Professional Learning
& Workshops

The Education Group provides a broad range of workshop opportunities to assist schools, leaders, teachers and non-teaching staff to improve their practice and be the most effective they can be. These interactive workshops will provide the opportunity to examine your current practice and consider ways to improve that further. It will also provide the opportunity to interact with people from other settings and to share ideas and approaches.

The Education Group personnel can also design an in-house programme to suit your needs where the number of participants allows. Get in touch for more details.

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Leadership

Kaiārahitanga

Leadership
Being an Effective Dean
For Deans to clarify their leadership role and responsibilities, strengthen communication skills, provide strategies for working with students, colleagues and parents, opportunities to share ideas for managing priorities, time and workload​.
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25 Feb & 26 Feb 2025 Auckland
12 Mar & 13 Mar 2025 Wellington
21 May & 22 May 2025 Christchurch
22 Jul & 23 Jul 2025 Online
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Locations
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Online
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Leadership
Being an Effective Head of Department
For all new HODs/HOLs/HOFs/HOLAs, or those who want to refresh their leadership practice, this programme looks at all aspects of the role and its responsibilities.
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19 Feb & 20 Feb 2025 Auckland
10 Mar & 11 Mar 2025 Wellington
19 May & 20 May 2025 Christchurch
19 Aug & 20 Aug 2025 Online
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Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Online
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Leadership
Cultivating a High Impact Senior Leadership Team
Principals, Deputy Principals, HOD, Team Leaders
Next date
31 Mar & 1 Apr 2025 Auckland
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Locations
Auckland
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Leadership
Leading Assessment For Learning: Primary
Assessment for Learning is a national PLD priority. This programme provides senior and curriculum leaders with the knowledge and strategies to lead the effective implementation of AfL practices across their school.
Next date
27 Mar & 28 Mar 2025 Auckland
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Locations
Auckland
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Leadership
Leading Assessment for Learning: Secondary
Assessment for Learning is a national PLD priority. This online programme provides senior and curriculum leaders with the knowledge and strategies to lead the effective implementation of AfL practices across their school.
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6 May & 7 May 2025 Auckland
22 Oct & 23 Oct 2025 Online
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Auckland, Online
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Leadership
Leading Change
Are you a senior leader, principal, or deputy principal looking to drive meaningful and lasting change in your school? Join our interactive workshop designed specifically for educational leaders ready to lead transformation in their schools.
Next date
6 Jun 2025 Auckland
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Locations
Auckland
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Leadership
Primary and Intermediate Middle Leaders
For team leaders, curriculum leaders, in-school and across-school Kāhui Ako leaders – anyone who leads a team. This programme has a theoretical and practical approach to help you transition into leadership or grow your leadership capability.
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24 Feb & 24 Mar 2025 Auckland
19 May & 20 May 2025 Whāngarei
2 Sep & 3 Sep 2025 Wellington
15 Sep & 16 Sep 2025 Christchurch
16 Oct & 14 Nov 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland, Whāngarei, Wellington, Christchurch
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Leadership
Science of Learning
This hands-on workshop will be delivered using the very principles it teaches, ensuring you leave with practical strategies you can immediately apply to improve learner outcomes.
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12 Mar & 13 Mar 2025 Christchurch
2 Apr & 3 Apr 2025 Auckland
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Christchurch, Auckland
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Curriculum

Te Mātaiaho

Curriculum
New to New Zealand
For overseas trained teachers who are new to teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand, Kaiako o Aotearoa, supporting teachers to understand our Primary School education system and prepare them for teaching in the New Zealand context.
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27 Feb & 28 Feb 2025 Auckland
28 Jul & 29 Jul 2025 Auckland
27 Aug & 28 Aug 2025 Wellington
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Locations
Auckland, Wellington
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Curriculum
Science of Learning
This hands-on workshop will be delivered using the very principles it teaches, ensuring you leave with practical strategies you can immediately apply to improve learner outcomes.
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12 Mar & 13 Mar 2025 Christchurch
2 Apr & 3 Apr 2025 Auckland
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Locations
Christchurch, Auckland
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Coaching

