CORE Education Brochure

Kia tautika, kia maiea a Aotearoa mā te ako An equitable and thriving Aotearoa through learning

We’re an equity-focused learning consultancy.

At CORE Education (CORE) we support the education sector, government, iwi and hapū, the corporate sector and other organisations to make a positive difference for ākonga.

We believe in an equitable future where all ākonga in Aotearoa have learning success, regardless of who they are, where they live, or the challenges they face.

Our mahi is shaped by our commitment to equity. It comes from our belief in the transformative effects of equitable access to quality learning opportunities.

If your kaupapa is about supporting learning success for all, we can help.

You can expect us to work alongside you in ways that are Tiriti-honouring, inclusive, responsive, collaborative, future-focused and innovative.

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We start with learning… about you, and with you.

Te mārama pū | Deeply understand From the outset we start with listening to you. It’s important that we take time to understand your context, your needs and your aspirations.

Te hoahoa kia rerekē | Design for change Next, our specialists will work alongside you to design a pathway towards the change you are seeking that fits with your context, time and budget.

Te whakatinana kia auaha | Implement to innovate We’ll work with you to reflect, evaluate and adapt as necessary along the way to ensure we meet your intended outcomes.

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Ngaiotanga | Professional learning We offer a wide range of professional learning opportunities – face-to-face and online – for educators, leaders, and learning communities. We have facilitators with formal accreditation and/or particular experience in:

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Cultural capability

Just-in-Time Maths and other evidencebased programmes

The NCEA change programme

Structured literacy and oral language programmes

Pedagogies and practices for flexible learning spaces

Hybrid learning

Wellbeing

Coaching and mentoring for leadership development

As a national provider of regionallyallocated PLD funded by the Ministry of Education, we design and deliver learning solutions that meet the needs of a diverse range of learning communities in Aotearoa. Our facilitators work across Māori, Pacific and English medium contexts. At the heart of our mahi is a focus on equitable outcomes for ākonga.

Our Wellbeing Programme is offered in partnership with the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience (NZIWR). It supports you to understand, develop and plan an approach to collective wellbeing that is customised to your context. Our accredited wellbeing facilitators work in ways that are holistic, culturally sustaining and evidence-based.

CORE partners with an international team, led by Michael Fullan, to deliver the New

Pedagogies for Deep Learning (NPDL) programme. This framework will support you to design an effective and rich local curriculum for your setting.

He Waka Unua is a personalised coaching and mentoring service that supports leaders and teams to critically reflect on values, beliefs, mindsets and practices.

Mentors work alongside you to help you make meaningful shifts in practice and grow as a professional.

Our Workshops, Webinars and Online Programmes are aligned to current Ministry of Education priorities. If you participate in these opportunities you can also gain microcredentials.

Further details of all these professional learning opportunities are on the CORE website.

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Kaupapa ako Specialist areas Ākonga and learning communities are at the centre of our thinking.

This kaupapa, and our knowledge of the Ministry of Education’s curriculum change programme, shapes how we work with clients in our specific areas of expertise, across English, Māori and Pacific contexts: • Cultural capability • Hangarau matihiko | Digital technology and fluency • Aromatawai | Assessment for learning • Marau ā-kura | Local curriculum design • Te reo Māori • Learning design for equity • Leadership

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Cultural capability Culturally responsive practitioners know that building successful relationships with ākonga means understanding who they are, where they come from, and what is important to them. Our facilitators* can help you to grow and strengthen these capabilities.

• understand how ākonga are culturally located

Building cultural capability might mean supporting you to:

• implement systemic cultural change

• improve te reo Māori competency • grow your understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Aotearoa New Zealand Histories • build and strengthen relationships with whānau, mana whenua, and your community

• understand the significance of mana ōrite mo te mātauranga Māori, and how to weave local knowledge into teaching and learning • explore equity in your context • develop critical consciousness to challenge racism and bias. *Attested to provide professional learning in cultural capabilities through regionallyallocated PLD.

Hangarau matihiko | Digital technology and fluency Being digitally fluent relates to issues of responsibility, equity and access. Digital fluency combines technical proficiency, digital literacy and social competence.

We can collaborate with you to: • design learning experiences within the technology curriculum content in The

New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa • upskill staff in digital technologies and hangarau matihiko • enable your ākonga to create and communicate effectively in digital spaces.

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Aromatawai | Assessment for learning Our team can support you to develop inclusive and responsive assessment for learning frameworks and practices, using Universal Design for Learning and strengths-based approaches that support diverse learning needs.

