For many teachers, critical literacy could be an unfamiliar addition to the curriculum. This session for teachers of years 1-13 will develop teachers’ own critical literacy understandings to help them build their learners' responses to how language, culture, and identity are portrayed in the books or other texts they read, and the topics they study. It will link to the teachers’ code commitments of "affirming Māori learners as tangata whenua and supporting their educational aspirations" and "respecting the heritage, language, identity and culture of all learners" (Code of Professional Responsibility Ngā Tikanga Matatika). Participants will have the opportunity to try two critical literacy tools ready for classroomuse and also share the approaches they already have in place.