Guidelines for Manaiakalani Teacher Inquiries

Teacher inquiry guidelines were shared at our CoL meeting on Thursday afternoon, 8 Feb. Hopefully this will be of benefit to all.

Teacher inquiries must be about one of the 6 Manaiakalani challenges and focus on

“Language in Abundance”

Our Achievement Challenges  
1. Raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13 

2. Lift the achievement for boys’ writing Years 1-10 

3. Lift the achievement in reading for all students, with a particular focus on boys and Māori students (both genders) years 1- 13 

4. Increase the achievement of Years 7-10 learners in reading, writing and maths, as measured against National Standards and agreed targets 

5. Improve the achievement of students with additional needs in the learning areas of English/key competency using language symbols and texts

6. Lift achievement in maths for all students from y1 - 13

Inquiries should:

• Address persistent learning challenges
• Develop teacher knowledge
• Transfer researched approaches into practice in classrooms
• Improve instruction
• Tailor approaches to need
• Evaluate the effect of changes