Māori achieving education success as Māori

How policy travels… setting expectations

Māori Success is NZ Success

Educational success critical for NZ future economy and productivity

Right of every learner to be successful

System responsibilitySuccessful educational experience that reflects and affirms Maori identity, language and culture

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 Māori learners”

high expectations for all most prevalent

Treaty of Waitangi least evident

cultural diversity least evident

inclusion most prevalent

learning to learn (middle level responses)

community engagement most prevalent

coherence least evident

future focus (middle level responses)

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

Scenario Workshop

Engage in unpacking ‘real life’ scenarios1 “ 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 didn’t work…”6 “its too risky!”7 “we thought we had nailed it…”

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

Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success

2008 - April Strategy launch

2011 - March Cabinet Mid term

review 2012- May Further Interim review

2013 Final Evaluation

System performance for Māori

100 Māori children who start school in 2011…

Māori Pākēha

89 98 Will have participated in early childhood education prior to school

87 70 Will go to school in the North Island

60 16 Will attend a decile 1-4 school

17 1 Will enter Māori Medium Education

18 4 Will not have achieved basic literacy and numeracy skills by age 10

3 1 Will be frequent truants by year 9/10

5 2 Will be stood-down from school

66 83 Will continue studying at school until at least their 17 th birthday

34 13 Will leave secondary school without a qualification

16 6 Will become disengaged from any of education, employment or training by age 17

48 75 Will leave school with NCEA Level 2 or better

20 49 Will leave school with a university entrance standard

10 25 Will attain a bachelors level degree by age 25

Mid Term Review Findings…since 2008… Overall SLOWER than expected rates of progress

however… Some positive progress in meeting some Māori

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 Māori learners

Increased optimism and number of iwi relationships (currently 50)

New policy settings put in place New measurable gains framework tools in place

Māori learner results to dateParticipation in early childhood education

2006 - 87.9% 2010 - 89.4%NCEA Level 2 qualifications

2007 - 39.6% 2009 - 47.9% Retention rate of Māori 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 Māori are enrolling in Bachelors Degrees

2008 - 9.2% 2009 - 9.7% Māori language education participation remains

steady 2008-2010 - 19-20%

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 Māori 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

Priorities in PLDCloser analysis of where the difficulties liesystem coherenceprovider performanceprofessional capabilityFlexibility and responsivity to Māori learner needs and aspirations

Greater engagement and involvement of iwi in PLD

Expected results from PLD

The identity, language and culture of Māori students and their whānau are embedded into PLD and teacher practice

By end of 2011 accelerated progress for Māori students towards population mean

In three years the achievement profile of Māori student within indepth schools is consistent with Pakeha population achievement distribution

Sustained achievement gains for Māori learners in the indepth schools within 5 years

Stretch Targets

Māori enjoying education success as Māori

Creating an environment for system success that works for and with Māori

Building on what you have done so far…putting the pieces of the puzzle together

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?

Line of sight…

Your success …

…is their success…

…is New Zealand’s success