Create a welcoming environment where parents and whānau can openly discuss concerns
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Establishing reciprocal relationships with parents and whānau to support learning’
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Demonstrate manaakitanga (care)
Demonstrate manaakitanga (care)
- Make time to build positive relationships with your students, their whanau, and communities of support.
- Ask parents about their aspirations for their child.
- Value everyone's contribution.
Create a culture of listening
Create a culture of listening
Create a culture where parents and whānau are listened to.
- Be open and welcoming to parents and their children, initiating and making connections with whānau.
- Ask parents and whānau about their preferred means of communication, such as face-to-face, email or text.
- Create opportunities and time for parents and whānau to talk about their children’s learning and wellbeing.
- Identify appropriate staff, such as the SENCO and HOD Learning Support, as key contact people for specific parents.
- Listen to, and address, parents’ concerns.
Source: Adapted from Partners in learning: Parent’s voices (ERO, 2008) (opens in a new tab/window)
Useful resources
Useful resources
School-whānau partnerships – Randwick School
The tumuaki, a kaiako, and a parent BOT member discuss manaakitanga, the philosophy that underpins the school’s practice.
Publisher: Ruia
Ruia: School-whānau partnerships for ākonga Māori success
This resource supports principals and school leaders to improve outcomes for ākonga Māori by working in educationally powerful partnerships with whānau.
Publisher: Ruia
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