Mānawatia Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori! E whakahī ana a Ako Aotearoa mō tana ū ki Te Tiriti, me tana whakanui i te reo Māori! - Happy Māori Language Week! Ako Aotearoa is proud to be Te Tiriti-led and to celebrate the Māori language!
Another reminder that our Pacific Professional Development Scholarship closes on 20 September. This scholarship, worth up to $5,000 is open to all Pacific staff who are working to support learners in tertiary education.
We’re also excited to introduce new resources, workshops and update you on the recent activities of Ako Aotearoa.
Join us on Friday 18 October for a free lunchtime webinar with Ms Torunn Gjelsvik, Secretary General of ICDE.
Torunn will discuss the international trends in distance/open education related to access, equity and scalability.
Dr Mark Nichols, the President of ICDE, will also join the conversation, together with Professor Giselle Byrnes Provost of Massey University.
ICDE is the leading, global membership organisation working to bring quality education to all.
Deputy Director Māori attends Toitū Te Reo and
Te Mana Ākonga festival
Deputy Director Māori, Dr Joe Te Rito, attended the Toitū Te Reo festival in Hastings, along with the Te Mana Ākonga festival in Auckland over the last month.
Dr Joe Te Rito has treasured the opportunity to attend these events. "It was a wonderful opportunity to recharge my reo batteries and to reconnect with reo Māori champions"
Pacific advisors attend Koroneihana
From left to right: Queen Nanasipau'u, Kiingi Tuheitia and King Tupou VI.
Our Pacific Advisors Pale Sauni and Saylene Ulberg, were honoured to attend the 2024 Koroneihana to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the late Māori kingi Tuheitia, at Tūrangawaewae Marae.
Saylene has since reflected on this event saying, that it was a special experience to not only celebrate the Māori king but also the unison between Māori and Pacific people.
Our Northern Sector Services Manager, Ruth Petterson, was thrilled to attend the 2024 Flexible Learning Association New Zealand (FLANZ) conference in Auckland.
She thoroughly enjoyed a presentation on 'Radical Flexibility' by our 2020 Prime Minister's Supreme Award Winner, Dr Rhys Jones and was excited to connect with John Egan from the FLANZ conference team.
FLANZ conference Chair John Egan with Ruth Peterson.
International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning
International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning (IJWIL) invites Expressions of Interest for a Special Issue on Student Voice in Work-Integrated Learning.
This Issue seeks to bridge the gap in current research by exploring and amplifying students' experiences. Submissions for expressions of interest close on 4 October.
To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), our Māori Cultural Capability Advisor, Dr. Mei Winitana, has created a new addition to the Māori Learner Success resource collection in our knowledge center. Te Reo Māori (for Tangata Tiriti/Partners to the Treaty)
This resource is a collection of external readings focused on Te Reo Māori for Tangata Tiriti.
DFQM Programme Lead Annette Tofaeono, Learning Support Manager David Snaft from ETCO Hamilton, and Vocational Literacy Manager Lee Agnew from Skills Consulting Group.
Our DFQM team were pleased to add Electrical Training Company (ETCO) to the DFQM registry, increasing the number of organisations to achieve the DFQM to 15.
"I firmly believe that neurodiversity should be celebrated as an asset within the electrical industry." - Lindsay John, ETCO Regional Manager Central North Island.
Work has also begun with Literacy Aotearoa to be the first tertiary education organisation to achieve the DFQM across all of its sites.
New Manako Briefing paper
The Manako team is thrilled to announce the publication of the June 2024 edition of their briefing paper to the Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills.
'Empowering Learner Agency in Tertiary Education', is now publicly available on our website.
Beyond Tuākana-Tēina | A model of trade training
The Beyond Tuākana-Tēina project, led by Joshua Kalan, examines the impact of the tuākana-tēina approach on Māori success in trades. In partnership with Tāwharau Housing Trust, this project reveals how Māori methodologies can enhance vocational training for Māori learners.
We are thrilled to be launching this report at the ITENZ conference during the week.
This course will explore what dyscalculia is, what the research has discovered, and how to work successfully with adults with dyscalculia. Facilitated by Dr Damon Whitten, this course includes two online workshops, and an optional, four-week, facilitated support module. Two x 1-hour sessions (27 Sep & 11 Oct)
Explore effective strategies for working with learners with dyspraxia/Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). This workshop is offered by Ako Aotearoa in partnership with the Dyspraxia Support Group of NZ. One x 1-hour session (12:15 pm - 1:15 pm).
This online course is designed to support Māori cultural awareness and practice of the Māori learning/ teaching methodology of Ako (learn-teach). Engage in six modules of work in your own time with an assessment task at the end of the course.
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