Improving the lifelong outcomes of young people
Education
How it Works
In an increasingly digital world, all children should have access to the support and resources they need to succeed. Through our partner initiative with Manaiakalani Education Trust, we work to combat digital inequity, providing the tools necessary for digitally enabled education.
Kootuitui ki Papakura supports our communities of schools to relocate into the digital age, becoming “At Home in a Digital World”, and developing staff to use the affordances of technology to accelerate learning outcomes, becoming ‘Future Focused Learners’ in connected communities
By providing students with chromebooks, one device per child, and supporting teachers, we can give them every opportunity to engage with their studies and expand their knowledge base.
Kootuitui ki Papakura -Making a Difference
The Situation
The Ministry of Education reported a 3.2% decline in school leavers during 2020/21. This data is far starker when viewed at a local level.
Papakura saw a decline of 13.7% of school leavers, essentially a considerable proportion of young people who did not complete their schooling.
Young people that leave school without qualifications and transition into minimum wage employment experience almost universally lower future earnings and employment prospects than those who achieve a minimum qualification of NCEA level.
- For young people leaving school without qualifications, their future income and employment prospects are, all too often, much lower than those of young people who leave with NCEA level 1 or above.
- In the Auckland region, approximately 7% of school leavers leave school with less than NCEA Level 1; however, in South Auckland, the figure is 17.6%.
- After an extended lockdown in 2021, the NCEA achievement rates for higher-decile schools remained static or improved; however, in many areas of South Auckland, achievement rates declined significantly.
The Program
A partner initiative with Manaiakalani Education Trust to provide digitally enabled education to our cluster schools.
One device per student, ensuring tamariki can engage in learning through a digital platform.
We provide professional development for teachers to build on their capacity to transform learning environments.
Our Goals
- Motivate our learners to engage with the curriculum
- Provide a model for future-focused teaching and learning
- Work with learners with an evidence-based belief that their voice is valuable and powerful
- Raise achievement outcomes
Successes
- 4300 chromebooks have been purchased by Kootuitui ki Papakura and distributed within our local schools.
- Pre-covid Papakura High School achieved a 37% increase in students receiving their NCEA 2, with all NCEA results improved across the board.
- Our cluster primary school children’s numeracy and literacy outcomes are better than their peers in other deciles 1 & 2 schools.
Our Supporters
We benefit from the support of funders, partners and community organisations, and the commitment of the schools’ boards, leaders, teachers and staff.