Our facilitators can support you to:

We are experienced in supporting teachers and leaders to build their evaluative capabilities, and to understand and share complex data in simple ways. Growing ākonga strengths and capabilities, and growing ākonga agency and understanding are key elements of this.

• develop practical and effective ways of sharing information that engages whānau, for example – real-time reporting

• audit your assessment practices to ensure they support effective teaching and learning programmes • build your understanding of brain science and learning theory

• create culturally responsive assessments • utilise narrative assessment practices (story hui).

Learning design for equity Creating environments where ākonga can learn and thrive in ways that work for all means educators have to deliberately design for equity and inclusion. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) helps us to do this.

We use the UDL framework, applied through the UDL thinking cycle, and a culturally sustaining lens, to guide our design of inclusive, barrier-free learning environments.

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Our inclusive learning experts can support you to: • build your understanding of UDL and its value in Aotearoa • review and strengthen existing inclusive leadership and learning practices • take an inclusive design approach to planning using UDL • identify and minimise the barriers to engagement, access and equitable participation hidden by systems and processes.

Te reo Māori From absolute beginners to fluent speakers, support is available at all stages of your reo Māori learning journey. Te reo and tikanga are intertwined in our delivery.

You will build confidence and capability in te reo Māori, supporting ākonga to access te ao Māori.

Working with individuals through to whole organisations, we can support you to use reo Māori in your learning setting and in everyday life.

Marau ā-kura | Local curriculum design Your local curriculum is unique. It is responsive to your ākonga, and the aspirations of whānau and your community.

Depending on your setting, it brings to life the intent of the national curriculum Te Whāriki, The New Zealand Curriculum, and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. A localised curriculum reflects community values, culture and identity, and creates rich learning opportunities. It is often developed in partnership with parents, caregivers, whānau, mana whenua, hapū and other organisations. At the heart of a local curriculum is the focus on what improves learning for all ākonga in your context.

Our facilitators can support you to: • design learning experiences that support equitable outcomes for ākonga • customise solutions to support your learning priorities and goals • weave the national curriculum framework into your context • explore the importance of local histories • enact the vision of your community • develop rich opportunities and coherent pathways for all ākonga.

Support to strengthen your local curriculum can be part of regionally-allocated PLD.

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Leadership

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Growing tomorrow’s leaders means being a confident and skilled leader yourself.

Wherever you are on your leadership journey, CORE’s mentors can collaborate with you to codesign a strategic and futurefocused leadership pathway that supports equitable learning outcomes for all.

Leadership development opportunities include:

Our facilitators will reach to the heart of your situation to develop the best ideas with you.

• customised professional development.

• face-to-face and virtual mentoring and coaching • online learning programmes • professional leadership training

Takunetanga | Events CORE produces an inspiring series of professional learning events showcasing innovative practices for equitable outcomes.

Through HīAko, ākonga discover their potential by finding solutions to real-life problems. This programme is a kaupapa Māori inquiry-based challenge, inspired by the narrative of Māui-Tikitiki-a-Taranga.

The gifts and talents of ākonga are awakened through iNVENTIONATOR. Using teamwork, this dynamic programme replicates elements of solution incubation, a process commonly used in industry to stimulate innovation.

At uLearn, educators, researchers, innovators and influencers in Aotearoa can engage in kōrero around the kaupapa

of educational inequity. This two-day event is about shaping the future of learning through a range of innovative presentations. Participants receive a wealth of tools and resources to navigate the journey to equity and beyond.

LEARNZ online field trips use digital technologies to take ākonga online all over Aotearoa and abroad. Destinations in recent years have included Antarctica, the Kermadec Islands and Iceland. The LEARNZ team gets behind the scenes, providing access to interesting locations and people. During a free field trip, ākonga engage with background information, images, videos, audio files and in live web conferences. They are encouraged to be curious, pose questions, and seek answers to support their learning.

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Talk to our Regional PLD Managers

Angela Clemens

Kathe Tawhiwhirangi

Auckland and upper North Island

Wellington and lower North Island

angela.clemens@core-ed.ac.nz

kathe.tp@core-ed.ac.nz

Ngaire Shepherd-Wills

Greg Carroll

Canterbury/Chatham Islands

Otago/Southland/Nelson/Marlborough

ngaire.shepherd-wills@core-ed.ac.nz

greg.carroll@core-ed.ac.nz

learning@core-ed.ac.nz core-ed.org