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Raising Pacific Success 2009 - 2013

Raising Pacific Success 2009 - 2013. Unitec Pacific Strategy 2010 - 2015. Goal 3: To ensure successful participation, completion and progression of Pacific students within Unitec programmes . Objectives:

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Raising Pacific Success 2009 - 2013

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  1. Raising Pacific Success 2009 - 2013

  2. Unitec Pacific Strategy 2010 - 2015 • Goal 3: To ensure successful participation, completion and progression of Pacific students within Unitec programmes. • Objectives: • To increase participation in order to reflect the demographics of the North /West Auckland region (2011- 14%, 2015-20%). • To increase the completion rates of Pacific students to equal the Unitec mainstream population. • To ensure that Pacific cultural dimensions are embedded in the student experience. • To increase the number of Pacific students progressing to higher level programmes.

  3. Pacific Centre initiatives 2009-2013 • Nakuita (Octopus) Model. Planting Pacific staff into Departments Design & Visual Arts, Business, Carpentry, Nursing, Social Practice, Sports, Foundation Studies, Communication, Performing & Screen Arts • Creation of Pacific Academic Adviser position • Creation of 4 x Pacific Development Lecturer positions • Running Pacific Orientations and Whanau Evenings • Staff workshops – ‘Understanding Pacific’ & ‘Teaching Pacific Students’ • Study & computer room • Mentoring • Postgraduate Supervision

  4. Success rate growth/decline from 2009 to semester 1, 2013 Pacific International Maori Under 25s All Students Disabilities

  5. Semester 1, 2013 success rates

  6. FCIB Pacific student’s success rates - semester one 2013 Department has a specific staff member responsible for Pasifika support 239 358 179 Have general Pacific lecturers/staff 24 79 289 388 A Pacific Centre staff member regularly provides Pacific support for the department/students Department have a relationship with Pacific Centre. Students attend Fanau Evenings etc. Students part of mentoring program Students use study space regularly Department has specific Pacific courses in their programs

  7. FCIB success rate growth/decline for Pacific students from 2009 – semester one 2013 Communications Design & Visual Arts Management & Marketing Accounting & Finance Computing Performing & Screen Arts Landscape Architecture Architecture 1st Arrow (Enrolment #) 2nd Arrow (Retention)

  8. FSHS Pacific student’s success rates - semester one 2013 Department has a specific staff member responsible for Pasifika support 115 256 565 Have general Pacific lecturers/staff 312 130 12 A Pacific Centre staff member regularly provides Pacific support for the department/students Department have a relationship with Pacific Centre. Students attend Fanau Evenings etc. Students part of mentoring program Students use study space regularly Department has specific Pacific courses in their programs

  9. FSHS success rate growth/decline for Pacific students from 2009 – semester one 2013 Foundation Studies Community Development Sport Social Practice Nursing Language Studies Education Osteopathy Natural Science Medical Imaging

  10. FTBE Pacific student’s success rates - semester one 2013 Department has a specific staff member responsible for Pasifika support 199 394 183 90 390 Have general Pacific lecturers/staff 207 A Pacific Centre staff member regularly provides Pacific support for the department/students Department have a relationship with Pacific Centre. Students attend Fanau Evenings etc. Students part of mentoring program Students use study space regularly Department has specific Pacific courses in their programs

  11. FTBE success rate growth/decline for Pacific students from 2009 – semester one 2013 Construction Civil Engineering Plumbing & Gas-fitting Transport Technology Electrotechnology Building Technology

  12. Study Room User Statistics – semester 1, 2013

  13. Pacific Mentoring Statistics – semester 1, 2013 • The students that completed the programme had a collective course success rate of 91% for semester one. • (The Pacifc Unitec average success rate for the same semester was 68%. The overall Unitec average was 78%) • The students who did not commit, or withdrew from the programme had a collective course success rate of 50% for semester one

  14. 2014-2015 • Continue with current initiatives • Create relationships with other departments that currently have no connection with the Pacific Centre • Work closer with other services to help Pacific students

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