Title
Facilitator
Location
Hamilton
Accreditations
- MOE Accredited
- English Medium Accredited
- Maori Medium Accredited
Facilitator
- Communities of Learning / K膩hui Ako
- Embedding language, culture and identity
- Engaging wh膩nau and communities
- Enhancing student agency
- Innovative Teaching and Learning
- Leading for Excellence
- Lifting student achievement
- Literacy and Te Reo Matatini
- M膩ori Medium
- Pakirehua
- Regionally Funded PLD
- Te Ara Reo M膩ori
Qualifications/Credentials
2020 Master of Arts (Applied), 糖心TV
2013 PGDip Second Language Teaching (Distinction), 糖心TV
1992 Bachelor of Education, 糖心TV
1991 Diploma of Teaching, 糖心TV
My Experience
Ooku Puumanawa
Merimeri is an accredited facilitator and is able to work in both Maaori and English medium settings. She has taught in bilingual and rumaki units as well as Kura Kaupapa Maaori and Wharekura with previous facilitator roles in Te Reo Matatini and Hauora. She specialises in supporting English medium teachers with the teaching and learning of te reo Maaori as a second language. She is passionate about improving educational outcomes for Maaori, normalising te reo Maaori for all, language teaching and language revitalisation.
Ko te reo M膩ori te taahuuhuu o tooku whare hei whai oranga moo te iwi. Kei mate te reo, kei mate hoki ko au. Tiakina kia kore ai e ngaro!