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Teaching and learning
Korowai Ako (cloak of learning)
At Kristin, we deliver a holistic education that nurtures and develops the whole person, guided by our values (Progress, Vision, Integrity and Love) and focuses on our five core strategies for high quality teaching and learning.
To illustrate our core values and five strategies, in consultation with mana whenua, we developed a new teaching and learning framework called “Korowai Ako” or Cloak of Learning. This simple metaphor represents the wraparound care and support that Kristin provides to both staff and students in their learning, focusing on five main strategies that are essential in ensuring a world-class education.
The cloak shows that these strategies do not occur in isolation, but are interwoven to help unlock the potential of all learners so they can prosper. These strategies interlink by supporting our young people to help them to reflect and learn from their actions and experiences, embrace our diversity and strengths, while fostering inquisitive thinkers and problem solvers, all through a learner-centred approach based on knowing our students.
Korowai Ako Explained
Learn about the Korowai Ako framework
Kristin's Korowai Ako framework provides us a focus to guide our strategic decisions, staffing, budgeting and staff professional learning and development. This framework also builds upon Kristin’s strengths: our strong educational core, highly valued teachers and our supportive, holistic education.
Our key strategies to foster quality teaching and learning
Having a common model and range of strategies and resources for people in our community to thrive and prosper.
Understanding and catering for variations in human brains and cultural needs, through differentiation and culturally responsive practices.
Supporting all students and staff in the process of individual and collaborative investigation, and problem finding and solving within and beyond the classroom.
Learner Centered
Enhancing learning through pedagogies such as e-learning, personalised learning and play-based learning.
Reflection and Coaching
To enable people to have 'better conversations' and reflecting on one’s own actions as a process, in order to support continuous learning and growth.
Digital Innovation at Kristin
Kristin’s BYO iPad and laptop programme allows us to lead the way with innovative and creative teaching and learning practices. We believe in teaching our students the foundations of digital wellbeing, developing a balanced relationship with technology, while advancing the skills needed to manage themselves online in a safe, mindful, and principled manner.
At Kristin, technology is purposefully integrated into the curriculum. Our students use technology to:
- Create, produce, and publish media projects, including videos, original music, webpages, blogs, and infographics
- Research, evaluate, and curate information, media, and data to make connections and draw conclusions
- Explore new concepts via virtual and augmented reality
- Communicate and collaborate with other students, teachers, and experts
- Participate in globally active learning communities
- Develop critical thinking and multi-sensory learning through coding and robotics.
