Te Poipoi Kaiako | Mentor support programme

Supporting mentors, provisional teachers and overseas trained teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand

From 2024, Tātai Aho Rau Core Education is providing professional development support 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.

This is a Ministry of Education fully funded service to kura, schools and early learning services. It is being refocused to better meet the needs of mentors, provisional teachers, and overseas trained teachers through improved and nationally consistent PLD guidance.

Upcoming workshops 

Who are these workshops for? 

Mō wai ēnei awheawhe?

Tātai Aho Rau Core Education provides this professional development support for those with Tōmua (Provisional Practising Certification) and Tūturu (Full Practising Certification):

• Provisional teachers (PTs) in English medium and Pia in Māori medium settings (Tōmua)
• Overseas trained teachers (OTTs) with Tōmua | provisional certification
• Mentor teachers and Pou Tautoko (Tūturu)

About the workshops 

Mō ngā awheawhe

There are 12 face to face workshops across the motu. 

There are no costs for kaiako and teachers to attend the workshops.

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.

Workshop agenda 

Rārangi take awheawhe

In the morning we will:

• begin with whakawhanaungatanga
• explore ‘Our Code, Our Standards’
• delve into the process to move to Tūturu | Full Certification
• learn about supporting our own and others' wellbeing.

After lunch we will collaborate in breakouts in response to what the group would like to focus on, for example:

• effective mentoring practices
• effective professional practice
• time management strategies
• getting the most from release time.

Dates, venues and locations

Ngā rā me ngā wāhi

Balclutha – 21 May - Register

Kirikiriroa | Hamilton – 28 May - Register

Whangārei – 30 May - Register

Rotorua – 5 June - Register

Ahuriri | Napier – 6 June - Register

Whakatū | Nelson – 11 June - Register

Tāmaki Herenga Waka | Auckland south and southwest – 11 June - Register

Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington – 13 June - Register

Tāmaki Herenga Manawa | Auckland central and east – 13 June - Register

Te Papaioea | Palmerston North – 18 June - Register

Tāmaki Herenga Tāngata | Auckland north and northwest – 20 June - Register

Ōtautahi | Christchurch – 20 June - Register

Can’t make it this time? We’ll publish all facilitation materials so that you can use them in your own setting. We will also host 12 more workshops later in the year in different locations across the motu.

Questions?

He pātai?

Get in touch with us at mentor.support@core-ed.org