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Success for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services (May 2010)*
01/05/2010
Appendix 1: Questions to use in self review
- How inclusive of the values and beliefs of the parents and whānau of Māori children is our philosophy statement?
- How can we include the parents and whānau of Māori children in reviewing our service’s philosophy?
- What evidence of our philosophy in practice do we have?
- What is the quality and nature of the relationships in our service between management, educators and the parents, whānau of Māori children?
- What processes do we have to find out about their hopes and aspirations?
- How do we communicate with the parents and whānau of Māori children?
- How do we use our self review to evaluate what is working well for Māori children and their whānau and identify what we could do to improve our practice?
- In what ways is our curriculum bicultural? How are Māori perspectives, te reo Māori, tikanga and values included in the programme?
- What Māori perspectives, te reo Māori, tikanga and values should we include in the programme?
- What teaching strategies do our educators use to engage Māori children in learning and support them to become competent and capable learners?
- How well do our assessment practices notice, recognise and respond to the strengths, interests and needs of Māori children who attend our service?
- How genuine are our partnerships with whānau of Māori children? What do we know about the impact of these partnerships?
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