identity, language and culture

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The challenge over the next few years

• will centre on how the system as a whole can
  leverage off the progress made to date to
  mobilise the collective capability and creativity
  of partnerships between the centre, the sector
  and community to enable innovation to work more
  efficiently and effectively in the interests of
  Maori learners

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ERO evaluation how NZC principles are evident in
school curricula practiced in classrooms (67
primary schools, 42 secondary schools - Terms 3
4, 2010)
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Scenario Workshop

• Engage in unpacking real life scenarios
• 1 is that fair?
• 2 I gave them the opportunity
• 3 we cant make a difference
• 4 this all takes time, you know
• 5 we tried and it didnt work
• 6 its too risky!
• 7 we thought we had nailed it

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Task

• In tables for 20 minutes
• Unpack the assigned scenario
• Based on your shared knowledge, expertise and
  experience, discuss how you would
  address/approach the issues
• Split into partner tables for 15 mins
• Share and discuss again in new tables
• Regroup both tables for 10 mins
• Choose a Chair and agree on key points and
  actionable insights to share with whole group
• Report back -5 mins per group
• Share your scenario
• Share your actionable insights

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Ka Hikitia Managing for Success

• 2008 - April Strategy launch
• 2011 - March Cabinet Mid term review
• - May Further Interim review
• Final Evaluation

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System performance for Maori
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100 Maori children who start school in 2011
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Mid Term Review Findingssince 2008

• Overall SLOWER than expected rates of progress
  however
• Some positive progress in meeting some Maori
  student targets
• Some pockets of success in individual schools
• Some promising progress in local initiatives and
  programmes across ECE, Schooling and Tertiary
• ERO (2010) report schools who give affect to Ka
  Hikitia have made statistically significant gains
  for their Maori learners
• Increased optimism and number of iwi
  relationships (currently 50)
• New policy settings put in place
• New measurable gains framework tools in place

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Maori learner results to date

• Participation in early childhood education
• 2006 - 87.9 2010 - 89.4
• NCEA Level 2 qualifications
• 2007 - 39.6 2009 - 47.9
• Retention rate of Maori learners to 17 years old
• 2008 - 40.3 2009 - 45.8
• Access to special education early intervention
  services 2009/10 - 19.3 2009/10 - 21.1
• More Maori are enrolling in Bachelors Degrees
• 2008 - 9.2 2009 - 9.7
• Maori language education participation remains
  steady 2008-2010 - 19-20

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Ministerial expectations

• Step up intensity of action to drive a faster
  rate of improvement to implement Ka Hikitia and
  work with iwi
• Increase gains for Maori learners through
  national flagship policy/programmes
• Co-ordinate a plan with education sector agencies
  to increase system level performance
• Stretch targets and meet them over next five
  years through business priorities
• Report back sooner to Cabinet with an additional
  report in 2012

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Priorities in PLD

• Closer analysis of where the difficulties lie
• system coherence
• provider performance
• professional capability
• Flexibility and responsivity to Maori learner
  needs and aspirations
• Greater engagement and involvement of iwi in PLD

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Expected results from PLD

• The identity, language and culture of Maori
  students and their whanau are embedded into PLD
  and teacher practice
• By end of 2011 accelerated progress for Maori
  students towards population mean
• In three years the achievement profile of Maori
  student within indepth schools is consistent with
  Pakeha population achievement distribution
• Sustained achievement gains for Maori learners in
  the indepth schools within 5 years

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Stretch Targets
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Maori enjoying education success as Maori

• Creating an environment for system success that
  works
• for and with Maori

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Building on what you have done so farputting the
pieces of the puzzle together
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Summing Up- discuss in your groups

• Your practice and next steps?
• What does the ministry expect from you as
  providers?
• What are your next steps to ensure you have the
  capability?
• Our hui facilitation and next steps?
• What has worked well over the course of the day?
• What suggestions do you have to improve the
  success of the day?

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Line of sight
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Your success
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is their success
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is New Zealands success