Mentoring & Support

Professional growth, shaped around you.

Growing practice through curiosity, reflection and connection

Professional growth is deeply personal. Sometimes we need someone alongside us who will listen, ask the questions that help us think more deeply, offer another perspective, and help us notice the learning that is already happening.

Our mentoring and professional support is shaped around you - your role, your aspirations, your PGC, your setting and the things you are currently navigating.

Whether you are a leader wanting a thinking partner, a kaiako growing an area of practice, or a setting looking for support with internal evaluation, compliance or quality improvement, we begin with where you are and grow from there.

Leader Mentoring and Support

  • For leaders who value having someone alongside them as they navigate leadership.

    A professional thinking partnership shaped around your leadership, your PGC and the realities of your role. A space to reflect, get curious, explore possibilities and grow your leadership practice.

    Professional Learning Network participation and support for practising certificate renewal can be included.

Kaiako Mentoring & Professional Growth Cycle

  • Individual mentoring for kaiako who want to support their professional growth.

    We work alongside you through your Professional Growth Cycle, connecting your inquiry and professional learning with what is actually happening for tamariki, whānau and your teaching practice.

Leadership, Quality and Compliance Support

  • Wrap-around support when there is a little more to navigate.

    For leaders, owners and governance who want an experienced thinking partner alongside them with quality improvement, internal evaluation, professional growth, compliance and ERO expectations.

    Support for all stages of leadership - new or seasoned.

All professional growth cycles/appraisals are based on the Professional Standards, Tātaiako, Tapasā, and Educational Leadership Capability Framework and underpinned by Te Whāriki.  

Kanohi ki te kanohi, online conferencing, or online support hours can be varied to ensure you get the right dose of professional support. By giving you an idea of what support hours are available we have several options or we can then create something for you that is unique and responsive to your setting ensuring that you are getting the professional support that you need.

  • Throughout the year, we work alongside you as you navigate the everyday realities of leadership, deepen your professional thinking and gather meaningful evidence of your growth.

    Your mentoring includes:

    • Regular individual mentoring conversations

    • Support with your Professional Growth Cycle

    • Participation in a small Professional Learning Network

    • Professional feedback letters that capture and evidence your thinking and growth

    • Provocations and resources to deepen leadership practice

    • Access to relevant EHM resources and webinars

    • Ongoing access to your EHM kaiārahi for support between mentoring conversations

    Where a leader from the one of our Professional Learning Networks is responsible for endorsing your practising certificate, we can provide professional evidence from your mentoring and Professional Growth Cycle to support an informed and authentic endorsement process.

  • Individual mentoring that supports meaningful professional growth.

    We work alongside kaiako through their Professional Growth Cycle, creating space to reflect on practice, explore what they are noticing and wondering, and deepen their thinking about the difference their practice makes for tamariki and whānau.

    Your mentoring includes:

    • Regular individual mentoring conversations

    • Support to develop and explore a meaningful PGC inquiry

    • Professional feedback that captures thinking, learning and growth

    • Provocations, resources and research connected to the kaiako's area of inquiry

    • Connections between everyday practice, professional learning and the Professional Standards

    • Mentoring kanohi ki te kanohi, with online conversations available when preferred or needed

  • Responsive support shaped around what is happening in your setting.

    Sometimes leaders, owners and governance need an experienced person alongside them to help make sense of requirements, strengthen systems and practice, or work through an area that needs attention.

    Support might include:

    • Internal evaluation and quality improvement

    • Licensing criteria and compliance

    • ERO expectations and preparation

    • Professional Growth Cycle processes

    • Policies, procedures and documentation

    • Leadership systems and responsibilities

    • Identifying priorities and creating a pathway forward

    We start with what is happening in your setting and tailor the support from there.

Ready to talk about what support could look like for you?

Whether you are looking for ongoing mentoring, support with professional growth, or someone to work alongside you as you navigate quality and compliance, we can shape an approach around what matters in your setting.

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