Every child is entitled to have a good start in life. It isn’t where you start in life, it's what you do with life that determines where you end up in life, and we are blessed to be living in a country that, no matter where we start, we have opportunities so long as we believe in our self, we believe in the society and the country, and we believe that we can self-improve and educate our self as we go along. And that's the key to success.
But it begins with the gift of a good start. If we don't give that gift to each and every one of our tamariki (children), if we don't invest at the earliest age, we're going to be running into difficulties. It's why we have a dropout rate of roughly 25 percent overall and almost 50 percent of our minority population living in low-income areas because they're not getting the gift of a good start. "Teaching and learning should bring joy. How powerful would our world be if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks, who were not afraid to think, and who had a champion? Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. Is this job tough? Yes. But it is not impossible. We can do this. We're born to make a difference." So, it's so essential that we put this culture back into our schools, whanau, communities, and students. So how? Through an Effective Teaching Profile for Maori students - Inspire In Education links in with the Education Councils, TATAIAKO The Effective Teaching Profile consists of six elements.
Kotahitanga
Whakapiringatanga
Manaakitanga
Whanaungatanga
Te Kotahitanga professional development programmes that:
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November 2019
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