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Oranga - Wellbeing, Ngā Tūmanako me te Ngākaupai
Leaders have a sense of purpose and are hopeful for the future.
By Teaching Council
Date and time
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 · 8 - 9:30pm PDT
Location
Online
Leaders have a sense of purpose and are hopeful for the future.
Online
Dr Jenny Ritchie's presentation positions the early childhood care and education sector in Aotearoa as one that should be recognised as providing insight and inspiration for the field of educational leadership. Such insights can be drawn from the history of this sector, which, being located outside of the compulsory schooling sector in this country, has emerged in response to a series of identified community needs, led primarily by women, and initially reliant more on community collaboration than government mandate and funding. It outlines how this sector has offered a site of resistance and a counter-narrative to colonialist authoritarian models of leadership inherited from Great Britain through our nation’s 200-year history of colonisation.
Kat Alexopoulos and Tennessee Eccleston will share where they have been, where they are now, and where they are headed to achieve the best possible outcomes for tamariki and whānau. They will share mahi around relationship building during and post lockdowns, leading to the development and implementation of their localised curriculum and beyond. "Ka mua, ka muri" is a whakatauki that means "walking backwards into the future"