Blended approach to culturally responsive practice icot 2013

Janelle Riki and Anaru WhiteBlended e-Learning Facilitators

A Blended Approach to Culturally

Responsive Practice in Mainstream

Schools

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

● Mihimihi - greeting

● Priority Learners

● A tailored PLD approach

● Blended PLD delivery

● Culturally Responsive Practice

● Blended e-Learning for priority learners

● An Educators' Kete

● VLN and CORE websites

Māori

Pasifika

Children with Special Learning Needs

MOE PRIORITY LEARNERS

Our priority learners are not failing in our education

system,

Our education system is failing them!

● Poor● Hungry● Tired and or sick● Inadequate, overcrowded housing● Parents don't value education● Parents don't do homework with their children or

come into school● Poor behaviour● Lazy● Don't value education – it’s cooler to fail● Are not as smart as other kids

Inclusive ResponsiveAccepting

Conduct a cultural audit and produce a comprehensive report that describes the current state of Cultural Responsiveness and that states recommendations for the future.

Develop strategic goals for Māori Education, Māori Achievement and Cultural Responsiveness. Develop an Action Plan in collaboration with staff, the BOT, the local Māori Community and whānau; that describes the school’s current state, the desired state and that has specific goals aimed at achieving the desired outcomes.

Provide tailored and specific PLD to all staff (and BOT members where appropriate), that directly supports the goals and outcomes of the school’s action plan and strategic plan.

PHASE 1CULTURAL AUDIT

PHASE 2PLANNING

A TAILORED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT APPROACH

PHASE 3PLD

BLENDED PLD DELIVERY

Māori achieving Educational Success as Māori

Opportunities to celebrate and excel in their own culture

● Traditional indigenous education and knowledge● Natural inherent abilities, skills, expertise● Indigenous Pedagogy

● Whānau, land & natural resources, te reo, tribal connections● Holistic view: physical, spiritual, academic● Religion, spirituality● Food● Cultural practices and beliefs● History, authority and autonomy

CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICE

● Relationships: personal, meaningful, in-depth● Values based● Educate yourself● Individual needs based● Culture counts, know what you bring to the table● High expectations: strengths, Māori potential● Support, over and above the call of duty● Meaningful contexts● Facilitate, encouragement, self-directed

learning, autonomy, leadership

WHY BLENDED E-LEARNING IS SUCCESSFUL FOR PRIORITY LEARNERS

● Autonomy, self directed

● Interactive

● Gateway to a wider world

● Individualised pace and ability

● Access available for wider family, iwi

● Integration, collaboration, innovation

● Their world, their comfort zone

● Face to face relationships

AN EDUCATORS' KETE

● Meaningful relationships● Te Reo me ōna Tikanga Māori● Culturally Responsive Practice

● Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Ka Hikitia, Tātaiako● Engagement with whānau

● Acknowledgment of iwi/hapū & hau kāinga

BeL Māori & Pasifika

www.vln.school.nz

CORE Professional learning

www.core-ed.org

Janelle Riki Email: janelle.riki@core-ed.org Twitter: @jayeriki

Anaru White Email: anaru.white@core-ed.orgTwitter: @anaruwhite