Ministry of Education Summary of Practice Professional Learning and Development Accreditation v1.2 Professional Learning and Development Accreditation The following summary of practice provides a personal profile and a summary of your expertise. Personal Profile First name and Surname Your iwi (optional) Personal statement (optional) Eljon Fitzgerald Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Tuwharetoa Frances Goulton and I established Aronui Ltd in 2003 primarily to assist growth and development of the Māori medium education sector. Over the past eleven years Aronui Ltd has made significant contributions across the sector and continues to do so. Our philosophy is Ki te tautoko awhina te iwi ki te tiki i te kete aronui. Professional Learning and Development Overview Please describe the area(s) of specialist professional learning and development expertise you have in relation to quality teaching practices. Leadership (Māori medium) as a co-writer of the Ministry Policy document Tū Rangatira Māori Medium Education Leadership I have worked with principals, boards of trustees, senior and beginning teachers and community groups to implement positive and effective quality teaching in kura through implementation of and PLD concerning Tū Rangatira. Teacher induction and retention (Māori medium) inducting and growing beginning teachers into effective and sucessful educators is a piority for the Māori medium sector, too many beginning teachers are failing to acheive registration and leaving the sector. Aronui Ltd is spearheading a Massey University project to trial a programme to intervene and turn this situation around. I have personally led the innovation, conceptual development and helped to shape the PLD for a pilot programme currently being delivered to kura in the central North Island and on the East Coast. Governance Training (Māori medium) - as a past board of trustees chairperson and then secretary, I have an intimate knowledge of governance matters and experience dealing with a comprehensive suite of leadership, strategic planning, conflict resolution, performance appraisal, school whānau and community engagement, curriculum development and oversight of school management, teaching and learning. Decisions around quality teaching practice are impacted by good governance and I have a expertise in this area having led a dysfunctional board and school from imminent closure to being a model school for others, with a glowing ERO report, in the space of a three year term as board chairperson. Throughout this period I facilitated professional development at various levels including board, principal, kaiako and amongst whānau. Whānaungatanga Tangata Whenuatanga (Māori medium) I currently lead a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo funded project concerned with reviving te reo Māori unique to te Taitokerau. The project aims to normalise
dialect unique to iwi and hapū and integrate the use of these kupu, rerenga kōrero, kīwaha me ngā ingoa into kainga, kura and mainstream schools across te Taitokerau. My experience and expertise working within Māori communities and with tangata whenua-mana whenua to research information comes from having managed a Māori household research programme at Massey University alongside Professor Mason Durie for seventeen years between 1993-2010. Disseminating research findings and developing and implementing PLD from this information for educational purposes is an associated skill. Professional Information Please provide qualifications/academic study/areas of original research/current research interests (as applicable) relevant to the area(s) of professional learning and development expertise you have. Bachelor Arts Massey University Post Graduate Diploma Māori Development Massey University Longitudinal Māori Household Research Programe Manager 17 years Massey University Research Interests: - Māori research methodologies,māori teacher retention, Iwi and Māori Leadership and Governance Please state your experience in the delivery of professional learning and development in relation to your professional learning and development expertise. Workshops and key note presentations to conferences and gatherings of teachers and principals in Māori medium education on Tū Rangatira Māori medium education leadership Strategic Planning with School Board of Trustees and Principals Workshops facilitation with research teams and mentoring facilitators concerning Teacher Induction and Retention in Māori medium sector Project lead for Te Reo Māori Revival and Capability Development project in Te Taitokerau, facilitating PLD with kaiako, tutors, whānau and marae Please outline any of the following that are applicable (note this list is not exhaustive): Years as a practising social science researcher: 22 Honours/distinctions/membership of societies, institutions, committees: 2014-present NZ Māori Council 2014-present Deputy Chairperson, Raukawa Māori District Council 1998-present Chairperson, He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (Inc.) Māori Medium Education Consultancy 2012-2016 Chairperson, School Board of Trustees, Te Kura o Hato Hohepa te Kamura 2010-2011 Adviser, Board of Proprietors, Woodford House, Havelock North 2008-2010 Hostel Management Board, St Josephs Māori Girls College, Napier 2007 Recipient, Massey University RESEARCH MEDAL 2000-2007 Deputy Chairperson, Te Manawa Museums Trust Board 2000-2007 Reference Group The Social Report Ministry of Social Development 1999-2007 Biological Safety Committee, Crop and Food Research, Palmerston North Campus
Professional positions held: (years, position, institution, activity) 2015 Contract Researcher/Writer, Family and Whānau Status Report, Min. of Social Development 2012-2015 Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Te Kura o Hato Hohepa, Waitaruke, Far North 2009-2010 Contract Consultant/adviser, Statistics New Zealand 2009-2010 Contract Researcher, Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui Inc. 2010 Contract Research/writer, Tū Rangatira Leadership in Māori Medium Education, Min. Ed 1993-2010 Programme Manager, FoRST Research, Te Pūmanawa Hauora, Massey University 2001-2002 Primary Investigator, Min. of Health, National Child Nutrition Survey 2001-2002 Primary Investigator, RSNZ, Science & Technology Innovation Project 2002-2002 Researcher, Min. of Social Development Māori Living Standards Research 2002-2002 Researcher, Min. of Māori Development Māori Outcome Indicators Present research/professional speciality: Research Methods for Māori Populations Longitudinal Research of Māori Households Conference presentations Tū Rangatira Māori Medium Education Leadership, Kura-ā-Iwi Annual Conference Turangi Science in NZ, Running Hot Science in New Zealand Conference, Christchurch, 2006 Publications Co-author - Tū Rangatira Māori Medium Education Leadership, Ministry of Education 2010 Co-Author Māori in Nelson-Marlborough Best Outcomes for Māori, Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre, Ministry of Health 2010 Author Development since the 1984 Hui Taumata, Chapter 3 in Tangata Tangata Changing Ethnic Contours of New Zealand, 2004 Plus numerous research reports for various agencies, local, regional and national authorities, Government departments and Ministries over the past 20 years.
