Culturally Responsive Practice

'Ka Hikitia' means to step up, to lift up or to lengthen one's stride.  it means stepping up how the education system performs to ensrue Māori students are enjoying and achieving education success as Māori.

The strategy is built around five guiding principles:

1) The Treaty of Waitangi,

2) Māori potential approach,

3) Ako, or the idea that teaching and learning is reciprocal,

4) Identity, language, and culture count, and

5) Productive partnerships.

The Action Plan for Pacific Education (the Action Plan) maps the Government's commitment to transforming outcomes for Pacific learners and families and signals how early learning services, schools and tertiary providers can achieve change for Pacific learners and their families.

There is a Hikairo Schema for Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary Schools. 

These are guides to support teachers to develop new and innovative ways of providing culturally sensitive and inclusive learning strategies in their classrooms. The link will provide more information about this framework.

Tapasā is a resource to support teachers to develop cultural competence to successfully teach Pacific learners.

Tātaiako is a resource to support teachers to develop cultural competence to successfully teach Māori learners.