Twelve Thousand Hours Education and Poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand

This afternoon I had the privilege of attending NZEALS visiting scholar session, with Dr Vicki Carpenter and Dr Karen Nairn.

We need a real living wage... 

The book - 

Taking all children to their potential! 

A powerful contributor list... 

 Fabulous discussion starters...

Out of sight, out of mind, looking at Karen's chapter! Exploring transitions. Is it transition from primary to secondary, or changing pre teen to teen? 

Male and Maori are disproportionately over represented in alternative education. 

Poverty of vision and provision. 

AE provides for disengaged learners. How do we engage the disengaged or renegade? 

Critical success factors:

Relationship, passion, compassion, future focus, holistic, leadership and teamwork...

Poverty of vision and resourcing for alternative education providers.

Relationship with schools... 

Barriers to re-engagement... 

Resourced pilot project tracking school leavers across Otago - explore this... 

What a fabulous discussion this was. I felt incredibly moved by the story and privileged to be a part of the discussion.  So much of what was shared must be at the forefront of where we are at when working with schools, leaders, teachers and learners.  

Engagement, well-being, learning, holistic view of learner and learning, all at the forefront of ideas shared.  And yet again Fionna's blog post challenge...  

"Every action of ours serves to include or exclude."

A greater awareness of our actions, our reactions and interactions enables us to be more mindful of this quote.  Relationship is crucial, really getting to know our learners, and understand what they want, need, perceive as inclusion or exclusion.  

I can't wait to read this book!

Margaret Heffernan: Why it's time to forget the pecking order at work

WOW - thanks for sharing this clip Greg.  What a powerful watch for us all.  

Watching this video this morning was an awesome time to reflect on some of my notions of 'team'. 

I used video notes to capture some of the points along the way. 

+ Don't peck... you don't need to blow my candle out to make your's burn brightly... we don't need to compete
+ Do superstars together grow success - no! 
+ We need to find a better way to live that doesn't involve in suppressing others.
+ 3 characteristics of successful teams - high degree of sensitivity to each other... empathy..
+ 2nd - equal time to each other, do domination or passnegers
+ 3rd - more women in the groups...
+ Social conectedness matters!
+ What happems between us really counts!
+ Asking for help... solutions are out there... culture of helpfulness!
+ Getting and giving help 
+ Getting to know each other drives helpfulness - he tangata, he tangata, he tangata
+ Invest time in REALLY gettihg to know each other
+ Fika - collactive restoration - gathering together over coffee
+ When the going gets tough - social support is there to help you
+ Companies don't have ideas, people do... 
+ What matters is the mortar - not just the bricks.
+ Social captial - reliance and interdependency
+ Resilience in times in stress
+ Gives momentum, makes companies robust,
+ TIME is everything...
+ Time builds value
+ Synchronised coffee breaks.. dedicated time to talk to each other...
+ Conflict is frequent, candor is safe, good deas turn into great ideas
+ Social capital supports growth
+ Talent and creativity - in the power of many..
+ Drama is between the students or ideas... Outstanding collaborators...
+ Bringing out the best in others is how you bring out the best in yoursefl
+ Everyone matters
+ How much more can we give each other if we stop trying to be super chickens..
+ Work is SOCIAL - a lot has to change, 
+ Rivalry must be replaced by social capital,
+ Motivating each other must be our goal...
+ Leadership - create conditions for everyone to do most courageous thinking together...
+ No stars in our team - we need everybody
+ We work to one standard only - the best imaginable
+ Boss has to butt out, no space for power..
+ We solve our problems by involving everybody!
+ Everybody has value - to create the BEST beyond measure...


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A very powerful watch which I can thoroughly recommend.

For me the reflection is in my privilege to work for a company that oozes social capital.  People are invested in, time is given to relationship building, time it allocated for connecting and sharing what is on top, both in our personal and professional lives.  Time is given for us to connect across teams, contracts and areas. 

It also compels me to share a link from Fionna Wright's recent blog post... 
http://blog.core-ed.org/blog/2015/10/quite-simply-included.html 
Fionna offered three questions that sit with me and continue to challenge and shape me...

• What is that I/you might do to unintentionally exclude others?
• Where are my/your ‘blind spots’ (what am I/you not seeing)?
• How can I/you help all of my/your learners quite simply feel included right now?

I am forever mindful of the privilege of our role.  As a facilitator I believe our role is to 'make easy the journey'.  We are in no way experts or pecking chickens.  What is I might do to unintentionally exclude or fail to engage others?  What are my blindspots? How can I help everyone feel included?

Recently, as part of the CORE team working at Ulearn I had the privilege of working with, collaborating with, socialising with, getting to know so many of our CORE whanau.  It is in these conditions that our most courageous thinking can happen.  It is in these times that we can best support, challenge, provoke and interact.  It is in these times that we grow our social capital and what it is to be CORE whanau.  

No more strongly was this felt than in the singing of Tatai Aho Rau at the conclusion of Pat Snedden's keynote.  

