Ako Aotearoa's Board

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Names and profiles of the members of Ako Aotearoa's Board.

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Professor Bryan Gould CNZM (Chair)

M.A; B.A; B.CL; (Oxon); Ll.M; (Auckland); Hon.Doc. (Waikato)

Born in Hawera, Professor Bryan Gould obtained a Master of Laws degree with first-class honours from Auckland University before being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University, where he completed a Bachelor of Civil Laws with first-class honours.

He began his career working in the Foreign Office in London and Brussels and later served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament for a total of 16 years, during which time he held various shadow cabinet portfolios and directed two general election campaigns for the British Labour Party.
In 1994, he returned to New Zealand to the Vice-Chancellorship of Waikato University, a position he held till his retirement in 2004.

During this period, Professor Gould made an important contribution to tertiary education at a national as well as an institutional level serving for a period as Chair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee and making regular contributions to public debate on educational policy.

Among many honours he has received, Professor Gould was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005 and awarded an honorary doctorate by Waikato University in 2006.

 

Donna Buckingham

Donna Buckingham is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Otago, teaching and writing in statutory interpretation, evidence law and civil procedure.

Donna is a Barrister of the High Court of New Zealand, the former Chair of the Women’s Consultative Group of the New Zealand Law Society and a Council member of the Otago Branch of the New Zealand Law Society.

She is the founder and current Director of the New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII), the largest New Zealand publisher of free online legislation, court and tribunal decisions, reports and articles.

Donna is completing her term as the President of the Ako Aotearoa Academy of Tertiary Teaching Excellence, the body of national tertiary teaching award winners, providing advice on tertiary education policy and practice across all sectors. She is delighted to be able continue her work with Ako in her new capacity.

 

Denise Church QSO

MS (Wisconsin-Madison), MSc (Canterbury), BCom (Auckland), BSc (Auckland)

Denise Church is a Wellington based consultant and company director.

From 1996 to 2001 Denise was Chief Executive of the Ministry for the Environment. Her professional background includes environmental management, public affairs and strategic management in central and local government, industry and the voluntary sector in New Zealand and the UK.

Denise currently chairs the Wellington Zoo Trust and WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature) New Zealand, and convenes the Ethics Advisory Panel for the Environmental Risk Management Authority. She is a past director of Landcare Research.

Her consultancy practice focuses on leadership, strategy and governance, and she has particular interests in education, research, and sustainable development. Denise facilitates the public service’s Leadership in Practice programme.

Denise has degrees in zoology, economics, resource management and urban and regional planning. She was a Rotary Graduate Scholar to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Denise was made a Companion of the Queens Service Order (QSO) in the 2002 Queens Birthday Honours.

Fiso John Fiso

Currently Chief Executive Officer of the New Zealand Institute of Sport, I have been a member of the NZAPEP Executive since 2001, holding the Māori/Pacific Portfolio as well as being Treasurer for two years.

As CEO of one of the largest PTEs which cover Targeted and SAC Funding, with programmes operating from Level 2 to Level 6, I am able to relate to the many different challenges of the different groups from targeted to industry to school leavers to adult learners.

I am also President of the Pacific Island Tertiary Providers of New Zealand (PITPONZ) and this has led to a very supportive environment between NZAPEP and PITPONZ

I am a graduate of the University of Otago, in Physical Education and Economics, and Christchurch Teachers College. I have held management positions in secondary schools for over ten years as well as ten years in the tertiary PTE sector. My postgraduate qualification from the linguistics department at Victoria University has put me in an ideal position to assess different modes of delivery and teacher effectiveness. I have been responsible for working with the wider sector to address the Pacific strategy for the TES. He has been a representative in sport at the Regional and National level and has held executive and board positions in a number of different sport organisations.

I am passionate about how the PTE sector caters for a whole range of learners, reflecting how one size doesn’t fit all.

I look forward to continuing to work with you in the future and strengthening the private tertiary sector provision.

 

Dr Kathie Irwin

Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu, Rakaipaaka PhD, (Victoria), MEd (Massey), BEd (Hons) (1st Class) (Massey), Dip Tchg (Massey), Dip Tch Training (PNTC)

Professor Irwin specializes in Māori education, research and advancement. Kathie trained as a primary school teacher from 1974 to 1976, and completed her first three degrees in education at Massey University: (BEd) (1977), (BEd Hons, 1st Class) (1978) and (MEd) (1988). She graduated PhD from Victoria University in 2002.

Kathie has held academic positions in the tertiary sector for over 25 years. From 1981 – 1988 she was on staff at Massey University, from 1988 – 2000 at Victoria. From 2002 to 2005 Professor Irwin worked in strategic and business development for the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust, a major provider of tertiary education for Māori in te reo Māori and tikanga Māori. She joined the tribal university (Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi) in 2005.

From July 2007 – June 2008 Kathie holds a professorial postdoctoral Research Fellowship with Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi. She is working on two texts: Māori Education: Creating Transformative Change and Maori Education: From Wretchedness to Hope.

