Claire Amos

  Laurayne Tafa - Education Consultant, Cognition Education Mihimihi/Acknowledgements - Laurayne acknowledged the work of Dr Russell Bishop and the work on which her presentation is based.  Link to Teaching to the North-East - Relationship-based and his writing of his upcoming book - Leading to the North-East.  'o le alai le pule o le tautua' - The pathway to leadership is through service. Acknowledgement of Barbara Ala'alatoa. Shout out to Kiri Turketo for convincing Laurayne (and Damon) to attend.  Leaders who accelerate equity: Five key success factors 1. Recognise and reject any deficit theories for these disparities   Leaders who can recognise and reject deficit language, theories and discourses are not debilitated by the downward spiral effect.  Equal support and equal status for ākonga Māori and mātauranga Māori. Integrating the hidden curriculum discourse.  2. Know where disparities exist - and target why they exist. Knowing how your system is ...

  Toeolesulusulu Damon Ieremia Salesa is the first Pacific vice chancellor at a New Zealand university, at Auckland University of Technology. What New Zealand needs to have learned from COVID-19.  What we need to be better at.  An unequal storm COVID amplified inequalities in housing, income and wealth Had a particular effect on Auckland families on Māori and Pasifika The impact will endure after COVID is normalised, particularly in education Education as a nexus of the challenge: a place where exisiting inequalities can be concretised or addressed But education was already one of the most unequal and racialised dimensions of NZ life We already had a schooling system that furthers the disadvantaged poor and brown students Inclusivity and Universities NZ universities have been places were privilege has been credentialised and further advantaged A large proportion of quality, lifelong and well paid jobs are accessed through a university education Universities are built on a...

The "learning pack" sent to one family this week Link to the related article on RNZ  August 2021 marks 18 months since the arrival of COVID-19 in New Zealand and since then the country and regions has experienced a number of lockdowns. New Zealand's response has in many ways been phenomenal - articulate and calm leadership informed by science and research and supported by a compliant and committed "team of five million".   So why then do we let a digital divide persist? In a country with a government and leadership that prides itself on kindness and care I am confused and frustrated that we let a gaping digital divide mean that learning and connectedness during lockdown continues to be a school, decile and postcode lottery. Last year about 23,000 digital devices were purchased or leased by the government to supply to families that did not have one, the minister stating at the time that more than 100,000 children (about 80,000 households) did not have access to a...