A commitment to supporting tumuaki | principals
Your role as a tumuaki | principal is unique and comes with a range of rewards and challenges; School leaders are required to balance the diversity of a job that is never the same each day. Numerous studies have highlighted the particular hauora | wellbeing and leadership needs for tumuaki to move from functioning to flourishing.
Recent initiatives from the Ministry of Education have acknowledged the need for tumuaki to deliberately take time to focus on their own hauora, professional development, and growth.*
At Tātai Aho Rau, we want to equip tumuaki | principals with personalised strategic leadership skills and hauora | wellbeing support that empowers you to build on your strengths and rediscover your “why?”.
Hauora | Wellbeing support for tumuaki | principals
Tātai Aho Rau provides tumuaki with useful strategies enabling school leaders to promote and protect hauora. We provide the latest research and evidence, and use resources specifically for Aotearoa. With you as a driver of this experience, you will work with a facilitator to shape a meaningful experience to meet your needs.
Our facilitators are available to work with you in a range of ways, including:
- Coaching and mentoring through He Waka Unua, with a particular focus on hauora
- Building hauora for you and your leadership teams
- Identifying and using your strengths through Kōrero Tahi | Story hui: A simple way of telling our stories that makes us stronger
- Building kaimahi hauora | staff wellbeing
Have a question?
Contact Ngaire Shepherd-Wills for questions about our hauora | wellbeing programmes.
M: 021 166 0158
E: ngaire.shepherd-wills@core-ed.ac.nz
He Waka Unua | Coaching and Mentoring for tumuaki | principals
Individual coaching and mentoring from He Waka Unua will pair you with a personal kaiārahi (coach / mentor), often a Ministry of Education accredited facilitator, who provides you with strength and guidance in exploring your purpose and encouraging the achievement of your goals for your specific setting. You are the driver of this experience and our kaiārahi walk alongside you.
We provide a safe space for you to:
- Celebrate your successes
- Reflect on your leadership practice and plan for your personal and professional growth
- Grow practical strategies and skills to manage the demands of your role
Have a question?
Contact Amy-Lee Budd for questions about He Waka Unua | Coaching and Mentoring
M: 021 485 939
E: amy-lee.budd@core-ed.ac.nz
Looking for something else?
We also offer
- Leadership facilitation for growing strong teams and school culture in order to navigate educational change (such as leading the implementation of Te Mātaiaho, NCEA changes).
- Whole school approaches such as our Developing Collective Wellbeing Programme, in partnership with the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience.
- Bespoke solutions that are responsive to your setting.
Please get in touch if you have ideas you would like to discuss.
Contact us
Enquire about Tumuaki | Principal coaching and support
*References:
The New Zealand Primary Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing Survey, 2021
The Teaching Council | Matatū Aotearoa & New Zealand Principals’ Federation Rauhuia: Principals’ Voice Feedback from New Zealand Principals on Leadership Priorities for Rauhuia