Aroaro Tamati and Hinerangi Korewha 
Biography
This keynote address will be presented by members of Te Kopae Piripono's teaching team, led by Aroaro Tamati and Hinerangi Korewha. Aroaro and Hinerangi are founding whanau members and current directors of Te Kopae Piripono - an immersion Maori early childhood centre, based in New Plymouth. Hinerangi and Aroaro have been involved in early childhood education for twenty years. Both are registered early childhood teachers. Aroaro also has a Master of Education Early Years degree.
In 1994, they, along with other prominent individuals in Taranaki, established Te Kopae Piripono. The kaupapa or philosophy of Te Kopae Piripono is excellence in Maori immersion early childhood education and whanau development. In 2004, Te Kopae Piripono was named Centre of Innovation. A central focus of Te Kopae Piripono's research was the role of whanau and leadership, in young children's learning and development. Hinerangi and Aroaro were professional leaders of Te Kopae Piripono's three-year Centre of Innovation research project.
Keynote presentation - The four responsibilities - Reconceptualising leadership in early childhood education
Traditional notions of leadership in early childhood education tend to focus on the roles and responsibilities of professional teaching communities, that is, the teachers, supervisors and directors of early childhood centres. We at Te Kopae Piripono encourage you to consider leadership from a different perspective. We argue that leadership and learning are best fostered in the context of whanau, where all members of a community are viewed as leaders in their own way and their own right.
Within this whanau context, we believe that leadership should be viewed in relation to four key responsibilities - Being responsible, having responsibility, taking responsibility and sharing responsibility. The concept of the four responsibilities seeks to strip away traditionally understood western structures and notions about leadership, and instead focus on what really matters - people and relationships. The four responsibilities are, fundamentally, about how people - children and adults - view themselves and their perceptions, feelings, attitudes and relationships with others.
The keynote presentation is unavailable at the presenters request.
Keynote workshop - Everybody is a leader - Nga takohanga e wha (the four responsibilities)
Why is it that the word ‘leadership' is so often associated with professional early childhood leaders? What about everyone else - including families and children? Nga takohanga e wha (The four responsibilities) conceptualises the notion of leadership from a whānau perspective where everyone's contribution matters and everybody is a leader.
This workshop explores further the concept of nga takohanga e wha (the four responsibilities) and how this relates to people's own situations.
The keynote workshop is unavailable at the presenters request.
