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MEETING DATES/PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

PLD and Meeting Calendar

Term One 2018

Term 1 2018

Termly Meetings

Meeting

Date/Time

Venue

Who

Head Teacher Meetings

See Attached Information

All Head Teachers and VTs

Regional Staff Meetings

See Attached Information

All Staff

Senior Head Teacher Meeting

14 Mar

9:30am 3:00pm

WMK Office

All SHTs

New Head Teacher Meeting

22 March

9:00am 3:00pm

WMK Office

All NHTs

Leadership Hui

18 April

9:00am to 5:00pm

Upper Hutt Cossie Club

All SHTs HTs AHTs and VTs

Cluster Meetings

Learning Support Network Meetings

7 February

Ngahina Kindergarten

All teachers welcome

14 February

Island Bay Kindergarten

21 February

Carterton Kindergarten

28 February

Nuanua Kindergarten

6 March

Trentham Kindergarten

Pacifica Learning Support Meeting

7 March

Porirua

First Aid Refresher Courses

Red Cross

16 April

Wairarapa

Red Cross

17 April

Porirua

Red Cross

18 April

Porirua

First Aid Specialists

19 April

Hutt Valley

Kapa Haka

1 February - 8 March - 4 April

4:00pm 5:30pm

Association office


4:00pm 5:30pm

Totara Park Kindergarten


4:00pm 5:30pm

Greytown venue TBC

Professional Learning and Development (PLD)

What

Date/Time

Venue

Led by

Who

Office 365 101

A hands on opportunity in using Office 365 to support your annual/term planning and team communication. Please bring along a laptop or Ipad as we want this to be a practical session

Feb 1

3:15pm 4:45pm

Cossie Club

Lynette Wray


15

Waiata m Tamariki (Waiata for Children)

How to implement waiata-a-ringa, poi and rkau for children.

Things to bring Flash drive for mp3

Feb 7

4:00pm 5:30pm

Johnsonville Club

Lou Fruean


40

An introduction to Storypark

Thinking about joining Storypark? Come along and hear about the possibilities.

Enhancing engagement of Whnau in childrens learning- Opportunities for working smarter: planning for individual and groups, meetings, Internal Evaluation, appraisal

Feb 8

3:15pm 4:45pm

Wairarapa venue TBC

Lynette Wray


20

Induction and Mentoring day

Feb 10

9:00am 1:00pm

Silverstream Kindergarten

Fiona Twaddle, Lynette Wray, Tania Jack & Sharon Coulton

All PCTs and Mentors

Support Staff Appraisal Meeting

Whnau Manaaki Kindergartens have developed an appraisal process for you in your role in kindergarten.

It is our policy that all staff employed by Whnau Manaaki will have a chance to engage in appraisal. It is also a requirement of your employment agreement.

This is an opportunity for you to think about your work about what you like, what you need some support with and what you are most interested in and set some goals for yourself for the coming year.

Feb 12

1:00pm 2:00pm

Kpiti Community Centre

Jane Braun

Kpiti / Horowhenua Support Staff

20

What is it like for Mori Children?

To aid you in building your capability to be more responsive to Mori childrens culture, language and identity.

This workshop requires us to recognise what the children bring to the context, their inherent strengths and also their traditions and history, their whnau and their whakapapa. Ahau Whnau Hap Iwi (AWHI) - me within my whnau, within my hap within my iwi embraced. Building a strongfoundation of bicultural understanding will effectively aid the rest of your journey alongside our Mori tamariki.

Feb 12

4:00pm 6:00pm

Kpiti / Horowhenua venue TBC

Lou Fruean


40





Feb 14

1:00pm 2:00pm

North City Plaza Kiwi Room

Jane Braun

Porirua Support Staff

20

Office 365 101


Feb 14

3:15pm 4:45pm

Khandallah Town Hall Upstairs Lounge

Lynette Wray


15





Feb 15

1:00pm 2:00pm

Johnsonville Community Centre

Jane Braun

Wellington North Support Staff

20

Office 365 101


Feb 15

3:15pm 4:45pm

Southward Car Museum

Lynette Wray


15

Reliever Teacher PLD Workshop

This workshop aims to support you with your practice as a relieving teacher for He Whnau Manaaki Kindergarten Association. The Practising Teacher Criteria (PTC) describes the essential knowledge and capabilities required for quality teaching in New Zealand. They apply to all teachers in their everyday professional practice seeking to be issued with a full practising certificate, or renew full certification. In this workshop you will gain information around the professional expectations and requirements of reliever teachers and an opportunity to take part in a HR Q & A session. This workshop will also involve a practical session to help you to identify and gather a wide range of supportive evidence for each of the required PTC.

