Positioning for Truancy Innovation: Report for Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi
Project Background
Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi has developed and implemented an innovative approach to working with schools to improve student attendance. The programme is underpinned by recent research into attendance, engagement and wellbeing of rangatahi in mainstream education carried out by The Southern Initiative (2020).
“We have developed a Whānau Action Plan between my son and I, it’s a living document, I would like to see my boy in school, enjoying it ... that’s my dream.”
- Whānau
Find out how we can help you
We’ll work with you to find out what’s working, where investment could be put to best use or how to improve anything not going to plan. We can help you define success and set tangible, measurable goals. And we talk in real language so you can understand and engage with the findings. We engage with the community to conduct community research and consultations for private companies, trusts, government agencies, NGOs and more. But we have a special interest in research that has a purpose - to better society and teach lessons. We aim to help those we work with build capacity to enact positive change.
