Friday's Puna Ako
Puna Ako on Friday to me was quite frustrating. Our plan was to get through the purposes of each time (puna ako, kaupapa ako and MAI time) and maybe touch on some of the principles.
I have thought about this and meditated on it a lot over the weekend and so have my initial frustrations and then my further thoughts in different colours.
We started at 9am because people had gathered in the main part to do some Waiata and Karakia, which is fine, but it's important that we all do it, rather than starting with two thirds of the Hapori in a different space.
Some of our Hapori are new, and have never started with a Puna Ako time first before. Their initial reaction on the day was to go straight to the library, and people were already practicing in there for the Waiata so it didn't occur to them to leave.
Juanita was away for the day which was annoying, because it's hard to do things consistency with lots of people away all the time.
Her partner and kids were arriving from Canada who she hadn't seen for a very long time. She was welcoming them back and I need to understand that in a group there is always going to be something going on and I need to be OK with that as a leader.
Sarah suggested we work during the Whanau Engagement time because we didn't have any bookings and then we go home early at the end of the day. This frustrated me because we have so much work to do to get to a place where we can effectively teach next year, and we need as much time as we can get in our Hapori. We said no we can't go early, but it's a good idea to work during Whanau Engagement time.
Sarah probably doesn't understand the amount of work we have to do.
Helen had to leave at 3pm to have a haircut, Te had to leave to pick up his daughter, and Sarah had to leave to catch a flight. This meant that we pretty much had to finish work there, as we couldn't really go on without 4 people from our Whanau. Justine asked to leave because we'd worked during the second block and she was quite tired.
Lives are out there, and sometimes get in the way of things. I need to be open to people who have things that take priority for them over school work. I also think Paul and I perhaps didn't make our expectations clear at the start.
I debriefed with Paul afterwards and we talked about the day. We actually did achieve our goal, which was to get the three purposes done for the different times during the day, but it was a long and tiring day. Paul and I have since sent out an email thanking the Hapori for the effort they put in during that day (as it was a significant amount of processing) and nicely reminding them to make appointments around school if at all possible.
Attached are some pictures from the day.
I have thought about this and meditated on it a lot over the weekend and so have my initial frustrations and then my further thoughts in different colours.
We started at 9am because people had gathered in the main part to do some Waiata and Karakia, which is fine, but it's important that we all do it, rather than starting with two thirds of the Hapori in a different space.
Some of our Hapori are new, and have never started with a Puna Ako time first before. Their initial reaction on the day was to go straight to the library, and people were already practicing in there for the Waiata so it didn't occur to them to leave.
Juanita was away for the day which was annoying, because it's hard to do things consistency with lots of people away all the time.
Her partner and kids were arriving from Canada who she hadn't seen for a very long time. She was welcoming them back and I need to understand that in a group there is always going to be something going on and I need to be OK with that as a leader.
Sarah suggested we work during the Whanau Engagement time because we didn't have any bookings and then we go home early at the end of the day. This frustrated me because we have so much work to do to get to a place where we can effectively teach next year, and we need as much time as we can get in our Hapori. We said no we can't go early, but it's a good idea to work during Whanau Engagement time.
Sarah probably doesn't understand the amount of work we have to do.
Helen had to leave at 3pm to have a haircut, Te had to leave to pick up his daughter, and Sarah had to leave to catch a flight. This meant that we pretty much had to finish work there, as we couldn't really go on without 4 people from our Whanau. Justine asked to leave because we'd worked during the second block and she was quite tired.
Lives are out there, and sometimes get in the way of things. I need to be open to people who have things that take priority for them over school work. I also think Paul and I perhaps didn't make our expectations clear at the start.
I debriefed with Paul afterwards and we talked about the day. We actually did achieve our goal, which was to get the three purposes done for the different times during the day, but it was a long and tiring day. Paul and I have since sent out an email thanking the Hapori for the effort they put in during that day (as it was a significant amount of processing) and nicely reminding them to make appointments around school if at all possible.
Attached are some pictures from the day.
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| Statement about MAI time |
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| Statement about Puna Ako |
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| Statement about Kaupapa Ako |
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| Questions about Kaupapa Ako |
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| A graphic Clark made about the purposes for each time. |
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