The Mana Model: Creating learning environments that foster the innate mana of ākonga

This is an online PLD offering designed to support school, kura and centre teachers and leaders in creating learning environments that foster the innate mana of students.

Throughout this course you will learn meaningful and mana-sustaining ways to enhance participation, engagement and achievement of Māori students. You will also gain valuable, actionable insights on how to successfully implement the approach throughout your school or centre, and its community.

Improve the cultural capability of leaders and teachers in your school, kura or centre to create learning environments that foster Māori students' success through five optimal conditions:

• Mana Tangatarua – a diverse knowledge base and skill set
• Mana Tū – social psychological competence 
• Mana Motuhake – embedded achievement and embedded achievement
• Mana Ūkaipō – belonging and relationship with place 
• Mana Whānau – connectedness to others and collective agency 

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Dates and Times

This online course will run from August 29th to November 7th 2024.

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Details of the online, facilitated Zoom sessions (Huitopa) can we found below:

• Huitopa 1: Term 3, Week 7, Thursday 5th September, 3.30-5.00 pm

• Huitopa 2: Term 4: Week 1, Thursday 17 October, 3.30-5.00 pm

• Huitopa 3: Term 4: Week 4, Thursday 7th November, 3.30-5.00 pm

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Quotes from external testers on The Mana Model PLD:

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Great resources and variety of media, the functionality is clear and aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate. It's great having short pages and plenty of click-thru, as this gives the user a sense of achievement and momentum.

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The course was easy to navigate and the content engaging. The "Practice in your Own Time" and "Reflective questions" are a great way to encourage participants to engage with the content on a deeper level and embed learning into practice.

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I absolutely loved it! In fact I viewed and re-viewed  a few of the videos, and read carefully through all of the modules / presentations. [This is] a respectful, educational and participatory resource that I feel confident will meet the needs and abilities of a wide range of learners. (Marian Caulfield, Principal of Mt Albert Primary School, Auckland).

This programme will help you strengthen leader and teacher cultural capability through:

• Exploring the potential of the Mana Model for enhancing ākonga engagement, success and achievement in your school, kura or centre
• Building knowledge of each of the Mana Model’s five optimal conditions for success, to inform leadership and teacher practice  
• Understanding the importance of mātauranga Māori and tikanga Māori for culturally sustaining pedagogy and enhancing school or centre relationships 
• Adopting the Mana Model approach as an enactment of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to enhance ākonga engagement and success

Guided by Professor Melinda Webber's research, and facilitated by Tui Tuiakaiwhakaruruhau and facilitators, this term-long programme combines three key elements to help school, kura and ECE leaders and teachers further strengthen organisation-wide cultural capability:

Self-directed knowledge-building (Ngā kete ako) ~ 7.5 hours

Participants will access the learning platform to begin self-paced reading, viewing and activities. The learning modules will focus on the foundations, concepts and real-world integration of the Mana Model.

Online, facilitated sessions (Huitopa) ~ 4.5 hours

Three 90-minute online sessions to build on in-school or in-centre application, reflection on learning to date and further discussion on important topics as guided by the Community of Practice.

• Huitopa 1: Term 3, Week 7, Thursday 5th September, 3.30-5.00 pm

• Huitopa 2: Term 4, Week 1, Thursday 17 October, 3.30-5.00 pm

• Huitopa 3: Term 4, Week 4, Thursday 7th November, 3.30-5.00 pm

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Community of Practice (Korero a rōpu) ~ 2 hours

Throughout the course, there will be regular online Korero a rōpu opportunities to engage in conversation and reflect together on key learning, along with questions for reflection at regular intervals.

Cost: $449 (GST inclusive) per person