Kaiako

Coaching
Advanced Coaching Practice
This course is for experienced coaches who are interested in taking their practice to the next level. It is designed to support active reflection on your current coaching practice leading to new insight and awareness.
Next date
22 Jul & 29 Jul & 5 Aug 2025 Online
Facilitators
Locations
Online
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Coaching
Coaching in Leadership
Designed for current and aspiring leaders in educational settings, this workshop offers an extended learning experience. Coaching in Leadership is a highly practical and evidence-based workshop that provides in-depth learning about the theory and application of coaching as a contemporary way of leading.
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17 Mar & 18 Mar & 27 May & 28 May 2025 Auckland
9 Jun & 10 Jun & 25 Aug & 26 Aug 2025 Wellington
21 Jul & 22 Jul & 8 Sep & 9 Sep 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland, Wellington
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Coaching
Essential Skills for Mentors
Drawing upon research and the most effective skills and tools of coaching and mentoring, Essential Skills for Mentors helps you better support your colleagues and mentees. You will understand the similarities and differences of mentoring and coaching, explore the stances required to better support your mentees, and expand your skills as a mentor and leader.
Next date
20 Feb 2025 Auckland
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Locations
Auckland
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Coaching
Fundamentals of Coaching
Fundamentals of Coaching is a one-day in-house only workshop to begin your coaching journey, or extend your coaching culture schoolwide. Contact us to book your PLD day.
Coaching
Intensive Coaching Module
Undertaking the Intensive Coaching Module provides the opportunity to deepen your knowledge, skills and experience of coaching. This is completed in your own time with your individual coach from The Education Group.
Coaching
Introduction to Leadership Coaching
This practical course explores all three elements of effective coaching practice: the GROWTH conversational framework; the key coaching skills; a coaching Way of Being; and how to apply these in a range of conversational contexts.
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4 Mar & 5 Mar 2025 Auckland
31 Mar & 1 Apr 2025 Napier
2 Apr & 3 Apr 2025 Auckland
5 May & 6 May 2025 Hamilton
7 May & 8 May 2025 Christchurch
8 May & 9 May 2025 Wellington
9 Sep & 10 Sep 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland, Napier, Hamilton, Christchurch, Wellington
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Coaching
Managing Challenging Conversations
Giving open, honest, timely feedback is one of the most important roles a leader can play. It is also, possibly, the number one area where a leader may become derailed. Likewise, being involved in helping to facilitate differences between groups and individuals also presents its challenges. This course provides a practical, conversational approach for achieving constructive solutions where everyone feels heard and respected.
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26 Mar 2025 Auckland
2 May 2025 Wellington
24 Jul 2025 Auckland
1 Aug 2025 Christchurch
Locations
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
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Coaching
Peer Coaching: Enhancing Teaching Practice
How to strengthen your Teachers’ Professional Growth Cycles and use coaching and video to engage in rigorous, collaborative conversations to improve practice
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Coaching
Solutions Focus Master Class
Build confidence in your coaching, go beyond the Growth Coaching framework, and add a wide range of skills and strategies to your coaching kete. This is an advanced coaching skills programme.
Next date
26 Aug & 27 Aug 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland
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Coaching
Students Coaching Students
Students Coaching Students is a very successful way for schools to equip students with the skills to work together; reflect on their learning goals; expand, refine, build new skills; share ideas; coach, teach or peer assess each other.
Next date
25 Feb & 26 Feb 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland
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Coaching
Instructional Coaching for Teaching Practice
Practical support for Senior and Middle Leaders to achieve powerful improvements in teaching and learning. You will learn how to strengthen the conversations with teachers and how to make observations purposeful to achieve positive shifts in teaching and learning practice and improve Professional Growth Cycle outcomes.
Next date
5 Jun & 6 Jun 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland
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Further Learning

Further Learning
Advanced Coaching Practice
This course is for experienced coaches who are interested in taking their practice to the next level. It is designed to support active reflection on your current coaching practice leading to new insight and awareness.
Next date
22 Jul & 29 Jul & 5 Aug 2025 Online
Facilitators
Locations
Online
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NEW
Further Learning
Essential Skills for Mentors
Drawing upon research and the most effective skills and tools of coaching and mentoring, Essential Skills for Mentors helps you better support your colleagues and mentees. You will understand the similarities and differences of mentoring and coaching, explore the stances required to better support your mentees, and expand your skills as a mentor and leader.
Next date
20 Feb 2025 Auckland
Facilitators
Locations
Auckland
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Further Learning
Intensive Coaching Module
Undertaking the Intensive Coaching Module provides the opportunity to deepen your knowledge, skills and experience of coaching. This is completed in your own time with your individual coach from The Education Group.

