Post on 13-Dec-2015
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Pasifika Advisory GroupPostgate School
Together, We Learn and Achieve
Ma te mahi ngatahi,
ka tu pakari te matauranga
Rationale
• To foster quality engagement between Postgate School and its families in order to raise Pasifika achievement
• To improve the wellbeing of Pasifika students by building safe, supportive and inclusive communication between the management, Pasifika students and families at our school
Many schools have a Maori Advisory/whanau support group;
however a Pasifika Group?
• Their role in most cases is one of support of kapa haka, fund raising and assisting with sport.
• Rarely do they focus on the school’s core business of raising achievement
When the School
and
parents of the students
work together
The potential of raising achievement becomes a reality
Pasifika Advisory Group
• The focus is to raise the achievement of the Pasifika students at Postgate School through the analysis of achievement data and provide support to our teachers; Making horizontal connections.
Achievement data may include
• Attendance• Stand downs & suspensions• Literacy & Numeracy• National Standards/School Wide
Testing• Others as the group see as
necessary
Why focus on Māori/Pasifika learners?
Māori/Pasifika success = New Zealand’s success
Equity; Social Justice; Demography;Economy; Productivity; Equity…….
What works?
Creating cultural connections…
•Identity, Language, Culture
Using identity, language,
culture, assessment tools and
student data well to make
teaching and learning decisions
What works?• Effective teaching where there are high
expectations of, and strong learning relationships between, teachers, learners, families and whānau.
• Quality teaching has the greatest impact on student presence, engagement and achievement (McNaughton, 2000. Alton-Lee, 2003, Timperley et al, 2007)
Relationships for learning
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Postgate School Data
Writing Well below Below At Above Total
Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion Number
All students 14 4.8% 37 12.7% 157 54.0% 83 28.5% 291
Māori 5 4.0% 17 13.6% 66 52.8% 37 29.6% 125
Pasifika 5 4.2% 12 10.0% 71 59.2% 32 26.7% 120
Male 10 7.1% 22 15.7% 78 55.7% 30 21.4% 140
Female 4 2.6% 15 9.9% 79 52.3% 53 35.1% 151
Gender
Ethnicity
Overall Score
Overall Level
Interest - Writing
Ideas Score
Ideas Level
Structure Score
Structure Level
Organisation Score
Organisation Level
Vocabulary Score
Vocabulary Level
Sentence Score
Sentence Level
Punctuation Score
Punctuation Level
Spelling Score
Spelling Level
Male Pacific 1327<2B 2.5 14202P 1287<2B 1232<2B 14432P 1280<2B 1267<2B 13652B
Male Maori 1353<2B 0 14202P 14842A 1232<2B 14432P 1280<2B 13912B 1043<2B
Male Maori 1353<2B 2.7 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 1280<2B 1267<2B 13652B
Female Pacific 14692A 2.3 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 15914B 15433P 15213B
Male Maori 14692A 2.7 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B
Male Pacific 14252P 2.8 14202P 1287<2B 15213B 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B
Male Maori 14022B 2 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B
Male Pacific 13782B 2.8 1207<2B 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B
Female
NZ European 14252P 2.7 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 13652B
Female Maori 14252P 2.5 14202P 14842A 1232<2B 14432P 14692A 15433P 13652B
Male
NZ European 14692A 1.8 14202P 14842A 15213B 14432P 14692A 13912B 15213B
Male Maori 1299<2B 2.7 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 1250<2B 1280<2B 1158<2B 13652B
Male Maori 14692A 2.7 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B
Male Pacific 14022B 2.7 14202P 14842A 1232<2B 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B
Male Maori 14692A 2.7 14202P 14842A 15213B 15873A 14692A 13912B 13652B
Male Maori 14692A 1.8 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B
Male Other 13782B 2.3 14202P 1287<2B 1232<2B 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B
Male Pacific 14252P 2.5 14202P 1287<2B 1232<2B 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B
Female Pacific 14472A 2.5 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 13652B
Male Maori 14252P 2 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B
Female Maori 14472A 2 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 13652B
Female
NZ European 14692A 2 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B