Supporting Māori learners through bicultural teacher–parent partnerships using the PATI model

For partnerships between non-Māori teachers and Māori parents in English-medium education to productively support student learning, parents must first associate positive feelings with three layered interaction types involving their child’s teacher. The first interaction type is the teacher with their teacher self; the second is teacher–student interaction; the final is teacher–parent interaction. Māori parents’ perspectives on how teacher dispositions and actions facilitate positive feelings within these three intertwined interaction types make up the paddling along together interactions (PATI) model. It is suggested that this model be implemented in steps, ideally in collaboration with a colleague with whom to explore and celebrate.