Teacher-only planning companion for Manu Poster Rubric. Use this page to keep the assessment centred on evidence, audience, and local action rather than decorative effort alone.
This page is for kaiako. The rubric has the strongest pedagogy value when it is used formatively. Students need to see the quality bar early so message, evidence, and design choices improve while the work is still in progress.
A mātauranga Māori lens matters because respectful use of te reo Māori, local place, and community voice should be visible in the assessment criteria, not left implicit.
Planning and developing ideas for a visual text, then evaluating and revising its effectiveness for audience and purpose.
The rubric makes audience, message, evidence, and revision visible. That turns the final task into more than a craft activity and helps students treat it as a purposeful text.
This fit becomes strongest for older or extension learners asked to justify design choices explicitly.
Students participate individually and collectively in response to community challenges.
The advocacy product is not neutral. It is communicating a response to a local challenge, so the rubric should keep action and audience in view as well as presentation quality.
Especially useful when students present to whānau or another real audience.
Visual texts communicate ideas and messages through design choices and ethical representation.
Teach students not to use photos, quotes, or kupu Māori casually. The rubric can reinforce respectful and accurate use of evidence and language.
A strong bridge when the final product includes public display or digital sharing.
Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand Curriculum. Learning Media.
Ministry of Education. (2021). Te Mātaiaho: The Refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. Ministry of Education.
Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. (2021). Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners. Teaching Council.