APSTE Conference 2013 Massey University

1. APSTE Conference 2013 Massey University

2. Opening Speeches • Knowledge is useful but needs wisdom to apply. Knowledge brings responsibility and burden. • There is opportunity in every difficulty.

3. Who is driving the bus? • Hon. Steve Maharey; Māori and migrants are defining knowledge in the future. How much influence do we want to have on the wheel? • The Pasifika population is young at the moment. They will have a huge impact over the next 20–30 years. There is a need for Pasifika people to gain higher formal tertiary qualifications to be part of this future. • Pacific Strategy – Massey publication; Transformation means change; doing things differently, making changes to move forward: Political, Social, Cultural transformation We need to do something when we go back to our institutes.

4. Plenary Sessions • Summaries not provided: • AUCK UNI • WHITIREIA • WELTEC • MASSEY

5. University of Canterbury

6. Unitec New Zealand

7. Otago Polytechnic

8. The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

9. Victoria University

10. CPIT

11. Manukau Institute of Technology Click below to scroll through presentation

12. Auckland University of Technology Click below to view a pdf of the presentation

13. University of Waikato

14. Summary Statistics in Order of Pasifika Staff, Based on 2012

15. MPIA – Diane Fenika Focus: Education Youth Training Enterprising Communities Pasifika Languages Have direct relationship with PI communities UC & CPIT relationship exists Email: Diane.Fenika@mpia.govt.nz

16. Strategy & Succession Unitec (Linda Aumua) Pacific Centre; Encouraging embedding Pasifika teaching, as Pasifika may no longer be a focus group by 2018. Helpful to have a voice in council to ensure Pasifika stays a focus. Noted that it is no longer compulsory to have a Māori or Pasifika representative in Council. Massey Uni (Rachael) Pasifika Achievement Plan; Also focused on embedding Pasifika into the structure of the college. Click to view a pdf of the presentation.

17. PBRF; differing view points Massey Uni (Dr MalakaiKoloamatangi) We do not have enough PI academics to do enough PI research. Your output should not determine promotion but it does! Is our research really Pacific, or are we influenced by Western teaching. Research needs to go back to the community to be validated. Vic Uni (Dr Cherie Chu) Considerations: whose knowledge counts? – publications are ranked. Individual vs Collective. Pressure to publish has led to low staff morale; takes staff away from teaching, mentoring, recruitment etc. Share research projects with students to help succession. Believes Institutes need to provide/establish mentors to help new researchers and offer support. Uni of Auckland (Dr Airini) as HOS receives $1.4m across 22 staff. Notes PBRF has a Pacific Reference Group to check Pacific research is Pacific Research. Utilise staff from across institutes for free. Notes that it is planning stage for PBRF projects.TEC has portfolio of all research done for PBRF- database could be accessed and mapped to ID what next needs to be researched. Ie: Pacific research for Pacific with Pacific Outcomes.

18. Growing our young Leaders Growing a Niu Generation of Pacific Learners (Dr Cherie Chu), Vic Uni Look after your own leadership development (we need to look after ourselves to look after others) & Try mentoring others (you can seek out mentors; seek out their experience and wisdom, ask someone to guide you) Someone might choose to mentor you. A mentor can monitor and support you. WHY? …to be better leaders to better serve our communities, further our understanding of leadership, improve self… Definition on mentoring Ref. Daniels 2000 People learn from: 1. Trial and Error; 2. Observation of others; 3. Education Ref. Kouzes and Posner 1996) Linkto Dr Cherie Chu’s paper entitled: Developing Pacific leaders within a tertiary education setting through appreciative inquiry: A personal perspective. Pasifika, the new black in education? (Jody Jackson-Becerra) University of Waikato Challenges faced by Pacific students: Academic, pastoral. • Involving students in university initiatives. • Valuing relationships with the community, e g Church groups, Pacific trusts, organizations. • Student Ambassadors Programme: Involving more Pacific students. • Need for non Pacific staff/colleagues to understand Pacific through well coordinated presentations? Question: How can we do this better as an institution? Understanding Strategy – Pacific Plan – our own Division – me as the Recruitment Adviser. Discussion: What’s in it for the Pacific student? For the Institution? For the community?

19. Recruitment, Retention, Progression Shirley Boys High (Maria Lemalie) prefers first half of year for tertiary engagement, as last half of year students need to concentrate on exams. Interested in achievement e.g qualifications, and not as interested in capability learning e.g essay writing. UC (Riki Welsh), UCXL Pasifika outreach, funding from external parties due to earthquakes, ie $40k from America. Funding given to raise academic achievement. Reporting helped gain further funding.

