CRP Cultural Resonsiveness

CRP presentation

Thinkings:

What an awesome day lots of great questions and really made me question my own practice

On the Surface Practice VS Real Cultural Responsiveness

I think we are all good at doing the things that are on the surface - saying the words and singing the songs. But there is so much more to consider and in considering this think about how our actions involve or push away our maori families. What it really left me thinking is:

Are there things that I could be doing in my classroom that fit well within Maori culture that would make a difference to ALL of my learners?

- Being respectful of where we have come from - our whakapapa. As a New Zealander this is really important to me but how can I include the whakapapa of the families in our classroom?

- The idea that the village raises the child. So how can I include my whanau more in the things that we do in class? How can I make sure everyone especially my Maori parents feel good about coming into class and being a part of our learning?

- How can I use Maori language in a way that it just becomes a part of what we do and how we talk? And does that result in better outcomes?

Using a theme in Wa Kitea

Presentation

Challenges

• Making sure that themes don’t get too arts and craftsy
• Finding activities that are not too over the top and too expensive to maintain

Positives

• More focused, excited groups
• Oral language is more focussed around a theme and extended through thinking about different ideas
• Not getting the same outcomes each week
• More parent involvement
• Can include topic areas that often find hard to fit in - science,technology
• Great for writing - gives them something exciting to write about