Where we have seen significant shift in student performance, there has been a maintenance of programme integrity to the design agreements we have around the the delivery of professional development. These developments came from working with external or internal developers and then customising the development to best suit our context.
Pt England PLD for 2025, supported by Manaiakalani Community of Learning, is informed by 2024 data, observations, and reflections from teachers, researchers and management team. It reflects the Manaiakalani Schools foundation goals and recognises our role in New Zealand education as an innovation hub.
Reading: Implementation and embedding of the Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive.
This is work we are planning, developing and delivering ourselves though it will still be informed and improved based and findings from Manaiakalani Reseach and Development.
Continuing implementation of Stuctured Lieracy (BSLA) up through the school until all are trained.
Mathematics: Piloting and trialling of the Manaiakalani Maths Practice Intensive.
Training and mentoring selected teachers then scaling this through the school
Maths Curriculum PLD delivered by Evaluation Associates, Resource Based Maths PLD delivered by Scholastic (Prime) and Oxford (Omicron)
Teaching as Inquiry and Structured Coaching:
This is work we are planning, developing and delivering ourselves though it will still be informed and improved based and findings from Manaiakalani Reseach and Development.
Peer - Peer Coaching using AI assited video with Vosaic and Totem 180 Cameras
Woolf Fisher Research Centre:
We participate in research that helps inform us, as well as Manaiakalani and external agencies how to best develop pedagogy in a digital learning environment.
Wellbeing/Hauora
We are working in partnership with the ADHB, Dr. Alison Leversha, our PHN's, Health Promoting Schools, TCDT , Rakau Tautoko and Mitey to embed integrated Wellbeing strategies in the areas of:
healthy eating
Garden to Table
healthy weight
healthy activity
self regulation
mental health