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Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere.
Engari, ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga, nōna te ao. |
For those who consume the miro, the forest will be their domain. For those who consume education, their opportunities are boundless.
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Nau Mai haere Mai
Learning Leaders provides specialist professional development support to educators who are striving to accelerate student achievement. We apply our experience and up to date knowledge of effective pedagogies and education systems to co-construct with educators, learning solutions tailored to their particular context and need. Our Professional Learning and Development (PLD) facilitators are highly qualified educational practitioners with over 30 years of experience in accelerating student achievement across all levels of the education system. We support schools and education providers both nationally and across the globe.
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OUR VISION
Every child is supported to reach their unique potential. |
OUR MISSION
We will provide up to date professional development to schools that PROFESSIONALS find inspiring, STUDENTS find relevant, and LEADERS find effective. |
OUR PROMISE
We will listen, and continually work towards building relational trust amongst all those we work with. We will understand each schools' particular needs and aspirations and co-construct relevant and inspiring PLD approaches that result in accelerated student achievement. |
Our Specialist Support
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OUR leaders
ROSINA SHANDLEY (Ngati Porou)
Rosina is our Lead PLD facilitator. Her teaching career has spanned Kohanga Reo (Early Childhood) through to Primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels of the education system. Rosina has been a successful primary school principal and also a Lead Advisor with the Ministry of Education. Her Master of Education Degree was awarded with First Class Honours in 2013. That same year she was awarded the New Zealand Association of Research in Education (NZARE) prestigious Rae Munroe award for her ground breaking research into accelerating Māori medium students' curriculum achievement and language capability. Rosina is a published researcher and leading authority on Second Language Acquisition, and Formative Assessment practices. Rosina continues to dedicate her career, and PhD research, to supporting equitable educational outcomes for all children.
Rosina is our Lead PLD facilitator. Her teaching career has spanned Kohanga Reo (Early Childhood) through to Primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels of the education system. Rosina has been a successful primary school principal and also a Lead Advisor with the Ministry of Education. Her Master of Education Degree was awarded with First Class Honours in 2013. That same year she was awarded the New Zealand Association of Research in Education (NZARE) prestigious Rae Munroe award for her ground breaking research into accelerating Māori medium students' curriculum achievement and language capability. Rosina is a published researcher and leading authority on Second Language Acquisition, and Formative Assessment practices. Rosina continues to dedicate her career, and PhD research, to supporting equitable educational outcomes for all children.
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"Rosina's impact in our school was immediate. She carefully analysed our data and teaching approaches and worked with leaders and teachers to develop a plan to embed formative assessment practices across the school. Rosina's approach was inspring. She was knowledgeable and credible. She carefully tailored her delivery to the specific needs of each teacher. It was the first time we had had teachers looking forward to the professional development meetings and in class modelling sessions. Our writing achievement raised steeply within two years".
(Claudia Maaka, Board Chair, Hatea-a-Rangi School, 2014). |
"Rosina and I have worked together this year on developing an appropriate reo assessment for our kura. She has brought her considerable knowledge about the mechanics of language acquisition and learning to the development of a plan which will lift the language achievement levels throughout the Primary and eventually Wharekura"
(Makere Henry-TKKM o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti, 2016). |
As the Principal I am confident that Rosina's natural understanding of Māori practices and her instinctive appreciation of Māori values contributed immensely to the smooth transition of implementing new systems and educational initiatives at our kura".
(Brucenna Nohotima-TKKM o Horouta Wānanga, 2016) |
Our Mahi
Student Group INterviewTauira discussing their learning after 20 weeks of learning how to manage their own progress.
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Māori MediumThese students were in their sixth year of Māori medium education. They were fluent readers and writers in te reo Maori, however as part of developing their metacognitive and metalinguisitic capability their teacher wanted to improve their ability to discuss their learning orally, with much more specificity. Here, they were learning to use newly developed matrices of learning outcomes (Anga Putanga Ako) to scaffold their self and peer assessment discussions in their writing programme.
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Self and Peer AssessmentStudents learning to using matrices to scaffold their assessment discussions.
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