Te Poipoi Kaiako | Mentor support programme
Supporting mentors, provisional teachers and overseas trained teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand
Tātai Aho Rau Core Education provides 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 has been refocused to better 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
Ngā Awheawhe ā-Rohe | Regional Workshops
October - November 2024
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.
Regional workshops will be hosted around the motu in 2025, please sign up to our mailing list or contact our team to stay up to date with upcoming workshop details.
Workshop slides and facilitation notes
After each workshop, we will make the workshop slides and facilitation notes available for you to adapt and use in your setting:
Workshop 1 - Term 2, 2024 slides and facilitation notes
For further questions or enquiries please get in touch with us at mentor.support@core-ed.org
Webinars for Pou Tautoko and mentor teachers
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Webinar #5 - Nō hea ahau? Where am I from? - fostering whanaungatanga with your mentees
Tuesday 18 March 3.30pm & Wednesday 19 March 7.00pm
Event description
The act of kōrero tuakiri (sharing) lays a crucial foundation for whakawhanaungatanga (making human connections). In this webinar we will explore valuable strategies for fostering whanaungatanga (kinship), trust, and care by understanding each other's family stories, where we are from, and our values and cultures. In turn, this will lay the foundation for strong relationships with your mentees, helping you establish a collaborative mentoring relationship that supports their waiora (wellbeing) and professional development.
Mā wai tēnei whakaaturanga? | Who is this webinar for?
This webinar is for Pou Tautoko and mentor teachers.
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Webinar #6 Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership
Monday 9 June 7.00pm & Thursday 12 June 3.30pm
Event description
In this webinar we will explore strategies mentors can use to support your mentees to “Demonstrate commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand” as laid out in Our Code, Our Standards: Ngā Tikanga Matatika, Ngā Paerewa.
Mā wai tēnei whakaaturanga? | Who is this webinar for?
This webinar is 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.
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:
Contact us
If you have any questions about this programme, please contact us at mentor.support@core-ed.ac.nz.
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:
Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
Ministry of Education’s local offices
Concerns? Complaints?
If you have a serious concern or complaint about the programme, a participant or a facilitator please contact Clive Francis, Project Manager.