Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership

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

Understand and recognize the unique status of Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

• Communicates effectively with Māori parents and whānau about their child’s learning.

• Engages with Māori learners, whānau, hapū, iwi, and Māori communities in open dialogue about teaching and learning.

• Has respectful working relationships with Māori learners and their whānau, hapū, and iwi that enhance Māori learner achievement.

Understand and acknowledge the histories, heritages, languages, and cultures of partners to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

• Actively seeks ways to work with whānau to maximize Māori learner success.

• Displays respect, integrity, and sincerity when engaging with Māori learners, whānau, hapū, iwi, and communities.

• Demonstrably cares about Māori learners, what they think and why.

Practice and develop the use of te reo and tikanga Māori. 

• Displays respect for the local Māori culture (ngā Tikanga-ā-iwi) in engaging with Māori learners, their parents whānau, hapū, iwi, and communities.

• Incorporates Māori culture (including Tikanga-ā-iwi) in curriculum delivery and design processes.

• Can describe how the Treaty of Waitangi influences their practice as a teacher in the New Zealand educational setting.
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Consciously plans and uses pedagogy that engages Māori learners and caters to their needs.

Plans and implements programs of learning that accelerate the progress of each Māori learner identified as achieving below or well below expected achievement levels.

Actively engages Māori learners and whānau in the learning (partnership) through regular, purposeful feedback and constructive feed-forward.

Harnesses the rich cultural capital that Māori learners bring to the classroom by providing culturally responsive and engaging contexts for learning.

Actively facilitates the participation of whānau and people with the knowledge of local context, Tikanga, history, and language to support classroom teaching and learning programs.

Consciously uses and actively encourages the use of local Māori contexts (such as whakapapa, environment, Tikanga, language, history, place, economy, politics, local icons, and geography) to support Māori learners’ learning.

Validates the prior knowledge that Māori learners bring to their learning.

Maintains high expectations of Māori learners succeeding as Māori.

Takes responsibility for their own development of Māori learner achievement.

Ensures congruency between learning at home and at school.