B.H.A.G.

There’s no doubt this programme is a BHAG (a.k.a. Big Hairy Audacious Goal)!    

We are living in a fast-paced world that requires new skills and thinking.  This programme is a real opportunity for us to embrace change and enable our teachers and learners to respond to the opportunities that the Twenty-first Century affords.

It will only be possible to make a step change for our learners by working together, trusting one another, asking questions, having the courage to ask questions, looking beyond our own area of direct responsibility to understand how we may contribute to the bigger picture, by being learners ourselves and most importantly always placing our learners at the heart of every decision.  

Thanks to the vision and generous philanthropy of the HB Williams Family Trusts, the governance of Connext trustees, the guidance of the Connected Kids Advisory Group and leadership of school boards and principals, participating schools are already experiencing many benefits of being a member of the Manaiakalani Outreach Programme.  

For the time, energy and commitment you are investing in our learners and/or teachers - thank you.

Tairāwhiti Hui

Despite the mid-week holiday, the Tairāwhiti Cluster facilitation team have had a busy week.  Today, we were excited to run a 1:1 Teachers with Facilitation Hui for 2019, which was held at Awapuni School.  Nearly 20 teachers joined us from around the district to learn about Manaiakalani; the Learn, Create, Share Pedagogy and building Google Sites for Visible Teaching and Learning.

It was also exciting to have Jo Haughey join us and speak to our big group about the role of the Connext Trust in the Manaiakalani Outreach Programme journey, too.  Thanks for coming along, Jo!

A huge mihi to all the fabulous teachers that attended today and participated so wholeheartedly in the Google Sites learning journey.  Our Google+ community now houses some links to these new sites as well as some of the staff meeting creations that teachers at our Orientation Hui across the week have shared there.  Ka mau te wehi, e te kaiako! What a lucky place Tairāwhiti is, to have so many passionate educators in one place.