An Auckland teacher has a plan to advance te reo Maori teaching “by 20 years” by getting it on one of the world’s leading language learning platforms.
Alwyn Poole of Villa Education Trust has been talking to American company Rosetta Stone for more than a year, and says the technology could be in classrooms within 12 months of securing funding.
He says it would bulldoze the roadblock that stands in the way of schools offering te reo and children learning it: the lack of teachers.
While the Government has poured millions into Te Ahu o te Reo Maori, its te reo training programme for teachers, getting a significant chunk of the workforce through it is still years away.
“Sometimes you’ve got to hit things with a sledgehammer,” Poole says.
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