Cultural identity is the key to increasing the level of education for each learner. This video demonstrates awareness of the diverse identities Pacific learners bring to the school environment.
This video is about being Cook Islander, the diversity of Pacific Islands, and how one size does not fit all.
This video is about culturally located and responsive practice, identity, language, and recognising learners as individuals located within their cultures
In this video, Pennie Otto, Manurewa High School, shares her outlook about community identity.
This video illustrates that teachers are learners too.
About leadership support for non-Pacific staff, teachers and learners to engage in a culturally responsive way.
This video is about community engagement and establishing strong home-community partnerships.
Engaging families and whānau strengthens cultural space for Pacific learners. Watch how this school approaches first engagements with Pacific families, and remove any barriers to family engagement.
In this video, Pacific learners discuss what it means to be a leader.
Understanding your own identity means you are more likely to try and understand the identities of others. In this video, Sojung Yoon discusses his own cultural identity and life experiences and reflects on how this impacts his practice as a teacher.
Rhonda Duncraft, Sydenham Community Preschool, explains the steps they took to build a truly inclusive environment.
Kylie McDonnell shares her personal understanding of the Pasifika Success Compass.
This video is about being Fijian, cultural identity, and how Fiji customs and traditions are similar to other Pacific Islands.
A Tokelauan teacher shares how they use the Pacific values to guide the curriculum in her early childhood setting.
This video explores the Samoan concept of 'le va' (the space in between) in relationship and relatedness.
This video is about developing local curriculum and best practices.
Schools need to let families know that they value whānau opinions, expertise and contributions. Partnerships and connections are vital to building a close community network.
This video shares the dreams and aspirations of Pacific parents, learners, and leaders.
Creating an environment that nurtures and values diverse cultural backgrounds means that learners feel supported, respected and able to uphold their cultural identity in their learning environment.
This video illustrates how teacher expectations influence their learners’ experiences of learning.
Jane Clifford uses Tapasā as a guide to what Pacific learners, families, and communities expect from a teacher.
Samoan identity at school brings pride, confidence, and a sense of belonging.
Keshmin Reedy speaks about the challenges and opportunities of culturally responsive teaching.
This video illustrates the values of faith, spirituality (church), and family.
This video is about knowing your students, the cultures they identify with, and what this means for them.
Engaging children in their home language is important and teachers need to include it in their lessons and programmes. Keeping Pacific languages alive in schools also embraces Pacific learners’ identities and cultures.
This video encourages educators to take a holistic view of Pacific learners.
This video is all about the importance of strong, reciprocal, responsive, and collaborative relationships. Teachers need to use Pacific constructs to engage, collaborate, and empower learners.
This video is about the importance of recognising and building on the identity, language, and culture of Pacific learners.
This video is about being Tongan and the importance of connecting with the Tongan culture to form self-identity.
This video discusses why Pacific learners need to see their cultures in their classrooms.
This video emphasises the inter-relationship between language and cultural identity, and the importance of protecting Pacific languages in Aotearoa.
This video is about the importance of student-teacher relationships.
Two parents challenge teachers to ask questions and dig deeper into a learner’s identity to understand them better.
Successful transitions for Pacific learners require time and are an important part of learners’ journeys and development. Supporting parent and whānau engagement will enable learners to navigate transitions.
In this video Pacific learners share what they want their teachers to know about them.
This video demonstrates different ways of knowing and understanding Pacific learners.
In this video, parents of Pacific learners describe a desire for teachers to celebrate students’ unique cultural identities, and grow Pacific students’ confidence as learners.
In this video, one learner from Kiribati speaks about her culture, identity, and her island name.
This video is about inviting the wider community to be part of the school community.
This video looks at the challenges in bringing whānau into school and overcoming the barriers that can exist between home and school.
Reflecting Pacific cultures in the learning environment and inviting parents into school to share in their children’s learning are some of the ways that you can build strong relationships with families.
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