Rachel Matela

Tui Tuia | Learning Circle

Tui Tuia | Learning Circle provides services and programmes to strengthen the capability and resilience of New Zealand educators in our rapidly changing world. Working alongside leaders, teachers, and school communities, the organisation has a history of designing and delivering quality professional learning and development. This includes leadership development, language learning, literacy development, and Reading Recovery. The organisation also delivers culturally sustaining practice including Pasifika-led professional development and support for kura, ākonga and kaiako in Pāngarau and Te Reo in Māori and English, focusing on improving outcomes for learners. Tui Tuia | Learning Circle also supports all the Ministry of Education's regionally-allocated professional development priorities. Its work is informed by the latest research and findings through its close relationship with the University of Auckland.