Office

Tari

Office
Administration Staff Growth and Development Workshop
Suitable for any person in a school administrative role, including Bursar, Executive Assistant, Executive Officer, Finance Assistant, Office Assistant, Office Manager, PA, School Secretary.
Next date
5 Mar 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland
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Online Courses

Akoranga Ipurangi

Online Courses
Advanced Coaching Practice
This course is for experienced coaches who are interested in taking their practice to the next level. It is designed to support active reflection on your current coaching practice leading to new insight and awareness.
Next date
22 Jul & 29 Jul & 5 Aug 2025 Online
Facilitators
Locations
Online
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Online Courses
Being an Effective Dean
For Deans to clarify their leadership role and responsibilities, strengthen communication skills, provide strategies for working with students, colleagues and parents, opportunities to share ideas for managing priorities, time and workload​.
Next date
View All Dates
25 Feb & 26 Feb 2025 Auckland
12 Mar & 13 Mar 2025 Wellington
21 May & 22 May 2025 Christchurch
22 Jul & 23 Jul 2025 Online
Facilitators
Locations
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Online
Find out more
Book now
Online Courses
Being an Effective Head of Department
For all new HODs/HOLs/HOFs/HOLAs, or those who want to refresh their leadership practice, this programme looks at all aspects of the role and its responsibilities.
Next date
View All Dates
19 Feb & 20 Feb 2025 Auckland
10 Mar & 11 Mar 2025 Wellington
19 May & 20 May 2025 Christchurch
19 Aug & 20 Aug 2025 Online
Facilitators
Locations
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Online
Find out more
Book now
Online Courses
Introduction to Leadership Coaching
This practical course explores all three elements of effective coaching practice: the GROWTH conversational framework; the key coaching skills; a coaching Way of Being; and how to apply these in a range of conversational contexts.
Next date
View All Dates
4 Mar & 5 Mar 2025 Auckland
31 Mar & 1 Apr 2025 Napier
2 Apr & 3 Apr 2025 Auckland
5 May & 6 May 2025 Hamilton
7 May & 8 May 2025 Christchurch
8 May & 9 May 2025 Wellington
9 Sep & 10 Sep 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland, Napier, Hamilton, Christchurch, Wellington
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Inhouse Workshops

Coaching
Fundamentals of Coaching
Fundamentals of Coaching is a one-day in-house only workshop to begin your coaching journey, or extend your coaching culture schoolwide. Contact us to book your PLD day.

Leading PLD and Curriculum

Leadership
Leading Assessment For Learning: Primary
Assessment for Learning is a national PLD priority. This programme provides senior and curriculum leaders with the knowledge and strategies to lead the effective implementation of AfL practices across their school.
Next date
27 Mar & 28 Mar 2025 Auckland
Facilitators
Locations
Auckland
Find out more
Book now
Leadership
Leading Assessment for Learning: Secondary
Assessment for Learning is a national PLD priority. This online programme provides senior and curriculum leaders with the knowledge and strategies to lead the effective implementation of AfL practices across their school.
Next date
View All Dates
6 May & 7 May 2025 Auckland
22 Oct & 23 Oct 2025 Online
Facilitators
Locations
Auckland, Online
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Book now

Improving Classroom Practice

Coaching
Peer Coaching: Enhancing Teaching Practice
How to strengthen your Teachers’ Professional Growth Cycles and use coaching and video to engage in rigorous, collaborative conversations to improve practice
Next date
Please contact us
Facilitators
Coaching
Instructional Coaching for Teaching Practice
Practical support for Senior and Middle Leaders to achieve powerful improvements in teaching and learning. You will learn how to strengthen the conversations with teachers and how to make observations purposeful to achieve positive shifts in teaching and learning practice and improve Professional Growth Cycle outcomes.
Next date
5 Jun & 6 Jun 2025 Auckland
Locations
Auckland
Find out more
Book now

We can offer support and advice choosing the right step for you.

The Education Group personnel are highly skilled in designing, in conjunction with you, bespoke in-house programmes to suit individual school and Kāhui Ako requirements.