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Welcome to the Rotorua Central ICT Cluster

**Welcome to our learning space!** **We are a Cluster of 5 Rotorua Primary Schools - Glenholme, Malfroy, Westbrook, Rotorua Primary and Sunset.**

ROTORUA CENTRAL ICT CLUSTER VISION: //“Provide opportunities for the students of the Rotorua Central ICT Cluster to be confident, connected, creative and actively involved 21st century learners”. //

**ROTORUA CENTRAL ICT CLUSTER VALUES: ** Students in the Rotorua Central ICT Cluster will be encouraged to value: • Innovation • Inquiry • Equity • Participation

**Rationale:** Each school in the Rotorua Central ICT Cluster has an extremely high percentage of Maori students. Management of the Rotorua Central ICT Cluster believe that managing success for our Māori students is about having a high quality education system that is accessible, equitable and responsive to different learning aspirations, ensuring every educational option is quality choice • The Rotorua Central ICT Cluster’s purpose is to transform the education system of our schools to ensure Māori are enjoying educational success in Information and Communication Technologies • Management of the Rotorua Central ICT Cluster agree that the students within the cluster do not have the required ICT support from parents and whanau to build strong foundations for ICT learning as a prerequisite for further education, qualifications and higher level tertiary education consistent to that of their European counterparts • The Rotorua Central ICT Cluster wants to build on the Māori Potential Approach which emphasises working together, sharing power and informed decision making <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">• The Rotorua Central ICT Cluster supports Māori self-development and self-determination and represents a move away from a focus on deficit, problems failure and risks to focus making the most of opportunities for success <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">• The Rotorua Central ICT Cluster believes that this application for Information and Communication Technologies Professional Development Collaboration Programme is an opportunity to ultimately manage success for Māori students of Rotorua through effective teacher professional learning and development