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KaikohekoheLearning
and ChangeNetwork
Kaikohekohe
To prepare for the future we must honour the past
History reveals that the name Kaikohe came from an incident involving fighting between inland and Hokianga groups. Kaikohe Hill was known to the Maori as Tokareireia, and was then covered with kohekohe trees. Pakinga Pa to the west of the town was one of the strongholds of Ngapuhi. While the warriors were away waging war the defenceless pa was attacked. Being without food the people were forced to eat the bitter berries of the kohekohe trees. This was when the name Kaikohekohe was first used – thus Kaikohe.
Kaikohekohe Learningand Change Network
- How we got started- Our journey so far- Successes - Challenges and difficulties - Some advice - Where to next.
Writing
• Area of weakness as identified from our end of year data
• Annual report and analysis of variance
• Professional development had taken place within our schools
• An area we all wanted to improve in
Scoping Exercise
Key Questions:• Who helps you to write?• How do you know what level
you are in writing?• Who else know and why?• What do you use in your
classroom to help you to write?
• How do you use what is in your classroom to help you to write?
Students learning from each other in writing is useful
Refining our achievement challenge
This included all stakeholders - students, teachers, leaders and parents and whanau.
We examined the:• Practices• Reasons• Consequences
Learning together in writing
is empowering
Our School Based Plans
Once again all stakeholders were part of the plan• What we were going to do• Why• How would we measure the
outcomes• Goals and expectations• Links to our Strategic Plans
Our Network Plan
Key Areas:• Goals• Community involvement plan• Business partners• Resources• Infrastructure• Systems• Support group• Facilitation support• Professional development• Measures and trends
Learning together in writing
is empowering
Our Successes
• Our children learning from each other• Teachers open to work together and learn together• Parents feel involved• Our future is not based on assumptions• Bringing our school, teaching and community into the 21st century• Working with all stakeholders• Clear mandate• Accountable to ourselves• Learning about Manaiakalani as a model
Our Challenges and Difficulties
• Not knowing what this LCN was all about• Taking time and not rushing in• Not getting ahead of our parents and whanau• Leading staff through significant change• Not losing sight of our achievement challenge – keeping
it foremost• Not knowing what we don’t know• Rural location and access to resources and providers• Change in leadership
So what have we learned?
Our advice:• Your LCN will not work
without buy in and passion from all stakeholders
• Get used to the idea there is no money
• Keep the focus on learning• Do not lose sight of your
achievement challenge• Trust the process
So what have we learned?
• The power of student and whanau voice
• Teacher voice can be very different to student voice
• Do not make plans based on assumptions
• Acquiring knowledge using authentic learning contexts (Ako)
• Building skills (Whakamana)
• Communicating locally and globally (Hono)
So what… Our Trust
Community meetings PD
All stakeholdersCollaboration
GAFEBlogs
Children working togetherExcitement
Kaikohekohe Learning and Change Network
Learning together
is empowering
KaikohekoheLearning
and Change Network