Meihana Durie

Bruce Jepson

Unconscious Bias - Anton Blank is a presenter with over 30 years experience in social services, public health and, Māori development. He will explore how unconscious bias influences teachers’ relationships with Māori students and the tools and programmes that can be used to address this bias making a direct comparison between Māori and African American students.

Anxiety in Children - The ACEs Study was conducted in California from 1995 to 1997. Over 17,000 Health Maintenance Organization members completed confidential surveys regarding their childhood experiences and current health status and behaviors. This revealed the links between childhood abuse and neglect and household challenges and later-life health and well-being. This workshop will discuss ACEs, and how they affect children’s emotional well-being and functioning, particularly as it relates to school. Understanding ACEs will aide educators in engaging students and their Whanau; strategies to enhance engagement and wellbeing for students in the classroom will be discussed.

Strategies for Teaching At-Risk Learners - Alison is the Head of the Institute of Education at Massey University, Co-director of the Centre for Equity Through Education and Co-ordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching. Her workshop will provide participants with insights into how to support at-risk learners and engage them in effective learning.

Let’s Talk About Literacy: Preparing Students For The Transition To Tertiary Learning - Preparing students for higher education is one of the aims of the senior secondary school. Yet a silent gulf between the secondary and tertiary sectors can lead to misconceptions by teachers in both sectors, which may then impact on student success in higher education. In this presentation I report on the findings of a five year TLRI-funded research project (with eight mid-low decile schools and four tertiary institutions) that investigated academic literacy, information literacy and the transition to higher education. I argue that both sectors have responsibility for effective transition and that integrating information literacy into the curriculum may provide the bridge students need. I will provide a range of examples, from Māori visual arts to chemistry and physical education, of how teachers have successfully integrated information literacy into their teaching – and show how teacher-librarian partnerships have been critical to this integration. Finally, I will examine how information literacy has a broad application in developing future citizens and suggest ways in which we might “start the conversation” - about literacy, information literacy, learning, and the library -across the divide.

Unconscious Bias - Anton Blank is a presenter with over 30 years experience in social services, public health and, Māori development. He will explore how unconscious bias influences teachers’ relationships with Māori students and the tools and programmes that can be used to address this bias making a direct comparison between Māori and African American students.

Treaty of Waitangi - Building Cultural Connections -

Let’s explore how we can give mana to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in understanding the treaty articles as a framework to cultivate a bicultural approach in our roles as educators in order to create authentic connections with whānau. We will connect to our NZ history of how the past has shaped our country as we know it today. We look to the past to inform the present ‘Ka titiro whakamuri, kia anga whakamua’. We will also explore Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a framework for how we can lead and govern in our schools as leaders and teachers. The Treaty of Waitangi is a framework, and a starting place to build cultural connections. Our code, our standard states as teachers we will: ‘Demonstrate our commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in the learning environment’. What does this even mean? If we were to get on the scales of truth, how many times have we signed this section off in our teacher registration without really knowing or understanding this commitment. Let’s explore in a safe environment practical ways to build cultural connections. To connect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, to Tangata Whenuatanga and to Affirm Māori as Māori.

Culturally Responsive Practice - For the past 14 years Kathe has worked for CORE Education and is currently one of four Regional PLD Managers across the company. Kathe consults in both English Medium and Māori Medium settings and facilitates in areas including; culturally responsive practice, performance management, coaching and mentoring, change leadership, appraisal, evaluative capability, digital fluency Kathe's 16 years as a DP and foundational team member at Te Ara Whānui KKM, put her in good stead to encourage others to pursue their understanding around Māori Achieving Success as Māori and Culturally Responsive Practice. Kathe is a well regarded facilitator in both English-medium and Māori-medium settings. Her experience in leadership and quality facilitation has inspired new ways of working and teaching. She is passionate about raising student achievement and shifts deficit theorising into strategic future-focused, action-based pathways.

Regenerative Leadership - Ms Cooney is of Te Āti Hau Nui a Pāpā Rangi (Whanganui) descent and is the Chair of Tourism Bay of Plenty, who have adopted a “Regenerative Tourism” strategy approach. She is also a professional independent Director with Air New Zealand, The Charitable Investment Trust for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and The Audit & Risk Committee for Ngā Tāngata Tiaki. She is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and was a 2017 recipient of the Institute of Directors Emerging Director Award. She has previously held senior manager, auditing and consulting roles with Deloitte in New Zealand and Deloitte Touche in London and was the Chief Financial Officer for Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Her work in the Regenerative space is inspired by the Whakatauki (proverb) from her iwi: “Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au.” Translation: “I am the river and the river is me”

Regenerative leadership is all about leaving our environment and our people better than we found them. It is acting on ancient wisdom, spiritual & quantum world awareness, sustainability and organisational/classroom culture. This new approach values life so that communities flourish, ecosystems thrive and people feel alive. This shift in approach sees the cosmos, planet earth and all of life on it as a set of interconnected, interdependent, self-organising living systems that flourish and generate abundance by ensuring each other thrives.

Human Programming - Deborah Workman, founder of Illuminating Lives is a Global Coach, Speaker, Master Trainer in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Hypnosis & Time Line Therapy.

Her own life apprenticeship is one where she needed to learn that love and self-acceptance comes from within first and foremost and only then can it be shared authentically out into the world. Deborah has a genuine interest in supporting people of all ages and all walks of life truly transform from where they are to where they want to be. First stop - childhood… Deborah understands what it is like not to feel satisfied in life. In the past, Deborah felt dissatisfied with her own life and couldn’t understand why. Thankfully she learnt the ‘why’ and gained the ability to tap into her personal empowerment that gave her the chance to redesign and rebuild her life! She now assists others to be, do and have the same - how to conquer one's negativity to create a new fulfilling life with success and true happiness! Whether you are a Mother, Father, business leader, a corporate, a teacher, an entrepreneur or a child learning how to pivot in the world - Deborah has a powerful, vulnerable message to share. Her vision is of an illuminated planet and through her message, she shines the light on people to make them brighter and more visible to the world.

Coaching As Leadership-Listen More, Say Less And Help Others To Help Themselves - An introduction to the principles and practices of coaching in education. Practical strategies for leading yourself in order to help others grow, develop and answer their own questions. The session will include direct links to classroom practice and leadership of people.

How Teachers Respond To Giftedness - Tracey is a leading scholar in gifted education and great advocate for gifted learners. During this session, she will explore how teachers can support gifted learners in mainstream classrooms through differentiation.