Manaiakalani empowers learners and schools through innovative teaching, digital citizenship, and community-driven education. It helps to create equitable opportunities and foster creativity, preparing students for a connected, digital future.
About Manaiakalani
The Manaiakalani Education Trust is the governance body in service of the Manaiakalani Schools and the Programme.
The Manaiakalani Programme provides a framework for teaching and learning in a digital world, supported by our pedagogy and kaupapa.
The Manaiakalani Network is a collective of schools and communities working together to implement the Manaiakalani Programme in partnership with the Manaiakalani Education Trust.
The Manaiakalani Cluster is the original group of schools in Tāmaki that collaborated to develop and implement the Manaiakalani Programme.
The Manaiakalani Kāhui Ako is the formal Ministry of Education-recognised Kāhui Ako for the Schools in the Tāmaki area.
"If a child was continuously present in a Manaiakalani school, that is they got the full ‘dosage’, the rate of gain in writing was twice that expected nationally. This means that these students on average made one more year’s progress above the expected rate per year if they were there for three years. The accelerated rate for reading and maths, although lower at half a year’s additional gain, was still educationally significant."
