Rautaki Kaihautū | Leadership Strategy
A guiding framework for building leadership capability and growing leaders at all levels.
The vision
“To enable every teacher, regardless of their role or setting, to have the opportunity to develop their own leadership capability so that through principles and inspirational leadership, a culturally capable, competent and connected teaching profession achieves educational equity and excellence for all children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand."
"He whakawātea i te ara ki ngā kaiako katoa, ahakoa te tūranga, ahakoa te horopaki whakaako ki te whakapakari i ōna pūmanawa hautū, kia tino eke ngā tamariki katoa o Aotearoa ki ngā taumata mātauranga kounga tiketike, i runga i te mahi pai o ngā kaihautū o tētahi tira kaiako matatau ā-ahurea, tūhono ki te ao."
(Leadership Strategy | Te Rautaki Kaihautū, p 4)
A framework for growing leadership at every level
Rautaki Kaihautū | Leadership Strategy supports the growth and development of leadership capability for all registered teachers across English and Māori medium settings, in positional and non-positional roles.
The purpose of this framework is to articulate what successful educational leadership in Aotearoa would look like and define what we can measure along the way.
Rauhuia | Leadership Space symbolises the uniquely Aotearoa-based leadership that we aspire to; that honours Te Tiriti and te ao Maori-based concepts of leadership – that seeks to empower people to lead for a different future that focuses on equity.
The Teaching Council have a role in creating a systematic approach to educational leadership so that collectively we can cause change and enable access for all. Rauhuia and Rautaki Kaihautū | Leadership Strategy provides a collective direction in this regard.
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It also provides an opportunity for New Zealand to be world-leading in its approach to leadership in education because:
- it belongs to the profession.
- it is relevant to every teacher across English and Māori medium settings - in both positional and non-positional roles.
- it is steeped in international and New Zealand leadership research.
- It sets out a guiding framework for teachers to develop their own leadership capability - making leadership development accessible to everyone.
- it is unique to Aotearoa New Zealand - recognising Te Tiriti o Waitangi, as well as the cultural distinctiveness of leadership in Māori medium and bilingual settings.
- it provides a system-level approach to growing and developing leadership in education.
Learning and Measurement Framework
One of the next steps is to create a much more specific framework. We are tentatively calling this a “Learning and Measurement Framework”.
The purpose of this framework is not to evaluate teachers but to articulate what successful educational leadership in Aotearoa would look like and define what we can measure along the way to demonstrate our progress, our collective impact, and how the Teaching Council can improve educational leadership.
Throughout the development of the Learning and Measurement Framework we will be holding several workshops to engage with sector groups and key stakeholders to explore how the Teaching Council can measure Rauhuia’s impact across all sectors and groups and use this learning to create momentum.
Updates on the Learning and Measurement Framework will be posted here.
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