Pasifika Early Literacy Project
In 2014, Dr. Rae Si‘ilata as project director, and a team of bilingual and early literacy experts, were contracted by the Ministry of Education to design and deliver the Pasifika Early Literacy Project (2014-2019). From 2020-2023, Va‘atele Education Consulting’s team of PLD facilitators, fono facilitators, and researchers are delivering PELP PLD to Early Learning Services (ELS) and Years 0–2 primary teachers from English-medium and Pacific-medium spaces. PELP supports teachers to expand their notions of ‘literacy’ to include Pacific languages, literacies, and embodied cultural practices. Kaiako learn how to use the Pacific/Pasifika dual language books as catalysts to support linguistically and culturally sustaining teacher practice, to grow Pacific children’s bilingual capabilities.
Whose knowledge is valued at school?
(Si‘ilata, 2014, p. 47)
Team Members
Shared Resources
Dual Language Books – from tewhariki.tki.org.nz
Dual Language Books – from literacyonline.tki.org.nz
PELP Impacts – from gazette.education.govt.nz
PELP Teacher Downloads (pdf)