G&T: CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS ROOTSManu Faaea-Semeatu and Togi LemanuACE Aotearoa Maori Hui / Pasifika Fono

Welcome

Pasifika Giftedness• Indigenous Roots• Pasifika in Aotearoa

Personalised programmes*Process for identifiers*Cultural identifiers*Creating opportunities*Fuelling passions

Student Voice*Strategies to build gifts

ACTIVITYAnswer the following TWO questions on your worksheet:

1) Please write down your contact email address

2) How do you define PASIFIKA GIFTEDNESS?What does this phrase mean to you?

PASIFIKA GIFTEDNESS

Indigenous Roots

Pasifika Students in Aotearoa

Process – Pasifika Giftedness• Community groups

consulted: notions of Pasifika giftedness.

• Pasifika identifiers: interviews.

• Gifted Pasifika is embedded within the family and community, not in the school

Cultural identifiers1. ADAPTABILITY2. MEMORY3. CHURCH AFFILIATION4. COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE5. RELATIONSHIPS6. RESILIENCE7. LINEAGE/BIRTHRIGHT8. LANGUAGE FLUENCY9. LEADERSHIP10. REPRESENTATION

PERSONALISED LEARNING

Knowingyour

Pasifika learners

VIDEO CLIP

MALAE ALOALIIEnglish TeacherAorere College

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ACTIVITYUSING YOUR OWN IDEAS and THE THEMES SHARED IN THIS WORKSHOP, COMPLETE THE REST OF THE ACTIVITY SHEET, FOCUSING ON THE • MUSICIAN• SCIENTIST• SPORTSPERSON• TECHNICIAN

STUDENT VOICE

Student Voice• Intra and

interpersonal skills need to be valued

• Our students are at the heart of the learning process

• Gifts need a helping hand to be transformed into talents.

Case Study• Tatupu– Her first day– Mistakes– Successes– Moral

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Know your strengths

Connecting giftedness to

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Strategies to build gifts

Transform weaknesses

• Pasifika Giftedness1

• Personalised Programmes2

• Student Voice3

Today’s Summary

Who’s Who

Names Contact informationManu Faaea-Semeatu

manu.faaea-semeatu@core-ed.org

Togi Lemanu togi.lemanu@core-ed.org

Resources

• Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/PasifikaEducation/PasifikaEducationPlan2013.aspx

• VPLD – Virtual Professional Learning Development http://virtualicteltpd.ning.com/

• Pasifika Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) http://www.pasifika.tki.org/

QUESTIONS?