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PCT Beginning Teacher Programmes

2027 Manukau Mid-Year PCT Programme 0-3

For teachers who teach Year 0-3 students

The structure of each session will follow this format:

The four Zoom sessions will run from 10.00am-12.00pm

The two sessions face to face at the venue will run between 9.30am and 2.30pm.

9.30am – 10.15am Mentoring Time – burning issues, reflection, inquiry, next steps, goal setting, networking, collegial collaboration

10.15am – 10.30am Morning Tea

10.30am – 12.30pm Content Facilitation

12.30pm – 1.00pm Lunch

1.00pm –  2.30pm Content Facilitation, reflection.

Session 1: Getting Started!

Wednesday 21 July 2027               10.00am – 12.00pm      Zoom Meeting

  • Teacher Hauora/Wellbeing.

  • Information about the Induction and Mentoring Programme and working towards full certification in alignment with the current Teaching Council criteria and your own school's procedures.

  • Creating safe and effective classroom/learning environments and management/organisation.

  • Student engagement and developing connected, positive relationships – some 'starter off' restorative behaviour management strategies.

  • Promoting/embedding a growth mindset, wellbeing and mindfulness approach.

  • Student emotional regulation.

Presented by Jo Williams

Session 2: Te Reo & Tikanga in Action: A PCT Kete for the Classroom

Wednesday 11 August 2027               9.30am – 2.30pm in the Manuhiri Room, Manukau

  • We will explore Standard 1 (Te Tiriti) and easy ways to gather authentic evidence showing how you honour Te Tiriti in your daily teaching and a look at where reo and tikanga sit within the NZC, Tātaiako, and the Aotearoa NZ Histories curriculum. We will understand the "why" behind Māori customs and values.

  • We will workshop everyday reo: low-stakes, high-impact conversational Māori for roll call, transitions, giving praise and place names with an aim to scaffold and boost your own confidence with pronunciation. We will look at practical ways to embed tikanga into your classroom daily routines and treaty.

  • We will share ideas around the best websites, resources and fun, high-engagement classroom activities and brain breaks that get students loving the language.

Presented by Diane Hobby

Session 3: Guidance and Practical Ideas Around Your Reading/Literacy Programme

Wednesday 1 September 2027     10.00am – 12.00pm                Zoom Meeting

  • Current information around the literacy curriculum.

  • Discussions around the science of reading/structured literacy for senior students and teaching approaches in schools.

  • Being explicit and systematic in the teaching of reading.

  • Integrating literacy across the curriculum.

  • Strategies, skills and reading tips.

  • Purposeful reading responses and activities for students and relevant websites.

Presented by Jo Williams

Session 4: Maths

Wednesday 13 October 2027              10.00am – 12.00pm           Zoom Meeting

  • Unpack the learning progressions within the Refreshed New Zealand Curriculum.

  • Examples of effective maths practice and approaches.

  • The importance of explicit teaching.

  • Cultivating Mathematical Mindsets.

  • A treasure trove of practical maths activities.

  • Resources and useful websites.

Presented by Jo Williams

Session 5: Student Engagement Through Science/STEM

Wednesday 3 November 2027    9.30am – 2.30pm in the Manuhiri Room, Manukau

  • This session will demonstrate fun, hands-on exploration and investigation activities that teachers can implement in their own learning settings. By looking through a science lens, we are able to harness ākonga' innate curiosity leading to their engagement.

  • We will explore how we can foster ākonga' sense of wonder and develop early inquiry, questioning and thinking skills. We also know that science is an ideal platform for oral language and writing experiences. There will be opportunities in the day to explore ideas for STEM through websites, resources and further readings and to make links with other curriculum areas.

Presented by Graham Cox

Session 6: Dyslexia – A guide to recognising and understanding the dyslexic students in your class

Wednesday 24 November 2027      10.00am – 12.00pm       Zoom Meeting

  • What have you observed this year about your students and their various learning styles?

  • What have you noticed about your students' thinking and questioning tendencies?

  • What have you noticed about the processing abilities of individual students?

  • Have you recognised that there have been dyslexic students in your learning environment this year? You may have sought advice from colleagues/RTLB members to help you put certain strategies into place. Or you may have taken it upon yourself to follow your own line of research.

  • This zoom workshop endeavours to clarify some of the questions you may have around dyslexia. It will be a practical, straight-talking and illuminating session providing a succinct and holistic insight into the dyslexic student, and give teachers some common indicators of what to look out for and how best to meet the learning and emotional needs of dyslexic students.

  • Teachers who have recognised and understood dyslexic students in their class are able to pass on valuable information to the student's next teacher so that their learning and emotional needs continue to be met rather than the possibility of them 'flying under the radar' or giving up on school altogether.

Presented by Jo Williams

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