20. Recruitment, Retention, Progression Uni of Auck (TapeniFa’alogo) Pasifika student equity. Rearrange teaching materials. Maori & Pasifika together as easier to administer. Tuakana Programme: mentoring across all students prior to starting an undergraduate degree so should be independent learners by time to start degree programme. “ We have spaces that reflect / affirm ourselves, we have flexibility to devise programmes that reflect and respond to specific needs of our cohorts eg. More tutorials, group work etc.” Participant Notes: “Example from UoA of how Peni’s team work alongside Māori colleagues to support students towards completion. Successful relationship, but he also talked about the challenges and reminded us that there is no one best way, while they work together. Māori and Pacific students have different backgrounds and journeys and can learn from one another.”

21. Victoria University of Wellington Emma and TapuVe’a • Maori & Pasifika outreach Yr10-13 – promote all institutes. Open Sat 4pm-6pm for tutoring. Mentoring 1st year, go to gathering spots around campus. Listening to them first is important and building relationships early and maintaining these relationships. Retention through: • Student led study groups, Pasifika Learning Advisor, Maori/Pacific targeted tutorials. • Faculty based Maori/Pacific liaison staff, Pasifika study spaces, Pasifika library navigator,, targeted NZ and scholarship pre start programmes, TeRopuAwhina Whanau (parents can bring their kids in to free student tutorials), Cultural awareness programmes for tutors, Pasifika critical thinking workshops (putting things into a Pacific context).

22. Building capacity within your organisation • Understanding obstacles for individuals and institutes. • Building relationships and collaboration is important. • Starts with ourselves.

23. Breakout session

24. Pastoral Support Pastoral Care (Pip Laufiso) Arai Te UruKokiri Training Centre Pastoral Care is around building relationships and caring for one another. Tracking all support is important so that statistics are available. Most difficult problems are absentees/attendance We wear two hats; Staff member / PI Community member 3 goals = Participation , Relationships and Success , Graduation Not just bricks and mortar (Jason Auva’a) Massey Uni Its about building a community inside the halls of residence. Respect for self, people and their environment. Develop a sense of belonging. Asking “What is family?” First step: All staff working in this area must develop a sense of community first = norm Jason takes family and religion into consideration and other things part of the students lives. Eg. Important values.

25. Career New Zealand’s Tertiary Benchmarks What Does a Career Savvy Student Look Like?Tai Marie Yorston, Senior Career Education Advisor, Careers New Zealand • Careers NZ clarifies their Tertiary benchmarks and presented about “What does a career savvy student look like?” • Career Benchmarks are a self-review tool to help senior managers, educators and career professionals critique their delivery of career development against approved best practice criteria. Refer to document entitled: What does effective career development look like? This is extremely useful and it breaks down into 4 dimensions of effective career development practices. They are: • 1. Student career management competencies • 2. Employer and industry engagement • 3. Student engagement • 4. Organisation engagement Click here to read more about Career New Zealand’s Tertiary benchmarks Participant notes: “This was the most interesting session for me, as it talked about how we can support students, what they should ideally be achieving and it moves towards a more holistic approach as opposed to straightforward academic grades” (Jody Jackson-Becerra)

26. APSTE • Update institutes, share successes, problems & solutions, support and camaraderie.

27. AKO Aotearoa • Peter Coolbear – sponsor of conference. Improve success for Pacific learners & supporting teachers in Tertiary Education. 3 regional hubs with 13 staff nationwide. • Looking for Research and Projects to fund. Implementation of research is important. • Starting strategic process this year (2014-2018). Not enough project requests. Options for regional ($10k) and national ($150k) funding -50% contribution. • Since 2007 received $6m for 200 projects. About $600k on Pasifika (3 big, 8 small). • Involvement in teaching academic awards. • Support MPIA to help PI get into management levels • www.akoaotearoa.ac.nz/pasifika-learners-success

28. Reflections • Dr PalatasaHavea (Senior research scientist , Fonterra. From Massey Uni). Knowledge & understanding to make a wise decision. Jer29:6-8 Esth 4:14. • Growth underground. • Sow a thought ->action – Sow a action ->habit – sow a habit -> character – sow a character->destiny • Make things happen, watch things happen, wonder what happened

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30. Web-based Downloads • Educational practices that benefit Pacific learners in Tertiary Education : www.akoaotearoa.ac.nz/pasifika-learners-successChu, C. & Abella, I. (2013 July).Presentation at the Association of Pasifika Staff in Tertiary Education (APSTE) Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand • Massey Pasifika Strategy Growing Pearls of Wisdom: Pasifika@Massey Strategy 2020:http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms/About%20Massey/Documents/pearls-of-wisdom-pasifika@massey-2013[1].pdf