Angela
Vermeulen

Qualifications

• Executive and Organisational Coaching Certificate, International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• Te Hapūtanga o Te Reo – NZ Certificate in Te Reo (He Pi Ka Pao) Level 1 and 2 – Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
• Te Hapūtanga o Te Reo – NZ Certificate in Te Reo (He Pi Ka Rere) Level 3 and 4 – Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
• Transforming Educational Leadership: University of Canterbury Level 5
• Bachelor of Education – University of Canterbury
• Accredited facilitator with the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience in partnership with Tātai Aho Rau

Testimonials

“Absolutely awesome PD with life-changing results. I am so happy to have been a part of it and appreciate Angela’s work. You couldn't ask for a more enthusiastic, down-to-earth and professional facilitator who is approachable and knowledgeable. Her response to our needs was exceptional and she helped us grow in our practice. We could not have done this without her guidance and support. Thank you so much”

- Kāhui Ako Across School Teacher (AST), Manawatū.

"Thank you so much, Angela, you are amazing at what you do and I love your enthusiasm, entertainment and cultural responsiveness to our mahi. Tēnā koe e hoa. I can’t wait to keep working with you”

- Kāhui Ako School Lead (Tumuaki)

“I have really loved all the PD given by Ange. It has been beneficial to me as a leader. The modelling of how to keep staff engaged has been essential to my development in my new leadership role. I am confident to lead courageous conversations and lead change in my school”

- Deputy Principal (DP), Pōneke

Professional Statement

Angela is a dynamic facilitator for Tātai Aho Rau, with a decade of experience dedicated to advancing and designing for equity.

She has a distinguished track record in supporting transformative change leadership and has a proven ability to work with groups or individual leaders to develop better approaches for ways of working as a team.

Angela's commitment to equity is evident in her dedication to embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and fostering a deep respect for diverse perspectives. Angela specialises in leading equity design initiatives creating opportunities where all voices are valued and clients feel empowered to develop sustainable strategies for meaningful and lasting change.

As a skilled coach and mentor, Angela empowers leaders and people to achieve their highest potential and fosters a culture of continuous improvement. Angela has worked extensively in Kāhui Ako and schools to support the development of well-being/hauora literacies and strategies to embed whole school well-being and resilience.

Angela also has successful experience coaching and mentoring in the business and local government sectors. Her feedback from clients is that she supports the meeting of individual and organisational goals.

Professional Expertise

Designing for Equity

• Cultivate strong relationships that deeply respect the rich history of any team member, their diverse experiences, aspirations and heritage.
• Facilitate complex conversations around equity including establishing accountability mechanisms like setting measurable equity goals and facilitating policy reflections.
• Support organisations to cultivate a strong, respectful environment where team members feel valued and understood, leading to greater appreciation for diverse backgrounds and enhanced equity.
• Guide organisational practices to be through an equity lens so teams can empower themselves and others to address biases, advocating for organisational change.

Leadership for Change

• Design leadership for change strategies that centre around equity.
• Guide leaders and teams towards a shared vision and goals.
• Guide people to seek wider perspectives, and test assumptions and bias to work together towards greater equity.
• Engage in important conversations and repairing relationship breakdowns.
• Refining or building coherent collaborative goals and strategic plans

Team Development

• Establishing team agreements and ways of working that are highly effective.
• Co-designing ways of working starting with trust to establish clear protocols, systems and structures.
• Work through breakdowns in relationships and structures.
• Building highly effective teams through structures and functions including:
  
  • Building trusting relationships focused on team
  • Entering into positive conflict and conversations
  • Establishing commitment to the decisions and vision of the team
  • Holding each other accountable for actions
  • Ensuring that the team goals and vision are what each member strives for in their actions.

Develop collective Hauora | Wellbeing

Successfully supporting people to:

• Understand and implement well-being/hauora practices that support a shift to whole organisation well-being/hauora change and actions.
• Explore the current state of well-being/hauora for all, and what strengths or areas to strengthen are best to put energy towards.
• Empower all stakeholders to take a more systematic and agentic approach to well-being/hauora.
• Support organisations to navigate well-being/hauora change through a sustainable approach to building capability in leadership.
• Align well-being/hauora literacies and cultural capability pedagogies as an important lens for ensuring equity in Aotearoa.

Personal statement

He aha te kai o te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero.
What is the food of the chiefs? Is it dialogue, it is conversation.

I am grateful that in my mahi I get to work alongside those dedicated to education, leadership and equity in Aotearoa. I am grateful to be able to support conversations and create spaces where critical thinking and creativity can align, and where people can feel safe to enter into necessary conversations.

My passion for equity in Aotearoa is something that I strive to uphold in all aspects of my life. As a pākehā, I want to always demonstrate to others how I honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and love learning te reo Māori and always learning how to embrace tikanga Māori in my work and life.

I want to thank all of the people in my life who I learn from, lean on and most importantly laugh with.