Leadership and Mentoring: Opportunities for Associate Teachers Through the Practicum Experience

This PLD is aimed at teachers in Early Childhood services that have tauira in their centres on their practicum experiences. It is also aimed at teachers who aspire to be associate teachers or are wanting a leadership role.

This PLD will introduce participants to the following:

• Conceptualising leadership as influence with purpose.
• The four principles of leadership: mentoring; relationships; communication; and passion (Woolston’s research).
• The elements of effective mentoring in the AT (LT and mentoring) roles.

Time to complete: 45-60 minutes

Presenter: Debbie Woolston

Senior Lecturer Pūkenga Matua, Te Rito Maioha

Debbie Woolston is a Pūkenga Matua – Senior Lecturer at Te Rito Maioha – Early Childhood New Zealand. Debbie’s early childhood career spans nearly 40 years in the kindergarten sector in both teacher/head teacher roles and now with Te Rito Maioha ECNZ. Debbie has a passion for tauira and the practicum experiences and a keen interest in infant and toddler wellbeing and practice and will be supporting Rachel with this PLD.