Some guiding questions for our Teacher Meeting reflecting on Ka Hikitia
What are the guiding principles and how do we measure up against these in our everyday interactions with students and whanau?
Identity, language and culture count:
Making sure that students see their experiences and knowledge reflected in teaching and learning.
One way we do this at Tuakau is selecting texts from Ready to Read that reflect Maori experiences eg. whitebaiting, At the Marae, Talking to Nanny. We also use the MASAM texts in the School Journals. (Maori Achieving Success as Maori)
We also for the last 2 years have chosen Topics for the year that allow Maori students to share their knowledge. 2014: Te Awa. 2015: Te Whenua
Productive Partnerships:
Key stakeholders must form productive partnerships where there is an ongoing exchange of knowledge and information, and where everybody contributes to achieving the goals. Involves understanding that Maori children are connected to whanau. Parents/whanau must be involved in conversations about their children and their learning.
In 2015 we realised that whanau need to be involved earlier in their childs learning and goal setting so we started a Term 1 goal setting parents meeting. It meant parents/whanau were more informed where their child was achieving and where they needed to get and how they could help at home.
The Treaty of Waitangi:
Joint responsibility of the Crown (MOE), iwi, hapu and whanau.
This emphasises the power of collaboration and the value
of working closely with iwi and Māori organisations to
lift the performance of the education system.
For education professionals, collaboration is
about creating ways for whānau, hapū, iwi, Māori
organisations and communities to contribute to
what and how Māori students learn, as well as
working together to provide support for Māori
students’ learning.
Wharehoka Wano speaks about the importance and meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi curriculum principle. Wharehoka offers schools simple strategies to get started and describes what might be seen in classrooms where the Treaty of Waitangi principle is enacted.
Click here for the video on the Treaty of Waitangi
Wharehoka Wano speaks about the importance and meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi curriculum principle. Wharehoka offers schools simple strategies to get started and describes what might be seen in classrooms where the Treaty of Waitangi principle is enacted.
Click here for the video on the Treaty of Waitangi
I am going to 'Making Sense of Te Tiriti o Waitangi' twilight workshop, hosted by Onewhero Area School on Monday 21st September, beginning at 6pm.
This will enable me to be more familiar with this Guiding Principal.
Maori potential approach
Every Maori student has the potential to make a valuable social, cultural and economic contribution to the well-being of their whanau, their community and NZ as a whole. Stakeholders must share high expectations of Maori to achieve.
Ako-a two way teaching and learning process. (The Educator and the student learn from each other in an interactive way)
What are the key messages for you after reading the document?
Wharehoka and his message about normalising
