PLD for Teacher Aides
Our Teacher Aide Courses
We are offering short PLD courses specifically designed to support the professional development of Teacher Aides. Our courses delve into pedagogy and facilitate deep learning, enhancing professionalism and career progression for teacher aides. These courses are intended for groups of teacher aides from the same school to participate in together, fostering collaborative growth and shared learning experiences.
Explore
Foundational Skills
Mathematics
Wellbeing & Behaviour management
Inclusion & Diversity
Other
Foundational skills
To build confidence and capability
Our Foundational Skills course will explore the role of a teacher aide and empower you to engage in professional relationships with learners, teaching staff, and whānau built on trust. Develop skills in networking, collaboration, and communication with teachers, service providers and parents, while advocating for learners.
Our course teaches you ways of working with ākonga that support individual learning needs, promote a positive, inclusive environment that values their culture and identity, and helps you to identify effective feedback and feed-forward strategies to grow ākonga capability.
Finally, the course will equip you with tools to develop self-efficacy and confidence affirming your understanding and requirements of your daily routines.
Course Outcomes
By completing this course, you will be able to:
- Shift learners from a deficit mindset to an agentic one, promoting a positive learning environment that values their abilities and strengths
- Develop and maintain trusting relationships with learners, teaching staff, and whānau, and how to communicate effectively with parents and service providers
- Learn how to apply principles of inclusive practice for diverse learners and develop effective teaching practices that support individual and small group learning needs
- Learn strategies for promoting a positive, inclusive environment that values learners’ culture and identity
- Learn positive handling techniques and strategies to support students in regulating their own behaviours
Supporting mathematics learning
This course will allow you to develop a deeper understanding of how you can support students in their mathematical learning. You will leave this course with an understanding of deliberate actions that you can take to support and engage your students in their maths learning.
Course Outcomes
By completing this course you will:
- Deepen your own mathematical understanding
- Develop strategies to support ākonga to progress in their maths learning
- Gain the skills to help ākonga develop their mathematical identities
- Develop strategies to support ākonga to engage in purposeful mathematics discourse
- Understand your role in supporting ākonga to continue to engage and enjoy mathematics learning
Child-centred approaches to managing wellbeing and behaviour
Are you a teacher aide looking to deepen your understanding of students’ behaviour? We believe that all behaviour, whether positive or negative, is a form of communication. That’s why we’ve designed a course that teaches you how to decode the drivers behind distress and challenging behaviours, and empowers you with effective ways to support learners to communicate their feelings effectively.
By completing our course, you will gain a shared understanding of trauma-informed practice, helping you to create a safe environment where wellbeing is paramount for both ākonga and kaiako.
Enhance your skills as a teacher aide and make a real difference in students’ lives. Support students to communicate effectively and build positive relationships, paving the way for their success in the classroom and beyond.
Course Outcomes
By completing this course, you will be able to:
- Draw on current research to deepen your understanding of how stress can affect the body
- Develop a toolkit of strategies to help support young people in building resilience and managing their emotions through self-regulation
Supporting Neurodiversity and Inclusion through Universal Design for Learning
This course is a must for all educators when we recognise that, “one in five children and young people need some kind of extra support for their learning. This might be because of disability, learning difficulties, disadvantage, physical or mental health or behaviour issues” (OECD Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages: Policies, Statistics and Indicators – 2007 Edition).
Recent reports from the Office of Disabilities Issues (2022) also signal we’re not doing enough to support learners’ with disabilities, with one in four students discouraged from enrolling in ECE and 1 in 5 discouraged from enrolling in schools. This says many educators lack the confidence, capabilities and skills to support these learners.
Join us on this introductory exploration of neurodiversity and inclusion to help all students feel a sense of belonging and the confidence to succeed in education.
Course Outcomes
By completing this course, you will:
- Develop an understanding of specific learning disabilities (SLD)
- Be introduced to the UDL Framework and Principles to better support all learners
- Begin to develop a kete of resources and strategies to identify learner needs and barriers to learning, implement relevant pedagogical practices to support students’ engagement and progress in learning
- Engage with the Ministry of Education’s collaborative Learning Support Delivery Model
Further PLD Support
Our team can support Teacher Aides Professional Learning and Development in a range of areas and in a range of delivery models. Please contact us if you would like to discuss your specific PLD requirements.
Contact
Level 8, 139 Quay Street, Auckland 1010
New Zealand
