MICRO-BIO

• Andrew King is Principal of Oropi School, Tauranga, New Zealand. He has been a Principal for 12 years. Oropi School is a Primary-Middle school of 350 students, ranging in age from 5-13 years. The school has seen significant growth and the developmen...More

  Andrew King is Principal of Oropi School, Tauranga, New Zealand. He has been a Principal for 12 years. Oropi School is a Primary-Middle school of 350 students, ranging in age from 5-13 years. The school has seen significant growth and the development of a strong International and Intercultural Strategy. The international student population has grown significanlty. Oropi is well known and has a lot of visitors who come to learn about the Gardent-to-table programme, intercultural strategy, forest learning programme, and play based learning. Andrew completed his Masters of Educational Leadership in 2015 and has since presented nationally and internationally on topics related to equity and interculturalism, including published articles. From 2016-2018 Andrew was the lead Principal for a Community of Learning, inclusive of two High Schools and 9 Primary Schools. A team of 52 teachers worked together on the professional learning needs of the communtiy. Part of this work included piloting some work on engagement between schools, the minstry of education and local Maori Iwi in working together collaboratively to raise student achievement.

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EXPERIENCE

• Oropi School

  • Principal
  • Ministry of Education
  • Present

EDUCATION

• University of Waikato

  • Masterd of Educational Leadership, FIrst Class Honours
  • July 2013 to December 2015

  Research Topic: Leading the implementation of an Intercultural Strategy in a Full Primary-Middle School context in New Zealand, with specific reference to the New Zealand - China educational relationship

Links

• Oropi School