Read about the Capability Building Model underpinning the Manako Programme, meet the team, and find out more about pathways to capability building.
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The Manako team
The Manako team is responsible for Ako Aotearoa's language, literacy, numeracy and cultural capability programme for people who work with adult learners.
Our Capability Building Model
Our model aims to bring together all the elements needed for improving educator capability in adult language, literacy, numeracy and cultural capability.
About the Manako programme
Manako builds on the work of the National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults and He Taunga Waka. Find out more about our plans for the future.
More from Manako
Tapatoru and DFQM success story
In late 2023, Skills4Work became the first tertiary education organisation to achieve the Dyslexia-Friendly Quality Mark (DFQM) and have their first cohort of staff achieve the Tapatoru Ako Professional Practice Award.
Manako Communities of Practice
Join our Manako and Neurodiversity Communities of Practice for tips, resources, research, news and updates.
Success Story
Success for Ako Aotearoa in 2023 Library of Congress Literacy Awards
The Library of Congress in the United States has selected Ako Aotearoa, the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence, as an honouree in their 2023 Literacy Awards.
Success Story
28 staff from three tertiary organisations receive Tapatoru Award in online ceremony
Ako Aotearoa was proud to acknowledge the recent awardees of the Tapatoru Ako Professional Practice Award in an online ceremony last week.
Success Story
Five tertiary organisations acknowledged in online DFQM ceremony
We were delighted to acknowledge five tertiary organisations for their achievement of the New Zealand Dyslexia-Friendly Quality Mark (DFQM) in an online ceremony yesterday.