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Understanding mental health and wellbeing in intermediate and lower secondary school students

Guidance on how to support the mental health and wellbeing of students aged 11-15.

Sample safety or de-escalation plan

An example of a de-escalation plan designed to support students to emotionally self-regulate at school.

Understanding and supporting emotional self-regulation at school

Understanding and supporting emotional self-regulation at school: Why some students may find it difficult to regulate their emotions at school, and what to do to support them.

An introduction to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

How OCD affects students, and what schools can do to provide support.

Writing and neurodivergence

Understanding some of the common challenges with writing that neurodivergent students may experience.

Mental health and wellbeing for neurodivergent students

Understanding the additional mental health needs of neurodivergent students.

Webinars

Improving writing instruction across primary and secondary school

COMING UP: 7.30PM TUESDAY MARCH 26
Teacher Jeanette Breen discusses what is most important for students to learn in their writing journey from Primary to Secondary

Using assessment to create an education system that learns

COMING UP: 7.30PM TUESDAY APRIL 9
Renowned assessment expert Michael Absolum (ONZM) will explore the central role assessment should play in driving learning throughout the education system and how schools and teachers can adopt these ideas into their practice

Teaching and leading to the North-East

COMING UP: 7.30PM TUESDAY MAY 7
Professor Russell Bishop discusses his research into how leaders and teachers can structure their practice to create quality and equitable learning for ākonga Māori and other marginalised students.

Improving the coherence of literacy learning from ECE to Year 13

COMING UP: 7.30PM THURSDAY MAY 23
Teachers from Pupuke kāhui ako discuss their work to improve the continuity and coherence of literacy learning from early childhood education to Year 13

Using Comparative Judgement to improve writing

COMING UP: 7.30PM WEDNESDAY JUNE 12
Daisy Christodoulou discusses how comparative judgement can help schools improve students’ writing.

Free webinar: Māori achieving success as Māori part 2

COMING UP: 7.30PM MONDAY JULY 22
Janelle Riki-Waaka returns to help educators to positively challenge their existing beliefs and perceptions about te ao Māori, and to build deeper understanding of the best ways to work alongside Māori and enact our responsibilities to te Tiriti o Waitangi

Snapshots

Understanding the capabilities and limitations of generative AI

Insights from the webinar with Mandy Henk and Sarah Bickerton on generative AI and its role in the classroom.

The value of educational tests

Key ideas from the webinar with Professor Gavin Brown on how teachers can use tests to inform teaching and learning.

The importance of a knowledge-rich curriculum; a presentation by Christine Counsell

Why a knowledge-rich curriculum is essential for all students.

Key challenges for neurodivergent students in school settings and how to help

Insights from the webinar with Emily McDougal on supporting neurodivergent students in schools and classrooms.

One student’s experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

A firsthand account of how undiagnosed OCD profoundly affected one student's experiences at school.

Using dialogic approaches to deepen and extend students’ thinking and learning

Key insights from our webinar with Jacinta Olderhaver exploring dialogic approaches to teaching and learning.

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