Feb 15

3:30pm 5:30pm

Coastlands Rimu Conference Room

Sharon Coulton & Karen Skett

Relieving teachers

30


Whnau Manaaki Kindergartens have developed an appraisal process for you in your role in kindergarten. It is our policy that all staff employed by Whnau Manaaki will have a chance to engage in appraisal. It is also a requirement of your employment agreement. This is an opportunity for you to think about your work about what you like, what you need some support with and what you are most interested in and set some goals for yourself for the coming year.

Feb 19

1:00pm 2:00pm

ASB Sports Centre

Jane Braun

Wellington City, South & East Support Staff

20

Te Htori o Te Tiriti o Waitangi

In order to look at what happened in our history of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, we have to look back, to move forward what was NZ like pre 1840?

Feb 19

4:00pm 5:30pm

Hutt Valley venue TBC

Lou Fruean


40





Feb 21

1:00pm 2:00pm

Cossie Club

Jane Braun

Hutt Valley Support Staff

20

Self-care v Burnout

This professional development workshop will be interactive and based around discussion and activities. This topic is designed to encourage self-reflection and self-exploration.

Feb 21

3:00pm 5:00pm

Lower Hutt Womens Centre

Ally Andersun

All staff welcome

14





Feb 22

1:00pm 2:00pm

Carterton Events Centre

Jane Braun

Wairarapa Support Staff

20




Feb 27

3:15pm 4:45pm

Association Office

Lynette Wray


20

Gathering Whnau Aspirations

Some practical and meaningful ways to gather whnau aspirations that inform your intentional teaching practice, planning and assessment. Making evident how teachers are supporting these aspirations to progress.

Mar 5

3:30pm 5:00pm

Walter Nash Centre

Anne Masterton


30

Environments

Would you like to learn about how to make the most of a small outside environment? Being a kindergarten on a small central city site hasnt stopped these teachers becoming an Enviroschool. Come along and see how they have used a Te Ao Maori lens to make their outdoor space into a wonderful learning environment for children.

Mar 6

Pikopiko Kindergarten

Paula Hunt


30




Mar 7

3:15pm 4:45pm

Wellington venue TBC

Lynette Wray


20




Mar 8

3:15pm 4:45pm

Cossie Club

Lynette Wray


20

Reliever Teacher PLD Workshop

This workshop aims to support you with your practice as a relieving teacher for He Whnau Manaaki Kindergarten Association. The Practising Teacher Criteria (PTC) describes the essential knowledge and capabilities required for quality teaching in New Zealand. They apply to all teachers in their everyday professional practice seeking to be issued with a full practising certificate, or renew full certification. In this workshop you will gain information around the professional expectations and requirements of reliever teachers and an opportunity to take part in a HR Q & A session. This workshop will also involve a practical session to help you to identify and gather a wide range of supportive evidence for each of the required PTC.

Mar 8

3:30pm 5:30pm


Sharon Coulton & Karen Skett

Relieving teachers

30



Mar 12

3:30pm 5:00pm

ASB Sports Centre

Anne Masterton


30

Assertiveness


Mar 15

3:00pm 5:00pm


Stephanie Brockman

All staff welcome

14



Mar 19

3:30pm 5:00pm


Anne Masterton


30

Te Manawa Group Planning

Mar 20

3:30pm 5:30pm

Porirua venue TBC

Andy Cairns, Lynette Wray & Fiona Twaddle


80

The Politics of ECE

Mar 21

3:30pm 5:00pm

Association Office

Amanda Coulston

All staff welcome

30




Mar 22

3:15pm 4:45pm

Kpiti / Horowhenua venue TBC

Lynette Wray


20

Cultural Competency working with refugee families

Mar 27

3:30pm 5:00pm

Association Office

Red Cross

All Staff welcome

30

Educative Mentoring

Educative mentoring is a highly skilled and valued role in the teaching profession. Educative mentors guide, support, give feedback and facilitate evidence-informed reflective learning conversations. This practical based session will introduce the concept of educative mentoring and provide a range of examples, strategies and resources to promote the practice of educative mentoring in kindergartens.

