Aromatawai PLD
‘Mā te ruku, mā te wānanga, mā te kōrero, mā te aro atu, mā te wetewete e whakamārama ai te upoko o te kaupapa’. Rukuhia Rarangahia
Why focus on aromatawai in your PLD plan?
Aromatawai serves as a vehicle for effective teaching, learning, and assessment across all curriculum areas.
Professional learning grounded in pakirehua (teaching as inquiry) supports leaders of learning in applying an ongoing cycle of inquiry, aimed at improving school- or kura-wide aromatawai practices.
In-depth aromatawai professional learning equips leaders to identify and implement effective assessment approaches, addressing underachievement and supporting the progress of ākonga and their whānau.
By focusing on aromatawai as part of your professional development, you create opportunities to build internal leadership capability and ensure sustainable aromatawai practices.
What might aromatawai support focus on?
Develop your understanding of aromatawai and explore how its principles can be effectively enacted. We use Te Poukapa Āheinga mā te Kaiako me te Ākonga (Assessment for Learning Teacher and Student Capabilities Matrix) as a conceptual framework to illustrate the progressions that both ākonga and kaiako experience as they embody aromatawai principles.
Aromatawai mō te ako focuses on supporting pouako and kaiako in partnering with learners as active participants in their learning journey. Pouako and kaiako are guided in strengthening their aromatawai capabilities. When we support schools or kura in developing aromatawai practices, there are often links to marau ā-kura and mātauranga Māori.
Integrating robust aromatawai practices often requires reviewing assessment systems and processes, including moderation. We support your senior secondary kaiako to do this.
What your aromatawai PLD might look like
In-class support of kaiako to analyse and affirm your teaching practice in relation to ākonga learning.
Modelling mentoring conversations for pouako that aim to support kaiako and improve their teaching practice.
Workshops for all staff to deepen their understanding of aromatawai and explore ways to involve ākonga in creating meaningful learning pathways.
Guidance for staff in assessing and evaluating meaningful learning pathways.
Support in strengthening assessment practices, including the collation and use of aggregated assessment data for ākonga.
How we work with you
Tailored approach: Recognising that each kura and Kāhui Ako is unique, our consultants design PLD support that’s just right for you.
Inquiry-driven: We use a pakirehua (inquiry) approach to enhance the individual and collective capability of kaiako.
Research- and practice-informed: Our work is grounded in a deep understanding of educational policy and practice. We use key documents like Tātaiako, recognising cultural capability as the foundation of effective aromatawai and professional support.
In-class modelling: We are comfortable working within the classroom, modeling high-impact strategies across the curriculum.
Evaluative: Together, we develop success indicators so that we can collectively track progress.
