Achievement Challenge One: Strengthening learning and connection by developing shared pedagogy: Developing consistency across our Kāhui Ako.

ERO documents state “The focus of collaboration is on improving outcomes for tamariki through changes in instructional practice. Collaboration involves working together on shared challenges that have been identified through the use of evidence.

• Effective collaboration engages participants in ongoing cycles of inquiry

• Identifying what is going on for tamariki in relation to valued outcomes

• Using credible evidence, identifying a problem of practice that will stretch existing knowledge and capacity but also be manageable

• Designing, trying out and testing changes in practice that are aimed at solving the identified problem.

• Accumulating evidence of impact, refining or discarding ideas based on evidence of their effectiveness, embedding changes that prove to be effective into daily practice.

• Identifying the next student-related challenge.

Effective collaboration is characterised by dense, frequent sharing of knowledge among participants, with the aim of addressing the identified challenges. Members of highly effective groups interact frequently among themselves, focusing on refining and consolidating professional practice. Educators experience increased efficacy and agency when leaders provide opportunities and support for engaging in collaborative inquiry and when they ensure that participants at all levels have a voice in how inquiry processes are set up and work.” ERO (2016)

As a Kāhui Ako we believe the goal for our ākonga needs to drive everything that we do. When we talk about pedagogy across all of the sectors, we need to find a common space to be focusing on, i.e. dispositions, key competencies and attitudes.

Ongoing focus of our work:

To increase the capacity of kaiako to progress and raise student achievement we challenge ourselves to develop shared pedagogies across our Kāhui Ako. To ensure we are using a “common language” across our Kāhui Ako, we embed the ERO ākonga focussed evaluation processes within our ECEs and schools. The Education Review Office (2015) supports schools embedding teaching as an inquiry over a three year cycle.