We collaborate with leaders and teachers to co-construct professional learning and development programmes. Te Whai Toi Tangata | Institute of Professional Learning offers a wide range of professional learning opportunities tailored to the specific needs of educators and individual learning settings.
Work areas
Aspiring Principal Programme
This national programme helps experienced leaders prepare for principalship through mentoring grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Mathematics and Pāngarau
We provide expert training for teachers in years 0–8 to implement the new Mathematics, Statistics, and Pāngarau curriculum.
Restorative Practice
We partner with the Ministry of Education to help over 500 schools build respectful relationships through restorative practices.
Professional Learning and Development
Assessment and Aromatawai (Years 0-8) is a Ministry-funded Professional Learning and Development (PLD). The programmes support kaiako and leaders to build understanding of assessment and aromatawai as integral parts of teaching and learning.
Our facilitators bring extensive experience across English-medium and Māori-medium settings to support practice that is relational, evidence-informed, and culturally sustaining.
Delivery is flexible and hybrid, combining up to six PLD days and eight Communities of Practice (CoP) sessions over 12 months. Programmes are co-designed to meet local priorities, ensuring relevance and sustainability.
Aromatawai and Assessment
Aromatawai
He Aromatawai hei whakapakari i te ako me te tipu o ngā mokopuna.
Assessment PLD
Assessment PLD supports kaiako and leaders to use assessment as a tool for teaching and learning.
Contact us or email to enquire about Aspiring Principals
Preferred provider
If your school or kura is approved for Aromatawai and Assessment PLD, you can select the University of Waikato as your preferred provider through the Ministry of Education PLD portal.