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Industry Training Perspective

Industry Training Perspective. Ruma Karaitiana Kaiwhakahaere Matua - Chief Executive Building & Construction Industry Training Organisation. Māori In Industry Training. Many Māori begin and end their tertiary education within the industry training sector September 2012

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Industry Training Perspective

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  1. Industry Training Perspective Ruma Karaitiana Kaiwhakahaere Matua - Chief Executive Building & Construction Industry Training Organisation

  2. Māori In Industry Training • Many Māori begin and end their tertiary education within the industry training sector • September 2012 • 89,364 learners active in industry training system • 13,087 of these identified as Māori (11,278 other/unknown) • Little known about or researched • Little attention given within the system to the particular needs/differences in circumstance

  3. Māori In Industry Training • Most research on Māori in the tertiary sector does not include learners in Industry Training • Kerehoma C (2012) Māori Learners in Workplace Settings • Kerehoma; Connor; Garrow; Young (2013) A Model for Successful Māori Learners in Workplace Settings • Well understood concepts and practices do not apply or work in Industry Training • We have to actively modify and recreate our current strategies and challenge assumptions

  4. Te Ako TiketikeA Model for Successful Māori Learners in Workplace Settings • Personal commitment, attitude & motivation • Peer mentoring, peer learning & role models • Connectedness (with employer, the ITO and colleagues) • Whānau support and encouragement • Strong Foundations (literacy, numeracy & financial management) • Will require significant change

  5. The BCITO Journey • High completion rates overall (as measured by TEC) • OK Māori Participation • 2012 937 Māori learners (12.9%) 847 above L4 • Māori learner completion lagging the norm • 2010 decision to do something about it • Mātauranga Māori – construction knowledge, comprehension, or understanding

  6. The BCITO Journey • Heritage equity from Māori Trade Training Programme • Heritage equity from Project Te Araroa • St Stevens Church/ Whare- Karakia; Matahi Marae; Tutua Marae; Potaka Marae; Hinerupi Marae • Internal neutrality of support • External neutrality from Industry • Positive expectation/support from Iwi

  7. The BCITO Journey • Challenge – how do you do something collective when all learners are located separately and never come together • Answer – change every separate interaction • Requirement – change your people through knowledge, comprehension & understanding

  8. The BCITO Journey • Garyth Arago-Kemp - Kaitakawaenga Māori responsible to lead strategy development (2011) - Key parts of our strategy are:- • boost Māori apprentice success and completion rates • boost Māori participation in higher level qualifications and career prominence • boost Māori employer and trainee engagement with formal training • boost community involvement in supporting formal training • support field staff working with Māori apprentices and employers • up skill field staff in Māori learning and cultural concepts • mentor field staff in working with people from different cultures • Increase cooperation and interaction with communities and stakeholders

  9. The BCITO Journey • 2012 piloted in the BCITO Midlands Area • 2013 - Ropata Wharehinga - Kaitautoko Māori/Coordinator • 2013 Key Tasks • support field staff working with Māori apprentices and employers • up skill field staff in Māori learning and cultural concepts • mentor field staff in working with people from different cultures • Active engagement with Iwi to support their own initiatives

  10. The BCITO Journey • It is early days on a long journey • The journey is of our own making Mō tātou, ā, mō ka uri a muri ake nei For us and our children after us

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