Helen Cartwright
Helen is an Early Years Facilitator for the Otago/Southland regions.
Helen has extensive experience in the early childhood sector, having taught for 14 years in kindergarten and childcare both in New Zealand and the UK. She joined CORE Education in 2006 mentoring teachers in the ECE ICT Programme for three years before moving onto supporting Early Childhood teams and teachers in all areas of ECE professional learning. A self-confessed people person, Helen supports and motivates teachers and teaching teams to achieve their potential.
Helen is currently on maternity leave and is planning to return to the CORE Early Years team later this year.
- Social Competency
- Literacy – oral language
- Leadership
- Assessment for learning
- Teacher/child interactions
- Effective team collaboration
- The creative arts
- The use of ICT in ECE
- Social competency in ECE
- Oral language development in young children
- Being an advocate for the profession and children
- Team work
- Supporting teachers to improve learning for children in their centres
- Cybersafety
- Duncan, H. (2011) Emotional Regulation in young children – Early Childhood Research Hui Otago
- Duncan, H. (2010) Social Competency in ECE – 1 day workshop – Central Otago Kindergarten Assn
- Duncan, H. (2010) Leadership in the South: Being the best leaders we can be - 2 day leadership workshop, Southland Kindergarten Assn
- Duncan, H. (2010) Engaging Environments - 1/2 day workshop, Barnardos Homebased Visiting Teachers
- Duncan, H. (2010) Learning Stories: Making each word and picture count - presented to various groups around Otago/Southland
- Duncan, H. (2009) 21st Century Teaching and Learning, Presentation to teaching students, West Coast Teachers, Dunedin Teachers
- Duncan, H. (2009) Cybersafety in ECE (an accredited facilitator for Netsafe NZ), Numerous presentations to ECE sector groups around New Zealand
- Duncan, H. (2009) Trends in ECE ICT, Presentation to 30 teachers Otago/Southland Cluster Hui
- Duncan, H. (2009) Collaboration and Teamwork, Presentation to Southland Kindergarten Association Teachers
- Duncan, H. (2009) Writing for Impact and Style – How to write for your synethsis, numerous presentations to teachers Otago/Southland Cluster
“After living and working overseas I returned to my hometown of Dunedin. Here I’ve used my creative streak in cooking and gardening as well as indulging in my passion for shopping.”