Mar 28

3:30pm 5:00pm

Coastlands Rimu Conference Room

Sharon Coulton


30

Bringing Music Education into the 21st Century: A new way of looking at music in kindergartens

Play is the universal language of tamariki; the way they explore their world, develop physical and social skills and regulate personal responses to challenging situations. Musical play experiences is one vehicle in which teachers can support tamariki through situations of conflict and support the developing brain.

This workshop will provide teachers with practical ideas, through musical and digital technologies that will promote social competency, communication and self-regulation.

Apr 5

3:00pm 5:00pm

Miramar Central Kindergarten

Catha Ritchie


20

What is anxiety?


Apr 11

3:00pm 5:00pm


Julie Smart

All staff welcome

14

Professional Relationships

Supporting teams to work consistently and collaboratively in social and emotional ways (colleagues, parents, whnau, community, agencies). How we can support this to happen every day.

Apr 17

9:30am 12:00pm

Porirua Club

Fiona Twaddle, Jane Horrax & Tania Jack


30

Infants and Toddlers

A Whnau Based lens on Infants and Toddlers and what this means in practice.

Apr 17

1:00pm 3:00pm

Porirua Club

Fiona Twaddle, Jane Horrax & Tania Jack


30

Process/Systems & ICT

Office 365 for beginners

Digital technologies for children

Systems and processes to support effective time management

Apr 19

9:30am 12:00pm

Aotea Lodge

Paula Hunt, Tania Jack, Lynette Wray & Soreen Scahill


20

Internal Evaluation

This workshop will help you identify what you need to know about the process of Internal strategic review and how to complete this effectively.

Apr 19

1:00am 3:00pm

Aotea Lodge

Paula Hunt & Tania Jack


20

Ukulele Workshop

Apr 19

Hutt Valley Kindergarten

Lou Fruean

All Staff welcome 30

Celebrating Pedagogical Practice

The Senior Teacher team is offering an opportunity for teams or individuals to share their pedagogical practice with colleagues to acknowledge, and celebrate the great practices we as teachers offer to tamariki and whnau.

You may want to share about Effective or Innovative Practice, Bush Programmes, Enviro Schools, or anything that is unique to your Kindergarten or your own practice.

Each team or individual will have a 30 minute presentation slot to present their pedagogical practice (20mins to share and 10mins to allow for any questions).

If you are interested in being part of this, please send a blurb to Tania; [email protected] for consideration.

Apr 20

9:30am 3:30pm

Samuel Marsden Collegiate Karori

Tania Jack


50

Poi Making

Apr 26

Association Office

Lou Fruean

All Staff welcome

30

Please put these dates in your diaries. As you can see there are some PLD opportunities offered throughout the term. You can enrol for all PLD on HRNet. Course descriptions will be sent to you at the beginning of the term.

