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NEW - Explicit Teaching Application - webinar now avaiable
Culturally responsive Practice
Culturally responsive Practice
equitable partnerships
equitable partnerships
First Guiding principle
First Guiding principle
Janelle Riki-Waaka encourages is to continue to reflect the intent of Te Tiriti, which is equitable partnership with Māori, supporting and empowering Māori to have rangatiratanga, or self-determination, to have agency, voice, choice.
Janelle talks about
"Equitable partnerships"
"Equitable partnerships"
where neither of the partners has more power than the other.
"Nothing about us, without us"
Closing the gaps for Māori ākonga with structured literacy
Closing the gaps for Māori ākonga with structured literacy
In this 2021 webinar, aimed at kaiako and mātua, the presenters will help you to understand how you can use a structured literacy approach in a Te Reo Māori language setting to raise student achievement. Their aim is for you to leave with practical knowledge you can use in your kura or at home to help your young people become confident and proficient readers and writers and achieve success at school and beyond.
The whole webinar is fantastic but if you have limited time start at 21.00mins- finish at 35.00mins
Using the NZ Curriculum - Te Mātaiaho for Equity
Using the NZ Curriculum - Te Mātaiaho for Equity
Whilst students may be taught in English medium settings, it is important to observe how the teaching of English skills in oral language, reading and writing (including spelling) can support and enhance equitable opportunities for anyone, including, and possible especially, those with diverse language backgrounds. It is clear that the 2025 NZC has a strong culturally sustaining focus.
Learn more detail by exploring this page on the Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Google site developed by Keryn King (RTLB C 28) as part of a 2025 Sabbatical.
On the page you will learn more about how to achieve equitable outcomes for diverse language learners using the resources on Tāhūrangi
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a key part of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a key part of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy.
The UDL Guidelines 3.0 were developed in 2024 in response to "a strong call from the field—both practitioners and researchers alike—to address critical barriers rooted in biases and systems of exclusion for learners with and without disabilities"
According to the CAST website, expansions to this iteration of the UDL Guidelines include:
Putting UDL in conversation with other asset-based approaches and theoretical frameworks — including pedagogies that centre, value, and sustain learners’ cultural practices — and making their intersections and complementary nature more explicit.
The CAST website has a wealth of practical material for teachers and schools to design learning from a Culturally Sustaining pedagogical perspective.
for example:
Represent a diversity of perspectives and identities in authentic ways
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