Professional Learning
Whakangūngū
Services
Ratonga
About Us
Mō mātou
Blog
Rangitaki
Contact
Whakapā mai
Educational Leadership
Empowering school leadership
Māori Education & Support
Kaupapa Māori
Pacific-Led Education
Cultural competencies
Languages, Culture & Identity
Learning languages
Back
Mō mātou

About Us

Tui Tuia | Learning Circle empowers Kāhui Ako, kaiako, teachers, school leaders and tumuaki to achieve better outcomes for students and learners.

Back
School leaders

Educational Leadership

To grow a thriving village of leaders.

Back
Kaupapa Māori

Māori Education & Support

Our kaiwhakaruruhau specialise in facilitating kaupapa Māori professional learning and development.

Back
All languages are to be treasured

Languages, Culture & Identity

We offer programmes, workshops, in-person classroom support, online support and resources to help strengthen language learning in New Zealand schools.

Back
Cultural competencies

Pacific-Led Education

Empowering educators, students, and communities to shape a future of educational excellence that is firmly rooted in Pacific identity and aspirations.

Back
Improving instructional dexterity

Literacy and Numeracy

We work with schools to build the literacy and numeracy capability of school leaders and teachers to accelerate learning outcomes for all students.

Growing Pasifika languages in diverse Pasifika student school and community populations (GROW 18)

November 27, 2022
Growing Pasifika languages in diverse Pasifika student school and community populations(GROW 18)

On Friday 23rd September, our GROW 18 programme, ‘Growing Pasifika languages in diverse Pasifika school and community populations’ had a full day face-to-face workshop in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.The aim of the workshop was to focus on the teaching and learning of a Pasifika language or languages at one level or multi-level and /or multilingual school teaching and learning environments. The programme has brought together Pasifika and non-Pasifika educators to work towards growing Pasifika languages in their schools. On the 25th October, participants were then able to use a Teacher Release Day (TRD) to further their Pasifika language school goals. Across schools the TRD was used to engage with Pasifika community members, visit other secondary schools, create plans and proposals, enhance existing programmes, as well as exploring other opportunities outside the languages teaching and learning classroom which have potential for further growth of Pasifika languages in their school.

A strength of the programme is the diversity of the participants themselves. They bring together new and experienced educators, but they are all united in their advocacy and passion for Pasifika languages in their respective schools. The roles of participants in this group are a bilingual teacher aide, Pasifika deans, mainstream teachers as well as senior and middle leaders. Of significance, is the range of schools across the motu. They are from Te Oha-a-Maru, Ōtautahi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Taitoko, Heretaunga, Kirikiriroa, Ahuriri, and Tāmaki-makau-rau.  They all form part of a significant group ofabout 140 secondary schools who have approximately between 5-10 Pasifika learners or between 30-70 Pasifika learners in their total school population.This GROW programme aims to address the inequities of supporting and growing Pasifika languages in New Zealand. As a Facilitator, I am exceptionally proud of the work of the participants in this programme and the respective journey these participants are navigating in their schools.

This photo was taken at the end of the workshop on the 23rd September. Absent from the photo are three participants, one of whom had to leave immediately after the workshop and two of whom had obligations in their school for that day and could not attend.  

Article by Tui Tuia | Learning Circle Facilitator Dr Angela Bland

Photo: Participants of GROW 18 with (second row, second from right, seated behind man in white sweatshirt) Tui Tuia | Learning Circle Facilitator Dr Angela Bland

SHARE THIS INSIGHT
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR BLOG
You successfully subscribed
Error submitting
Stay in the know
Subscribe to our newsletter for news and updates!
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Growing Pasifika languages in diverse Pasifika student school and community populations (GROW 18)

Growing Pasifika languages in diverse Pasifika student school and community populations(GROW 18)

On Friday 23rd September, our GROW 18 programme, ‘Growing Pasifika languages in diverse Pasifika school and community populations’ had a full day face-to-face workshop in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.The aim of the workshop was to focus on the teaching and learning of a Pasifika language or languages at one level or multi-level and /or multilingual school teaching and learning environments. The programme has brought together Pasifika and non-Pasifika educators to work towards growing Pasifika languages in their schools. On the 25th October, participants were then able to use a Teacher Release Day (TRD) to further their Pasifika language school goals. Across schools the TRD was used to engage with Pasifika community members, visit other secondary schools, create plans and proposals, enhance existing programmes, as well as exploring other opportunities outside the languages teaching and learning classroom which have potential for further growth of Pasifika languages in their school.

A strength of the programme is the diversity of the participants themselves. They bring together new and experienced educators, but they are all united in their advocacy and passion for Pasifika languages in their respective schools. The roles of participants in this group are a bilingual teacher aide, Pasifika deans, mainstream teachers as well as senior and middle leaders. Of significance, is the range of schools across the motu. They are from Te Oha-a-Maru, Ōtautahi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Taitoko, Heretaunga, Kirikiriroa, Ahuriri, and Tāmaki-makau-rau.  They all form part of a significant group ofabout 140 secondary schools who have approximately between 5-10 Pasifika learners or between 30-70 Pasifika learners in their total school population.This GROW programme aims to address the inequities of supporting and growing Pasifika languages in New Zealand. As a Facilitator, I am exceptionally proud of the work of the participants in this programme and the respective journey these participants are navigating in their schools.

This photo was taken at the end of the workshop on the 23rd September. Absent from the photo are three participants, one of whom had to leave immediately after the workshop and two of whom had obligations in their school for that day and could not attend.  

Article by Tui Tuia | Learning Circle Facilitator Dr Angela Bland

Photo: Participants of GROW 18 with (second row, second from right, seated behind man in white sweatshirt) Tui Tuia | Learning Circle Facilitator Dr Angela Bland