 

Dr Joce Jesson

Ph.D[ (Auckland ) MA (Hons) (Auckland) Dip. Guid., Dip. H. Sc.(Otago) , Dip. Tchg. Fellow New Zealand Institute of Education, NZEI.

Dr Jesson is a principal lecturer in Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland. She is a member of the National Executive of the Association of Staff in Tertiary Education, (ASTE) where she leads the Teacher Education caucus.

Joce has an extensive background in teaching in a range of settings, primary, secondary and tertiary education, inner city and rural. At the University of Auckland she teaches research methods, and education policy, and a masters course on the politics and culture of teachers work as well as another masters course on long life learning. She has a particular interest in the professional expertise of tertiary teachers, and in their upskilling through qualifications. Her research interests include educators’ work, union education, community and adult education and education policy.

Joce is also a member of the Board of Directors of Auckland Regional Holdings as well a the Chair of the Mangere Mountain Education Trust. She is an advisor to the Department of Labour on Employment Relations Education.

 

Phil Ker

MEd. (Hons) (Massey), BCom. (Auckland), Trained Teachers Diploma (Auckland),

Phil Ker brings to the Board experience from a range of tertiary education contexts including his current role as CEO of Otago Polytechnic. He has held academic roles as a lecturer in business, a staff developer and a tutor trainer in the polytechnic sector; and management and executive management roles in student services, human resources and facilities management. He is also a past president and life member of the Association of Staff in Tertiary Education.

Phil has special interests, including research interest in tertiary teacher appraisal and development and in quality teaching and learning, the latter viewed from an holistic perspective. He also has a broad experience in and a clarity of understanding of governance vis a vis management, and is also currently a Director of TANZ (Tertiary Accord of New Zealand) and Te Tapuae o Rehua.

 

Trevor Moeke

Poutiaki Director, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Kahungunu

Trevor Moeke is the Director of Delivery Relations and Advisor to the CEO of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Trevor has a background in Māori education, te reo Māori regeneration, public service, Māori broadcasting and iwi development. Trevor serves worldwide indigenous networks as Co-Chair for WINHEC (World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium) and has experience in Quality Assurance systems in the New Zealand tertiary sector. Trevor is also a board member of Pūtahi Paho (Māori Electoral College for Māori Television Service).

 

 

Emeritus Professor Tom Prebble

PhD (Alberta), MA (Hons) (Auckland), Dip Tchg (Auckland Coll. of Ed.), Fellow, NZ Ed. Admin. Soc.

Dr. Prebble is an education consultant and Emeritus Professor of Massey University. He spent much of his earlier career at Massey serving most recently as Professor of Higher Education and formerly as Principal (Extramural and International), Director of Extramural Studies, and Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Educational Administration.

Tom has undertaken a range of consultancies, both national and international, in programme evaluation, distance education, e-learning and international education. He has also undertaken a number of recent research studies on the impact of academic development and support services on student learning outcomes.

 

 

Anania W Randall

B.ED, ATC, (FTM), ADV.DIP. (Tertiary Teaching),

Tena Koutou Katoa,

Ko Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Kahungungu, me Te Atiawa nga Iwi, Ko Waikare, Ko Omahu, Ko Waiwhetu nga marae.
Ko Te Awanuiarangi te Awa, Te Whanganui a Tara te Moana, Ko Wainuiomata toku Turangawaiwai
Ko Anania Wiremu Randall, toku ingoa.

Anania Randal has a trade background in Mechanical Engineering and robotics. His work in education has been primarily in the private sector with nineteen years experience working with Maori Private Training Establishments.

Anania is currently the Co-Chair of AMPTEE National Executive. He has worked with Massey University on the development of the AMPTEE/Massey Marae based Bachelor of Education Degree programme and also with Victoria University on the early childhood Marae based Whariki Papatipu Diploma and now Degree programme. Anania has also worked with parents of Maori children to help set up a Full Immersion Maori Rumaki unit at - Wainuiomata High School. This has been in operation since 2004.

He has had previous roles on Boards at the Wellington College of Education, now Victoria University, Pukeatua School in Wainuiomata, and I am also currently serving on the Boards of the Runanga for Te Atiawa and the Rimutaka Forest Park Trust.

 

Professor Lorraine Stefani

PhD (Glasgow), Dip Higher Education Research and Development (University College London), Fellowship of the Staff and Educational Development Association (UK), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, (UK).

Professor Stefani is a senior academic with almost 20 years experience working in the diverse fields of educational and academic development.

She has a strong record of research, development and scholarship with experience gained not only through full time academic positions but also through providing consultancy for universities across the UK, in South Africa, Hong Kong, Hungary, Switzerland and New Zealand.

Lorraine is a strong advocate for and supporter of blended-learning strategies and provision of personal learning spaces. She has excellent networking skills and the ability to develop sustainable partnerships to link academic development and developers with Faculties, disciplines and appropriate institutional central services; extensive experience of change management; a high level research output on a range of academic development topics including e-learning, assessment of student learning and student engagement.

Professor Stefani is a former member of the Inaugural Council of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education UK and she was also an accreditor of postgraduate professional development programmes for the ILTHE (now the Higher Education Academy) from 2000-2003.