He Pikorua Actively expresses Te Tiriti

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Ngā Hau e Whā Resource Teachers

 Learning and Behaviour (RTLB)

Cluster 28 Procedures

Procedure Number: 1.2

Procedure Title: Professional Practice: Te Tiriti o Waitangi me Te Ao Māori

Rationale:  

RTLB demonstrate their commitment  to Te Tiriti o Waitangi by practicing in culturally affirming ways.

Guiding Principles:

RTLB practice follows the principles in the three articles of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

• partnership (Article I) by working effectively with iwi and other Māori providers involved with a student

• protection (Article II) by valuing children as tāonga 

• participation (Article III) by ensuring whānau and families have the opportunity to participate in the entire process. (He Pikorua)

The seven principles underpinning RTLB practice include Mokopuna and Whānau centered and Culturally Affirming.  This is about RTLB understanding a student's history, customs and world view and working in a genuine partnership with parents/whānau and families.

The RTLB service supports the capability of schools to identify and manage the diversity of  needs of students and kaiako in their communities.  To do this, RTLB must  demonstrate cultural competence, skills and knowledge.   

Working Groups

Ngā Hau e Whā Cluster has identified two working groups, each with a specific purpose:

Taki-ā-Hau

Members of Taki-ā-Hau strive to:

• Establish Ngā Hau e Whā RTLB cluster tikanga

• Strengthen the confidence of all RTLB  to be culturally responsive in their practice  in order to improve outcomes for Māori learners

• Support Ngā Hau e Whā RTLB cluster to meet its commitment to Te Tiriti O Waitangi

Roopu Whakaruruhau

Ngā Hau e Whā  commits to working collaboratively with our RTLB colleagues in Remutaka (Cluster 27) and Te Awa Kairangi (Cluster 29)  to strengthen practitioners’ culturally responsive practice.  

Cultural Supervision

Cultural Supervision is available to RTLB.  This is an opportunity to discuss kaupapa Māori take (issues), new information, strategies specific and universal to Māori students, and to build wairua...whatever is needed to support RTLB to be effective as nga tira rāranga (RTLB) working with Māori students, teachers and each other.

Guiding documents

RTLB practice is guided by the following documents:

Our Code, Our Standards

Our Code challenges us to:

• demonstrate a commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in the learning environment

• respect the diversity of the heritage, language, identity and culture of all learners

• affirm Māori learners as tangata whenua and support their educational aspirations

• respect the diversity of the heritage, language, identity and culture of families and whānau

• demonstrate a commitment to a Tiriti o Waitangi based Aotearoa New Zealand

Our Standards challenge us to:

Demonstrate commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand.

He Pikorua in Action

He Pikorua in Action is the practice framework that helps RTLB to work with confidence as specialist practitioners and with the collective knowledge, energy and support of others.  The framework is underpinned by Ka Hikitia and Tataiako which challenge us to practice in culturally responsive ways.  

Tataiako

RTLB recognise, value and respond to the needs of Māori by incorporating the competencies within "Tataiako - cultural competencies for teachers of Māori learners". 

Ka Hikitia - Ka Hāpaitia and Tau Mai Te Reo

Māori are enjoying and achieving educational success as Māori, as they develop the skills to participate in Te Ao Māori, Aotearoa and the wider world.

The Ministry has identified the implementation of Ka Hikitia - Ka Hāpaitia[1] and Tau Mai Te Reo[2] as a strategic priority in the Funding Agreement 2024-2025.

Success criteria for the implementation of these strategies are:

• Ka Hikitia priorities are reflected in practice and in planning and reporting

• All clusters support and benefit from the expertise of RTLB who belong to Ngā Powhirinakitanga, to build the knowledge of all RTLB and strengthen kaupapa Māori approaches to learning support in Māori and English medium settings.

Tau Mai Te Reo 

Tau Mai Te Reo sets out the goals we are seeking to achieve and provides a framework for coordinating our programmes and services that support Māori language in Māori medium and English medium education.