The Education Council Booklet "Our code, our standards" mentions culturally responsive pedagogy several times. The Code talks about "our commitment to powersharing through the Treaty of Waitangi which is a commitment to Māori and new settlers".

The Professional Learning Standard has as one of the criteria "Critically examine how my own assumptions and beliefs, including cultural beliefs, impact on practice and the achievement of learners with different abilities and needs, backgrounds, genders, identities, languages and cultures".

The Learning-focused culture standard speaks of a conducive environment "Create an environment where learners can be confident in their identities, languages, cultures and abilities".

The Design for Learning Standard asks that we "Design and plan culturally responsive, evidence-based approaches that reflect the local community and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in New Zealand".

The Teaching Standard expects that "Specifically support the educational aspirations for Māori learners, taking shared responsibility for these learners to achieve educational success as Māori."

Most students identified the relationships they have with the teachers as the most influential factor in their successful achievement whereas teachers initially identified deficit influences such as home background and socio-economic factors as the reasons students were not achieving. The project facilitators and RTLBs trained 30 teachers each year in the participating schools. Huge differences in achievement resulted. Kia Eke Panuku was a smaller version that followed later.

The Effective Teacher Profile

Te Kotahitanga (Bishop et al) produced an effective teacher profile for teaching Māori students here

This profile was used for observations, feedback and training of all teachers in Te Kotahitanga ie effective teaching of Māori students

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The Effective Teaching Profile consists of six elements.

1. Manaakitanga – teachers care for their students as culturally located human beings above all else.
2. Mana motuhake – teachers care for the performance of their students.
3. Nga whakapiringatanga – teachers are able to create a secure, well-managed learning environment.
4. Wananga – teachers are able to engage in effective teaching interactions with Māori students as Māori.
5. Ako – teachers can use strategies that promote effective teaching interactions and relationships with their learners.
6. Kotahitanga – teachers promote, monitor and reflect on outcomes that in turn lead to improvements in educational achievement for Māori students.

Effective teaching for Pasifika students

Case studies of schools who are effectively teaching Pasifika students here

Pasifika Education Plan here

video on building Pasifika relationships here

ERO + improving outcomes for Pasifika learners here

Teacher beliefs about Pasifika values "How can we teach them when they won't listen?" here