Summary of examples of practice Using the examples identified in column one of your portfolio, provide a summary of your practice. The evaluation and evidence and criteria/indicators are not required in this section. Please note that this summary of practice will be included on the accredited facilitators list that the Ministry will publish online later this year. For this reason, the examples you provide should not identify individual people, or provide details that would allow them to be identified. As a guideline you are encouraged to not exceed two pages or use a font size below 10. Leadership (Māori medium) I have utilised the Tū Rangatira-Māori Medium Education Leadership in workshops and facilitation PLD hui I have carried out with school Boards of Trustees, principals, senior and beginning teacher. As a school Board of Trustees chairperson, I have facilitated PLD strategic planning sessions and school charter development using this document and with reference to a range of educational policy development and planning resources. I maintain a challenging philosophy and drive to ensure leadership at school governance, management, administration and curriculum delivery levels is effective. Schools and workshops for principals from schools I have been involved with include: Te Kura o Hato Hohepa Te Kamura Waitaruke, Northland, Kaikohe West school Kaikohe, Raglan Area school, Raglan, Arataki school, Mt Maunganui, Tuahiwi school, Tuahiwi, Matai school, Nelson, Nelson Intermediate school, Nelson, Te Waha o Rerekohu Area school, Te Araroa, Te Kura o Torere, Torere. Teacher induction and retention (Māori medium) I have personally led the innovation, conceptual development and helped to shape the PLD for a pilot programme concerning teacher induction and retention currently being delivered to kura in the central North Island and on the East Coast. This programme is being trialled in the following schools: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kawakawa Mai Tawhiti, East Coast, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Waiu o Ngāti Porou, Te Parekereke Mokopuna o Hiruharama, Tolaga Bay Area school, Te Kura reo rua o Waikerekere, Te Puna Reo o Puhi Kaiti, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Horouta Wānanga, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Uri a Maui, Freyberg High School, Palmerston North, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna, Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha. Governance Training (Māori medium) - as a past board of trustees chairperson and then secretary, I have an intimate knowledge of governance matters and experience dealing with a comprehensive suite of leadership, strategic planning, conflict resolution, performance appraisal, school whānau and community engagement, curriculum development and oversight of school management, teaching and learning. Decisions around quality teaching practice are impacted by good governance and I have a expertise in this area having led a dysfunctional board and school from imminent closure to being a model school for others, with a glowing ERO report, in the space of a three year term as board chairperson. Throughout this period I facilitated professional development at various levels including board, principal, kaiako and amongst whānau. Whānaungatanga Tangata Whenuatanga (Māori medium) I currently lead a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo funded project concerned with reviving te reo Māori unique to te Taitokerau. The project aims to normalise dialect unique to iwi and hapū and integrate the use of these kupu, rerenga kōrero, kīwaha me ngā ingoa into kāinga, kura and mainstream schools across te Taitokerau. Referees Where possible, at least one of your referees should be a principal or tumuaki directly related to your example of practice. Where this is not practical, for example in a secondary schooling scenario where you have been working with a middle leader or deputy principal, you can supply a more appropriate reference. Both referees supplied below should come from a school, kura, or community of learning where you have provided services.
By supplying this information you re confirming that the referees listed below are aware and consent to their details being available on the accreditation list. Referee One Referee Name Makere Karatea (ex-primary School Principal) Contact Number 0223265961 Contact email address makere@kiatamai.org Referee Two Referee Name Helen West (Primary School Principal) Contact Number 09 4051773 Contact email address principal@tekamura.school.nz