Educational Leadership Project (Ltd)

Professional Development funded by the Ministry of Education

Areas

ELP has been awarded a Ministry of Education contract to deliver professional development in communities in the following areas:

Morrinsville
Ngaruawahia
Huntly
Hamilton
Te Awamutu
Otorohanga
Putaruru
Tokoroa
Te Kuiti
Taumarunui
Rotorua

These areas have been chosen by the Ministry for various reasons in order to support services that are likely to enrol children who have the greatest potential benefit to make from quality early childhood education (such as Māori, Pasifika and children from low socio-economic areas).

Topics

Our programmes will be based on these topics

Literacy and numeracy
Social competence
Infants and toddlers
Transitions
Leadership

Our approach

We will use the notion of a research question as the focus for each setting's individual programme. A research question is an important tool, keeping both accountability and focus in view.

Our professional development will be delivered using a variety of processes including: in-centre support, one-to-one mentoring, workshops etc.

Click here for our Seminar Series 2012 in Otorohanga, Rotorua and Tokoroa.

To get an idea of what workshops we ran during the first round of this programme have a look here.

Expression of Interest

Priority areas for the Ministry of Education are settings with high numbers of Māori and Pasifika children.

To find our whether your setting qualifies for this programme please get in touch with Marie Thom by email: marie.thom@elp.co.nz or phone: 07 856 8708

Government Priorities for ECE, Key Strategies and Principles

The focus of the Government is to ensure high quality learning opportunities for young children by ensuring that all children have access to quality teaching. This focus reflects evidence that teachers are key influencers of successful long term educational outcomes for children and young people.

Government Programme Content

Click here to find out more about the Ministry's Position on Valuing Language, Culture and Identity, Focus Areas, and Programme Goal for this professional development.