Tammy Gardiner

Title

Acting Director

Location

Rotorua

Accreditations

• MOE Accredited 
• English Medium Accredited 
• Maori Medium Accredited 

Facilitator

• Aromatawai
• Communities of Learning / Kāhui Ako
• Cultural Capability
• Digital Fluency Curriculum
• Embedding language, culture and identity
• Engaging whānau and communities
• Enhancing student agency
• Innovative Teaching and Learning
• Lifting student achievement
• Literacy and Te Reo Matatini
• Localised curriculum
• Māori Medium
• Mathematics and Pāngarau
• Pakirehua
• Te Ara Reo Māori
• Te Reo Māori and Mātauranga Māori

Qualifications/Credentials

Current academic study: EdD, The University of Waikato (2016)

Current research interests: indigenous frameworks of teaching/learning, inquiry from a Māori perspective and connecting teaching and learning to the Māori world.

2011 Master of Management Studies (Hons) from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

1996 Bachelor of Māori Education from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

1995 DipTchg from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

My Experience

Leadership positions, including Special Education Needs Coordinator, Deputy Principal, Acting Principal, and 20 years of experience within the Māori medium education sector have all contributed to a wealth of knowledge in education.

I am a facilitator supporting the pāngarau provision where current research and theory on teaching and student learning continues to influence my professional practice to focus on Māori success as Māori.