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Deliberate Acts of Leadership

  • Key Content

    In this clip a school principal talks about how he works with his teachers and Māori community to develop a bicultural school context within which both Treaty partners are acknowledged and valued. A teacher and members of the Māori community describe how this principal’s leadership has facilitated a reciprocal relationship between the school and their local Māori community.

  • Things to Think About

    Conversation framework for those new to Kia Eke Panuku:

    1. This principal clearly understands the Treaty of Waitangi and prioritises bi-cultural partnerships. How is the Treaty and bi-cultural partnerships explicitly prioritised in your school?
    2. How does Andy describe what he has done to foster and maintain a reciprocal relationship with his Māori community?
    3. What other voices are heard and how do they describe what Andy has done to foster and maintain a reciprocal relationship with his Māori community?


    Conversation Framework for Kia Eke Panuku schools:

    1. Consider how you currently engage with your Māori community. Where does this occur? Who initiates and sets the terms of the engagement? How effective is this for both groups?
    2. Andy suggests that in order for the relationship between school and iwi to thrive you need to feed the relationship. If you are a teacher how do you feed your relationships with whānau? If you are a school leader how do you feed your relationships with your Māori community?
    3. How do you contribute to strengthening bi-culturalism in your school context?

    Conversation Framework for Kia Eke Panuku Strategic Change Leadership teams:

    1. This clip engages with three of the principles of Ka Hikitia: Treaty of Waitangi; Ako - a two-way teaching and learning process; Productive partnerships. How might you use Ka Hikitia alongside this resource with staff to promote understandings and awareness around these principles?
    2. Consider Ako: Critical contexts for learning in terms of the determined acts of leadership exemplified in this video clip. In your own school what are some areas of strength that you can identify with regard to bi-culturalism and reciprocal relationships with your Māori community? Which areas might need improvement?
    3. As a strategic change leadership team what are we currently doing to develop reciprocal relationships and strengthen our educationally powerful connections with our Māori communities?

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