TAUTOKO | Individual Service Support

Our strength lies in contextualising content to support leaders and kaiako. We recognise, connect, and forge communal relationships to build and sustain high-trust professional communities.​ We co-design programmes to strengthen professional capabilities, adapting to the unique needs of each service. Our approach is flexible in timing, delivery, and programme length, ensuring support aligns with the commitments of leaders, kaiako, and services.

 

Our Commitment

• Bicultural Practice – Our team ensures seamless integration of bicultural kaupapa.

• Focus on Literacy – Recently, we’ve worked with services across Wellington, Wairarapa, Kāpiti Coast, Manawatū, Taranaki, South Auckland, and Waikato to strengthen oral communication and early literacy.

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Areas of Strength

We support leaders and kaiako in (but not limited to):

• Oral Language & Early Literacy

• Maths Learning

• Leading People in Wellbeing

• Leaderful Practice

• Overseas Trained & Unqualified Teachers

• Infant & Toddler Teams

• Recognising & Responding to Culture and Identity of Tamariki & Whānau

• Local Curriculum Understanding

• Pedagogical Practices Across Curriculum

• Internal Evaluation

• Assessment, Planning & Evaluation

• Social & Emotional Competencies of Tamariki

• Professional Growth Cycle with Leaders

• Health & Safety Requirements

 

We also work alongside teams to strengthen Te Whāriki, and support the use of Ministry of Education resources:

• Tāhurangi

• He Māpuna Te Tamaiti

• Te Kōrerorero

• Kōwhiti Whakapae

• Tapasā

• Tātaiako

 

Innovative Approaches

We draw from diverse frameworks to expand professional thinking, including:

• The Balcony and the Dance Floor

• The Third Space Theory

• Johari Window Framework

• GROWTH Framework

• The Healthy Food Platter

 

Key Learning Outcomes

Through our programmes, leaders and kaiako will:

• Reflect on beliefs, values, and biases

• Strengthen culturally responsive practice

• Recognise diverse identities, languages, and cultures

• Implement collaborative curriculum design

• Track and respond to children’s progress over time

• Support tamariki to grow as confident learners

• Build strong partnerships with whānau

• Monitor improvements in teaching practice

• Deepen understanding of emotional & social competencies

• Embed a high-performance culture

 

Delivery Modes

Our programmes follow a blended model that may include:

• In-service visits

• Online cluster hui

• Individually tailored workshops

 

We are reflexive and responsive—designing delivery to meet the needs of each service, leader, and kaiako