Student Voice online

Posted on 04 July, 2016

Today we launch a new home page to signal the arrival of Student Voice. This new section provides an interactive framework to guide our response to the thoughts (ngā huatau) of the young people (taiohi) we serve.

In response to a challenge laid down by our Expert Advisory Group these taiohi shared with us what the Ka Hikitia vision “Māori enjoying and achieving education success as Māori” means to them.

There was a high level of consistency, with common themes being identified from one hui to the next. This means that we can be confident that these themes will be present within all our schools. Rather than schools repeating the process of interviewing their own students, we can immediately respond to what these students are telling us in order to promote greater likelihood of success for others.

The Student Voices section includes:

• Ngā Huatau Taiohi - Māori enjoying and achieving success as Māori
  The voices from each Marae collated in themes
• Understanding the implications - an analysis and next steps for action
  An interpretation of each theme and a framework for schools and communities to activate their response to the students. This section also includes links to new video resources depicting how schools are already responding.
• Student Voices collated in themes
  The consistent collective voice across the country.
• Expert Advisory Panel "What is Māori success as Māori" chart (PDF)
  The thoughts of our Advisors designed to provoke response and discussion among us all.
• Photo gallery
  We have chosen not to identify any student with a particular comment but the gallery provides a sense of the wairua and mauri of those who so generously shared so others could succeed.

We have designed a poster so you can promote Student Voice to your staff, students and community.