1. Ka Hikitia Presentation By Cheryl Harvey Team Solutions June 2011

2. Ka Hikitia Step up, lift up or lengthen one’s stride Step up the performance of the education system to ensure Māori are enjoying education success as Māori An education system that is accessible, equitable and responsive to different learning aspirations

3. Principles of NZC The curriculum reflects NZ’s cultural diversity, values and the histories and traditions of its people The curriculum ensures that students’ identities, languages, abilities and talents are recognised and affirmed and that their learning needs are addressed The curriculum has meaning for students and connects with their wider lives.

4. Maori rubric 5 Learners enjoying success as Māori Culture is the accumulation of beliefs, values, habits, customs and traditions shared by a group of people and used as a frame of reference or lens through which to view and respond to the world.

5. The Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi is central to and symbolic of our national heritage, identity and future It protects Māori learners’ rights to achieve true citizenship through gaining a range of vital skills and knowledge. Te protects te reo Māori as a taonga

6. Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success 2008 - 2012 Maori learners working with others to determine successful learning and educational pathways Maori learners excel and successfully realise their cultural distinctiveness and potential Maori learners successfully participating in and contributing to te Ao Maori

7. Maori achievement rubric Ka Hikitia targets for Maori learners See page 33 Ka Hikitia

8. Effective Teaching See Māori rubric for effective teaching of Maori students See also Effective teaching Profile - Te Kotahitanga - manaakitanga, mana motuhake, nga whakapiringatanga, wananga, ako

9. Māori Potential Approach A potential approach for Māori in education has three key underlying principles: Māori Potential: all Māori learners have unlimited potential (RTC 10 ) Cultural Advantage: all Māori have cultural advantage by virtue of who they are – being Māori is an asset; not a problem (RTC 3) Inherent Capability: all Māori are inherently capable of achieving success. (RTC 10) see Table 1

10. The Maori Education Strategy Maori learners Gaining the universal skills and knowledge needed to successfully participate and contribute to Aotearoa New Zealand and the world.

11. AKO - reciprocity Relationship between teacher and student (see RTC 1) Language, culture and identity - building on what students bring (RTC 8) Productive partnerships - Maori students, whanau, hapu, iwi and educators sharing knowledge and expertise (RTC 1)

12. Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Culture and education are inextricably woven Māori learners are more likely to achieve when they see themselves, their whanau, hapu and iwi reflected in the learning and are able to be Māori in all learning contexts

13. Ka Hikitia How might Maori students at this school see themselves, whanau, hapu and iwi reflected in the environment?