Ako Aotearoa

Ako Aotearoa, New Zealand's National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence, has a vision of the best possible educational outcomes for all learners. Work towards this vision focuses on building strong and collaborative relationships with tertiary organisations, practitioners and learners to enhance the effectiveness of tertiary teaching and learning practices.

From 2010 on, the following strategic themes guides the work towards tertiary teaching excellence:

• Enhancing service standards of tertiary organisations and aspiring to excellence
• Evidence-based enhancement of practice at the individual and organisational levels
• Strategic and sustainable support for Māori educators and learners within an Ako Framework
• Supporting Pacific Peoples’ advancement through tertiary education
• Hearing and acting on the learner voice
• Working in partnership and maximising leverage across the tertiary sector for learner benefit
• Promoting discussion and debate about the enhancement of tertiary teaching and learning.

For more details see http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/

Ako Aotearoa mission

Through a focus on enhancing the effectiveness of tertiary teaching and learning practices, Ako Aotearoa will assist educators and organisations to enable the best possible educational outcomes for all learners.

Ako Aotearoa view on teaching and learning

The use of the Māori word Ako reflects Ako's view that teaching and learning are two interactive parts of the whole education experience:

• Learning should be active – learners have responsibilities as well as rights.
• Teachers modify and improve their practice by interacting with active learners.

Ako Aotearoa commitment to te Tiriti o Waitangi

Ako Aotearoa is committed to becoming a treaty-based organisation, embracing the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi. It aspires to become a bicultural organisation and are guided by Te Tauākī Ako, the Ako Framework developed in discussion with our Māori Caucus.

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