Good teachers…

• Care about learners and their success

• Are positive about and towards learners

• Know how to facilitate learning

Tikanga Māori

• Aroha - Compassion

• Awhi – Guidance

• Manaaki – Hospitality

• Tautoko – Support

• Whanaungatanga - Relationships

Ako

• Teaching and learning as a reciprocal activities

• Teachers and learners work together to create knowledge

Tuakana / Teina

• Related to senior and junior roles

• The balance between tradition and adaptation

• Each contributes to knowledge development

Te Ara Poutama

“I told you that we can fly,

‘cause we all have wings,

but some of us don’t know why”

INXS (1984).

“… we all have wings …”

INXS (1984)

Mā te huruhuru, ka rere te manu.With wings a bird flies.

Whakataukī (Proverb)

Mā te whakarongo ka mōhio

Mā te mōhio ka mārama

Mā te mārama ka mātauMā te mātau ka ora.

Whakataukī (Proverb)