WEBINAR: Exploring the potential of Treaty honouring school leadership [CANCELLED]

WEBINAR

🌱 Kaikōrero / Speaker: Therese Ford + Johnson Davis
🌱 Ringa hāpai / Chair: Alex Hotere-Barnes

⦿Webinar format: formal presentation

This webinar will draw from our collective experiences (as Māori parents/whānau, school leaders, professional learning and development providers, boards of trustee members and as people who work with our respective iwi), to present some insights into Treaty honouring school leadership.

We will examine the historical and contemporary New Zealand education context and then explore the Treaty of Waitangi and the associated theoretical foundations of kaupapa Māori and critical theory.

Following the presentation of the context and the theories, determined school leadership practices that seek to enable transformative pathways and spaces for whānau and mana whenua agency, self-determination and revitalisation will be proposed. The audience will then be provided with an opportunity to consider proposed practices and invited to engage in dialogue to further explore these findings.

★ TERESE FORD ★
Ko Kurahaupo toku waka Ko Tohoraha, ko Puwheke nga maunga, Ko Rangaunu toku moana Ko Awanui toku awa, Ko Ngāi Takoto toku iwi, Ko Therese Ford ahau.

I descend from the northern tribes of Aotearoa and from both the northern and southern countries of Ireland.

My tipuna on both sides of my bicultural ancestry were subjected to colonisation driven by the British Empire. My Irish ancestors left their countries in search of a better life in Aotearoa, which they did indeed find. They were however unwittingly complicit in and benefitted from the colonisation of this country.

The colonial government removed land and access to other crucial resources from my Māori tipuna in the 1800s. The detrimental implications of European settlement continues to perpetuate disadvantage and disillusionment for many of my whanaunga today.

The contradictions of privilege and oppression inherent in my whakapapa drive both the personal and professional commitment I have to develop an honourable and more equitable education system. The Treaty of Waitangi underpins my thinking and practice in the multiple roles that I occupy.

I am a mother with a background in teaching and senior leadership in English-medium schools. I am currently an educational researcher, professional learning and development facilitator, member of a Board of Trustees and I am also a member of the education team for my iwi.

I believe that the Treaty of Waitangi was a promise to ensure that the mana of tangata whenua and tangata tiriti would be upheld so that all people would flourish. This promise has yet been realised. I work and learn alongside others, wherever and whenever I can, to make this aspiration a lived reality for future generations of New Zealand children.
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★ JOHNSON DAVIS ★
Ko Maungatautari tōku Maunga, ko Waihou tōku awa, ko Tainui tōku waka
Ko Raukawa ki te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere te rohe, te pae o Tapapa te whenua tapu
Ko Raukawa tōku iwi, ko Tūkorehe tōku hapū, ko Ruapeka tōku marae
Ko Rangimarie tōku wharenui
Ko Johnson Davis ahau
Tihei mauri ora ki a koutou katoa.

I am a dedicated and experienced educational leader committed to championing equity, excellence and belonging for all learners. My personal and professional undertaking to uphold Treaty-honourable leadership is shaped by the past, present and future experiences of my people, and celebrates and acknowledges the bi-cultural heritage of my whakapapa.

I believe in an unrelenting commitment to conscious and critical ‘ways of being’ that promotes Treaty-honourable leadership, Māori agency, and equity in education for the future prosperity of our children.

My learning, understandings and practice draw from my own lived experiences; my educational experiences as a learner, teacher and senior leader; my work with my hapū and marae; my role as a Board of Trustee member and Poutama Pounamu professional learning facilitator.

On the day, go to: https://zoom.us/j/596175529