Woohoo 3 sleeps til #TEDXChch

TEDxChristchurch 2015: Programme

Session One: 10:00 am

• Te Pao A Tahu
• Welcome
• Michele A’Court
• Ian Wright
• Rod Oram

Session Two: 12:15 pm

• Bridget Frame
• Robyn & Analise Twemlow
• Swee Tan
• Jason Kerrison

Session Three: 3:00 pm

• Carolina Izzo
• The Sintes Brothers
• Max Suckling
• Craig Jarvis
• Eric Liu

Session Four: 5:00 pm

• Matt Vickers
• Finnian Galbraith
• Julian Arahanga & Ladi6

What an incredible line up to look forward to.....

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Always time for a little more PD... Logical and Critical Thinking

I loved seeing this on facebook this morning.  So often I say how much I love my work and this is a large part of why I love it!  I am passionate about what we do!

Today I was working with a colleague, Simon, who has just started participation in this MOOC!  It is crucial to the work we are doing so, why not, I thought... and I signed up too!

LOGICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING

THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

There is always room for a little more PD.  I have just checked out the crowdsourced pdf supporting our journey and I am inspired...

Let the learning begin...

Reflecting on our hui #tttlwdt2015

Here I am awaiting the flight home. Wow what an amazing hui. What was it that made it such an amazing two days?

Firstly, as always; he tangata, he tangata, he tangata!

Without a doubt it is always the people in the room that make the MAGIC!

This hui was incredibly focused on our journey and has supported us into a powerful place for the rest of the year. The sharing of personal story hui was a real highlight! There is a whole lot of MAGIC in telling a story and digging deeper into the story and the emerging themes. I feel incredibly attached to my story and am so grateful to Viv for capturing my story in pictures and to Brad for capturing my story in words.

...this is my story...

Another highlight for me was sharing a snapshot of the MAGICAL way in which Jo worked with hr storyhui to link to the RTCs and how she reflected on the storyhui experience! Thank you Jo for your powerful story, and thank you Liz for the opportunity to share.

A real highlight from day one was the session led by Merryn and Heather on wellness and mindfulness! Increasingly we are aware of the need to take best care of ourselves but do we always have a kete ready, full of ideas? I am particularly grateful for this very timely reminder, thank you girls. I am also incredibly grateful for the kete of quotes and sayings.

As we head to the pointy end of our year with our schools I think it will be very important for us to be aware of stresses and pressures, and prepared to support our colleagues and team members.

So heading home tonight I am uber grateful for this opportunity!

As we put the finishing touches on sessions for Ulearn I am increasingly aware of the need to bring my story into play.

On the flight tonight I have taken the time to record snapshots of my learning journey. I am not sure yet how much I will share at my session, but I know that sharing of myself, my story, my struggles is crucial in connecting with my participants. Sharing a story of the transformational journey from isolation to connection is essential for me. Acknowledging the key players, coaches and mentors in my journey is essential for me. Celebrating successes is essential for me.

About to touch down in Dunedin I am renewed, invigorated, inspired and amped ready for the next few weeks. Thank you to you all for the conversation, the collegiality, the motivation, inspiration, challenge and connection that has been the past two days.

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Te Reo Manahua Māori - Topic 2.3: He rawe kē! He kino kē! Likes and Dislikes

Focus  this week:

• Negative sentences
• The use of kīwaha

Kia whitu hinganga, kia waru aranga ake.

Fall seven times, arise eight times.

This whakatauk sure is a great one for me this week. I have really been struggling to keep up.

Reomation Challenge:

Transcript and Translation

Ngā tohu huarere mō āpōpō

Weather forecast for tomorrow

Tēnā koutou katoa, anei ngā tohu huarere mō āpōpō.

Greetings all, here’s the weather forecast for tomorrow

Ka pupuhi te hau.

The wind will blow.

He tika tāu.

You’re right…

Ka heke te ua.

The rain will fall.

Whū!

Whoa

Ka huka te ua.

The snow will fall.

Engari mō tēnā!

Not on your nellie. No way.

Ae.

Ka whiti te rā.

The sun will shine.

Tērā pea

Maybe

E whā ngā kaupeka i te rā kotahi.

Four seasons in one day…

Ka riro koe ki whea?

Day dreamer…

I have to take a moment to acknowledge the support I am receiving.  Gemma, you are incredible, you are patient, supportive and challenging in just the right mix for me!

Today I needed support with a sentence structure for ‘four seasons in one day”.  Moments after posting my request I received help from someone previously unknown to me.  I also acknowledge Te Mihinga and Tahu for their continued support.  My tweet has also received some retweets and I am aware of the importance of me sharing my learning journey.  For me, it is a HUGE challenge and I am very comfortable to share and acknowledge this.  

Te Reo Manahua - Reomation Challenge

WOW... what an effort... my reomation and the story of it...

I looked at the reomations!

Our challenge was to recreate a reomation, adding kīwaha.

I decided to use show me, because I love the images and the ease of construction.

I uploaded my images to showme, to record my reo.