Head Teacher Meetings Term 1 2018

Kpiti and Horowhenua

3:00pm to 5:00pm @ Te Takere Rimu Room

29 Jan - Sharon Coulton & Tania Jack

Arohanui

Betty Montford

Fanau Pasifika

Ngahina

Otaki

Paraparaumu

Parsons Avenue

Raumati Beach

Raumati South

Taitoko

Te Timatanga Hou

Waikanae

14

Porirua City

3:00pm to 5.00pm @ WMK Office

30 Jan Sharon Coulton & Andy Cairns

Adventure

Ascot Park

Awatea

Brian Webb

Discovery

Etu Ao

Katoa

Maraeroa

Moira Gallagher

Nuanua

Papakowhai

Paremata

Plimmerton

Pukerua Bay

Tairangi

Tawa Central

Titahi Bay

Toru Fet

Tui Park

Waitangirua

25

Wairarapa

3pm to 5pm Carterton Events Centre

31 Jan - Sharon Coulton & Catha Ritchie

Carterton

Greytown

Kahurangi

Lansdowne

Manaia

Martinborough

Masterton West

Meta Riddiford

South End

Una Williams

York Street

11

Wellington City North

3-5pm @ Karori Community Centre

1 Feb Sharon Coulton & Paula Hunt

Bellevue

Campbell

Churton Park

Johnsonville

Johnsonville West

Karori

Khandallah

Newlands

Ngaio

Northland

Onslow

Paparangi

Sunshine

Wadestown

15

Wellington City, South & East

3:00pm to 5.00pm @ ASB Sports Centre

7 Feb - Sharon Coulton & Jane Horrax

Berhampore

Brooklyn

Hataitai

Island Bay

Lyall Bay

Matairangi

Miramar Central

Miramar North

Newtown

Owhiro Bay

Pikopiko

Seatoun

Strathmore

Tai Tamariki

Wellington South

17

Upper & Lower Hutt

3:00pm to 5pm @ Cossie Club

8 Feb Sharon Coulton & Fiona Twaddle

Birchville

Brown Owl

Cottle

Doris Nicholson

East Harbour

Heretaunga

Irmgard Ritchie

Matariki

Petone

Petone Beach

Silverstream

Totara Park

Trentham

Upper Hutt

15

Regional Staff Meetings Term 1 2018Whanau based Approach sharing a position paper. Workload for teams. Storypark Tool for Teachers Introduction.

Wellington City North

3:30 - 5:30pm @ 1841

20 February Sharon, Paula and Leanne

Bellevue

Campbell

Churton Park

Johnsonville West

Karori

Khandallah

Newlands

Ngaio

Northland

Onslow

Paparangi

Sunshine

Wadestown

60

Kpiti and Horowhenua

4 -6pm @ Southward Car Museum

21 February Sharon and Tania

Arohanui

Betty Montford

Fanau Pasifika

Ngahina

Otaki

Paraparaumu

Parsons Avenue

Raumati Beach

Raumati South

Taitoko

Te Timatanga Hou

Waikanae

65

Upper and Lower Hutt

3:30 - 5:30pm @ Cossie Club

22 February Sharon, Catha & Lynette

Birchville

Brown Owl

Cottle

Doris Nicholson

East Harbour

Heretaunga

Irmgard Ritchie

Petone

Petone Beach

Silverstream

Totara Park

Trentham

Upper Hutt

70

Wellington City, South and East

3:30 - 5:30pm @ Hataitai Pavilion

27 February: Sharon, Paula & Leanne

Berhampore

Brooklyn

Hataitai

Island Bay

Lyall Bay

Matairangi

Miramar Central

Miramar North

Newtown

Pikopiko

Seatoun

Strathmore

Wellington South

70

Wairarapa

3:30 - 5:30pm @ Carterton Events Centre

28 February Sharon and Catha

Carterton

Greytown

Kahurangi

Lansdowne

Manaia

Martinborough

Masterton West

Meta Riddiford

South End

Una Williams

York Street

55

Porirua City

3:30 - 5:30pm @ TBC

1 March Sharon, Lynette & Tania

Adventure

Ascot Park

Awatea

Brian Webb

Discovery

Etu Ao (VTs)

Katoa

Maraeroa

Moira Gallagher

Papakowhai

Paremata

Plimmerton

Pukerua Bay

Tairangi

Tawa Central

Titahi Bay

Tui Park

Waitangirua

80

All-Day Pasifika Kindergartens

6:30 - 8:30pm @ Toru Fetu Kgtn

19 February Sharon, Jane & Andy

Nuanua

Toru Fet

35

All-Day Kindergartens

6:30 - 8:30pm @ Te Rito Maioha

26 February Sharon and Jane Horrax

Johnsonville

Tai Tamariki

Owhiro Bay

Matariki

25

For the All-day and Pasifika kindergarten meetings the meeting will start at 6.30pm with dinner at 6.00pm for those who can make it.

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