Join us for Te Poipoi Kaiako, designed to support mentors and their mentees on their journey to full certification.
Who is Te Poipoi Kaiako for?
- Provisional teachers (PTs) in English medium and Pia in Māori medium settings
- Overseas trained teachers (OTTs) with provisional certification
- Mentor teachers and Pou Tautoko
- Schools, kura and early childhood centres
This service is fully funded by the Ministry of Education for Aotearoa New Zealand kura, schools and early learning services. It aims to meet the needs of mentors, provisional teachers, and overseas trained teachers through improved and nationally consistent PLD guidance.
Explore the programme outline
Participants will have access to the appropriate supports to assist with gaining full certification and making a successful start to their teaching career in Aotearoa New Zealand. To learn more, explore the programme outline below.
There is no need to enrol to participate, please simply register your interest by filling in the form at the bottom of this page to stay up to date with what is on offer.
Upcoming workshops, webinars, and programme resources
Face-to-face regional workshops
He awheawhe kanohi ki te kanohi mō ngā kaiako tārewa, ngā Pia me ō rātou Pou Tautoko | Face-to-face workshops for provisional teachers, Pia and their Pou Tautoko | mentors.
Please join us at an upcoming workshop. There is no need for you to have attended a workshop before: any aspect of Te Poipoi Kaiako Mentor Support Programme can be accessed in any order and at any time.
Mentor teachers and Pou Tautoko will develop their mentoring practice, and induction and mentoring programmes.
Provisional teachers and Pia will develop their professional practice as they prepare to apply for Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tūturu | Full Practising Certificate.
There are 11 face-to-face workshops across the motu. There is no charge for kaiako and teachers to attend the workshops as they are funded by the Ministry of Education. Refreshments, morning tea and lunch will be provided. However, travel and release costs are not funded.
Workshops run from 9am–3pm; refreshments are available from 8.45am. The workshops are facilitated in English and te reo Māori and will be adaptive and responsive to the needs of attendees.
Can’t make it this time? We’ll publish all facilitation materials so that you can use them in your own setting.
More than 2 hours' for you to travel? Attend on online option instead (see below).
2026 Workshops
We are planning workshops in terms 1 and 3, 2026. Dates, venues, and registration links will be available here soon.
New for 2025 – Online workshops
In 2025 we are offering an online version of the workshops to accommodate people who are more than 2 hours' drive from a regional workshop.
These workshops will run via Zoom on different dates for mentor teachers | Pou Tautoko and mentees | Pia. They will cover similar content to the face-to-face regional workshops. They will be capped at 80 participants. They will not be recorded.
The online workshops will run from 9:30am–2:30pm.
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Term 3, 2025: Online workshop for Mentor teachers | Pou Tautoko (25 August) – Register Term 3, 2025: Online workshop for Provisional teachers, Pia, Overseas Trained Teachers (29 August) – Register |
Webinars for Pou Tautoko and mentor teachers
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Webinar #8: Supporting your mentees with understanding diverse learners
Monday 20th October 3.30pm & Tuesday 21st October 7.00pm
Event Details
Realising the value of diversity and inclusion requires us to self-reflect, engage in critical inquiry, and explore unconscious biases. We can foster equity by promoting inclusive teaching practices and building positive relationships with mentees and Pia to ensure all ākonga are affirmed in their identities and abilities. In this webinar we will explore strategies for working with your mentees or Pia to support critical reflection, encourage inclusive pedagogy, and design for learner variability.
Mā wai tēnei whakaaturanga? | Who is this webinar for?
This webinar is for Pou Tautoko and mentor teachers.
Access programme resources
The Education Learning Management System is the main gateway into bespoke, self-directed resources designed to support your journey through Te Poipoi Kaiako, comprising:
- e-learning modules
- guidance
- workbooks
- workshop slides and facilitation notes.
To access these programme resources:
1. Visit training.education.govt.nz
2. Use your Education Sector Logon (ESL) to log-in (to create an ESL, please use the Ministry of Education's self-registration process.)
3. You'll find Te Poipoi Kaiako content, designed specifically for mentor teachers | Pou Tautoko and mentees | Pia
This walkthrough video outlines how to find and use the programme resources:
Express your interest
There is no need to enrol to participate in Te Poipoi Kaiako. Please simply fill in the form to receive updates on what is on offer:
1:1 support for Pou Tautoko and mentor teachers
Pou Tautoko and mentor teachers participating in Te Poipoi Kaiako | Mentor support programme are welcome to contact us at mentor.support@core-ed.ac.nz with requests for light touch, 1:1 remote support from a facilitator.
Please note we can only provide support for Pou Tautoko or mentor teachers. If a provisional teacher, Pia, overseas trained teacher, or people in any other roles have a support request (other than a question about the programme itself) they should liaise with their Pou Tautoko, mentor teacher, setting management or an appropriate agency.
Other sources of support
Contact us
If you have any questions about this programme, please contact us at mentor.support@core-ed.ac.nz.