CHRISTCHURCH – Supporting Social and Emotional Competence – Half-Day Workshop

Supporting Social and Emotional Competence in Early Learning Is your team ready to turn their focus from managing tamariki challenging behaviours to developing systems and strategies for promoting wellbeing and positive behaviour across the whole centre? Using He Māpuna te Tamaiti come and explore with us the key green zone features in this new resource that will support you to:… Read the rest

CANTERBURY REGION – Leadership Mentoring

Leadership Mentoring – Kaihautū This Professional Learning and Development Mentoring Programme will be tailored to each centre’s leadership needs. For centre’s in Christchurch, North, Mid and South Canterbury. A regular monthly 1.5 hour face to face mentoring session will provide support focused on: building leadership sustainability leading change in challenging times developing leadership through whanaungatanga implementing effective operational systems improving… Read the rest

CHRISTCHURCH – Evaluation For Improvement – Half-Day Workshop

Evaluation For Improvement  –  Ngā Aronga Whai Hua This workshop will support you and your centre to develop capability and collective capacity to use evaluation, inquiry and reflection to promote valued outcomes for children.    This practical half-day course will explore: organisational conditions that support a culture of ongoing innovation and improvement links between internal evaluation and other key operational… Read the rest

DUNEDIN – Tikanga 101 : Why, How, What

TIKANGA 101 : Why, How, What Together we will explore why a bicultural approach is relevant, how to create your own personalised tikanga and what bicultural authenticity means to your everyday teaching practice. We will be examining tikanga under the umbrella of both leadership and the principles of Te Whāriki. Key areas we will explore together include: Why do we… Read the rest

TIMARU – Tikanga 101 : Why, How, What

TIKANGA 101 : Why, How, What Together we will explore why a bicultural approach is relevant, how to create your own personalised tikanga and what bicultural authenticity means to your everyday teaching practice. We will be examining tikanga under the umbrella of both leadership and the principles of Te Whāriki. Key areas we will explore together include: Why do we… Read the rest

CHRISTCHURCH – The Pedagogy of Play – Half Day Workshop

The Pedagogy of Play This half day interactive workshop focuses on gaining a shared understanding between the early childhood and primary sectors of WHY we believe in the power of learning through play. As part of a seamless transition for children between early childhood and school, it is important we have a shared understanding of what play-based pedagogy really means… Read the rest

NELSON – Strengthening Children’s Learning Pathways with Te Whāriki (2017)

Assessment, planning and evaluation with Te Whāriki This course will enable teachers to develop processes for assessment, planning and evaluation to understand children’s learning pathways …and then plan to continue and strengthen them through their teaching.  Transition seamlessly from the old Te Whāriki to the revised one. We will focus on outcomes for children that will enable them to be… Read the rest