uChoose

Ideal for educators/pukenga in any sector

CORE’s experienced mentors provide online professional learning, tailored to suit you and your learning journey.

uChoose identifies your professional needs, empowering you to:

Lead change and build leadership practices
Develop strategies and solutions for specific situations and challenges
Explore areas of specialisation (such as e-learning, modern learning practices, cultural responsiveness, and much more)
Develop your own mentoring and facilitation skills
Meet your appraisal goals
Collect, select and reflect on a body of evidence for appraisal
Design, plan, implement and evaluate your own inquiry.

Your mentor identifies and shares resources which extend your skills and your thinking, providing ongoing support throughout.

Commitment

It's up to you: 3, 6 or 12 months – you choose the commitment.

1-2 hours each week, on tasks and activities
45-60 minutes a month online with your uChoose mentor (i.e. Skype or Hangout)
As little or as much time as you want, communicating with like-minded professionals in the uChoose online community
1 hour participating in CORE’s regular webinars (decided by you and your mentor).

Costs

Here is your investment:

Individuals: $474 + GST for 3 months*, $1300 + GST for 6 months or $1900 + GST for 12 months
Schools/ECE centres (2-5 people): $1900 + GST for 6 months or $3200 + GST for 12 months
Alternatives are available to extend or shorten the length of the programme.

* Special introductory offer - one 3 month mentoring package per person.

Register

Simply click on the register button below, following the prompts for the 3, 6 or 12-month options. For the small group option, you can add multiple delegate names and email addresses.

Contact us

If you have a question, please email uchoose@core-ed.org or register your interest and our team will be in touch soon.

Podcasts

Hear about the uChoose mentoring experience from Claire and Sally.

Claire shares her uChoose mentoring experience

uChoose discussion with Sally

uChoose example scenarios

uChoose example scenario 1

Simon is in his first year as principal of Kiwi School. He is struggling to understand the leadership role, and, due to changes that are happening within the school, keeps missing the compliance deadlines. He does a search online and comes across the CORE uChoose coaching and mentoring programme, with a focus on leadership...

uChoose example scenario 2

Hinerangi is leading a newly formed Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako. The Kāhui Ako has a variety of ethnicities within their leadership group and is in an area that has a high Māori population. Within their group, they are looking for support to develop their leadership capabilities through a Māori lens...

uChoose example scenario 3

Rochelle recently became Head of Department at Kiwi High School. She feels she has the skills for the job but is having feelings of imposter syndrome, and concerns about her ability to carry out the role. For fear of making herself vulnerable, and possibly risking being seen as incapable of doing the job, Rochelle doesn’t want to confide in anyone in the school...