Ratu Lolohea

Passionate and compassionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via student experiences, interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills. Dedicated Teacher professional with history of meeting school goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational spirit.

I lived in Tonga until I was 9 years old. I am fluent in Tongan, that means I can speak, read, write and do mathematics in the Tongan language. I have lived in Aotearoa New Zealand so I am also fluent English. The past two years have been spend at the university of Canterbury improving my ability to become fluent in Maori. This is my life's mission. To be a part of the wave of professionals who work in the revitalisation of the Maori Language me ona Tikanga.