Tātai Aho Rau | Core Education is providing professional development support for:
- provisionally certificated teachers (PTs) in English medium and Pia in Māori medium settings
- overseas trained teachers (OTTs) with provisional certification
- mentor teachers and Pou Tautoko.
This support has been designed to meet the needs of mentors, PTs, OTTs, through improved and nationally consistent PLD guidance.
It recognises and provides support around;
- the cultural load often placed upon Māori kaiako and Pacific teachers to support their colleagues to develop culturally responsive practices
- the cognitive load experienced by Overseas Trained Teachers as they transition into a new country, culture and ways of teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand
- the challenges faced by Pou Tautoko | Mentors as they take on the responsibility of guiding provisionally certificated teachers and overseas trained teachers to their full registration
The programme offers multi-modal support through;
- Face to face workshops in all 13 regions for Pou Tautoko|Mentors, Pia|Mentees working in English Medium and Māori Medium ECE, Primary and Secondary settings
- Webinars for Pou Tautoko|mentors
- Self-paced online Modules available on the Ministry’s Education Learning Management System
Participants have access to the appropriate support to assist with gaining full certification and making a successful start to their teaching career in New Zealand.
Please register your interest in finding out more by completing the form at https://core-ed.org/mentor-support.