A HUGE thank you to Gemma, Te mihinga, Tahu, and Mark for support!  Twitter is amazing for getting answers swiftly....

My confidence is growing daily in using and sharing reo!

Te Reo Manahua Māori - Topic 2.2: Hei Taonga Māku - my recording...

Deep in the learning pit... Te Reo Manahua Māori - Topic 2.2: Hei Taonga Māku

Te Reo Manahua Māori - Topic 2.2: Hei Taonga Māku

Precious to me…

Here I am in the adobe connect for this week…. And only late last night did I complete last week’s challenge! Handing over a link to my extended pepeha was like handing over a part of my heart and soul… What an incredible journey it was to share all the way back to my grandparents… My cultural cloak is growing… I am working on an actual weaving of the complexity of cultures…

This week’s whakatauki….

Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu.

Although it is small, it is precious.

This week’s Tīwhiri Tikanga –

“A well known tikanga aspect is that we don't sit on tables. This really comes down to hygiene in that you wouldn't put food where your bottom has been. There are also other extensions to this such as you don't put clothes on a table and you don't put any food on seats. A lot of tikanga relate to hygienic practices.”

http://kupu.maori.nz/possession/t-possession

He kuini tāu? - Have you got a queen? - great game to learn sentence structure…

He ______ tāu?  Have you got _____

Kāore aku ________ No I haven’t got __________

Ae aku ______ Yes I have got ________

T- Possession

The A/O Categories

Tōku reo

Two women talking...

He tamariki āu?

Do you have any children?

● Āe, he tamariki āku, he mokopuna hoki āku, tokorua ā māua mokopuna. Yes, two children and two grandchildren, and a grandchild.

He tamariki āu?

Do you have children?

Āe, he tamariki āku, engari kāore anō tāku tamahine kia whanau mai ētahi mokopuna māku. Ko tāna ngeru tāna pēpi.

Yes I have two children, but I don’t have any grandchildren yet in our family. The cat is the baby.

● I wau nei! Kei te noho tata ā kōrua tamariki ki a koe?

Do your children come to sleep or stay at your place?

Kei te noho tata tā māua tama ki a māua, ka kai ia ki tō māua whare i ngā wā katoa. Ahua roa te haerenga i waenganui i tō māua whare ki tō to māua tamahine whare. Ko te nuinga o te wā, he pakaru no tō rāua ko tāna tane waka, kāore rāua mo te hoki hoki mai ki tō māua whare.

My son stays at my place a lot.  He spends his time between our place and my daughter’s place. He spends the majority of his time at his son’s place, because his car is broken down.

Hei Taonga Māku

First attempt:

Tenei nga keretao ā koutou - these are their puppets

Kei te pānui whakaahua ā tāua - this is our poster

Kei te mahi ā rātou - this is there work 3+

Ko tenei waka ia - that is his car

Kei te tenei tōku waka - this is my helicopter

Kei te pukpuka aku tamariki - this is the children’s book

Ko tamāhine tā tāua - this is our daughter

Kei te waenga tā mātou - this is our garden 3+

Kei te rare a ia - these are their lollies

Second attempt, combined with third attempt with amazing support from Gemma:

Tenei nga keretao ā koutou - these are their puppets

He nga keretao ēnei

Ko ēnei ā rātou keretao. (more formal)

Ā rātou keretao ēnei. (less formal)

Kei te pānui whakaahua ā tāua - this is our poster (tā - one)

He pānui whakaahua tā tāua

Ko tenei tā māua pānui whakaahua.

Tā māua pānui whakaahua.

Kei te mahi ā rātou - this is their work 3+

He mahi tā koutou

Ko tēnei ā rātau mahi

Ā rātau mahi tēnei

Ko tenei waka ia

He tena waka ia

Ko tērā tōna waka. - that is his car

Tōna waka tērā?

Ae, Tōna waka tērā

Kei te tenei tōku waka - this is my helicopter

Ko tēnei tōku waka topatopa

Kei te pukapuka aku tamariki - this is the children’s book

Ko tēnei tā ngā tamariki pukupuka

Tā ngā tamariki pukupuka tēnei

Ko tamāhine tā tāua

He tamāhine tā tāua - you and I have a daughter

Ko tenei tāku tamāhine - this is our daughter

Kei te waenga tā mātou - this is our garden 3+

He waenga tā mātou

Ko tēnei tō mātou māra

Tō mātou māra tenei.

Kei te rare a ia - these are their lollies

Ko ēnei ā rātou rare.

Ā rātou rare ēnei

WOW - talk about a HUGE learning curve… Yesterday I was so far in the pit there was danger I a) wouldn’t make it out… and b) would lose motivation!

I woke up this morning disappointed with my effort, so I came back and had a second attempt.  After much effort and frustration I sought support!  Gemma you are a legend!  Tino pai rawa atu!

I am learning, I am being a little more realistic with my expectations of myself, and I am restored to giving it even more of an effort!

Anne's kōrero on PhotoPeach

All that remains is for me to voice record this and put online... woohoo... onto the next module soon... and still smiling...