Kia ora Koutou,
The Manaiakalani trust was established by the inequity of the decile divide in 2006 in a radius of 6km, which brought about this kaupapa of where the Malaikalani started its journey. I was surprised to see that schools were higher decile schools across the water, and the lower decile schools were concentrated in a small area of Auckland.
The importance of approaching the co-matua to guide this change and the naming of this cluster of communities was the start of an important process. The significance of naming Malaikalani after the constellations of the stars which Polynesians followed to navigate to Aotearoa. This is a story of passionate, innovative people collaborating to form a strong foundation of partnerships for our young people, placing the learners at the centre.
I have learnt to improve my confidence in Google Suite tools using Docs, Drive and Groups. Although I am familiar with these tools, I have learnt some new skills that will enable me to be more efficient. Our school uses Hapara Workspace. In the 12 years of my teaching career, I have never used a better tool conducive to both teachers and learners.
Knowing how to use a tool to solve a problem is what we aim to achieve for our students. Building this capability into our own professional skills will empower us to gain confidence and building the capacity for other teachers to grow and learn by sharing these skills within our educational environments.
I developed a poster doc for all the clubs happening in school. I shared this with my colleagues so they could update a link to join the club.
Poster - Clubs at Papakura High School
I created this document and learnt the following:
- Titles
- Headings can be changed and edited then updated in one go on Google Doc's
- Links can be shared to parts of the document
