Introduction to the TPTMT Project & Team


A brief video introduction to the TPTMT team & the PLD opportunities this programme offers.

Webinar 1 (Curriculum): Overview of the New Zealand Education System

Join Pam and Tara for this informal conversation around education in New Zealand. Drawing on her vast experience in curriculum design at the Ministry of Education, Pam will not only provide an overview of the education system, she will discuss the intent of the New Zealand Curriculum and its focus on local curriculum and learners.

Webinar 2 (Pedagogy): Design Thinking & Problem  Based Learning

In this session we will go through what problem-based learning and design thinking is, discuss the six steps of the Stanford Design Process (Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, Share), and talk about how we can apply these as a structure to our programming to help align ourselves with learning in the classroom.

Webinar 3 (Pedagogy): Visual Thinking Strategies and Art Engagement

Looking closely at art and objects can help with encouraging critical thinking, as well as deepening language and empathy. This webinar introduces you to, and demonstrates live, some of the skills that Laura uses with students when looking at toi (art) at Te Papa.  

Webinar 4 (Teaching Remotely): Digital Tools for Collaboration

Collaboration doesn’t need to be limited to when we can meet in a room together. A plethora of tools is available online, but where do you start?

Join Monika Kern, one of Te Pū Tiaki Mana Taonga's Learning Specialists, to look at (and play with!) some helpful digital tools and how you can utilise them to collaborate, coordinate, create and connect online with both colleagues and learners.  

Webinar 5 (Curriculum): Demystifying Local Curriculum

Join Alison Woollard to understand what Local Curriculum means, how schools develop their Local Curriculum, and how museums, galleries and other sites beyond the classroom can enrich schools’ Local Curriculum through learning programmes. This will be of interest to educators considering how to respond to the Ministry of Education’s recent shift in emphasis towards Enriching Local Curriculum.

Webinar 6 (Teaching Remotely): Developing a Virtual Gallery Tour

Tune in if you’re considering moving your programming into the virtual space. The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery recently built an online educational tour of their celebrated Tai Moana Tai Tangata exhibition by Brett Graham. Join the team of educators and digital specialists behind the project from Govett Brewster and Puke Ariki to hear how it was made. After the presentation, there will be time to ask questions and share experiences. 

Webinar 7 (Teaching Remotely): Adapting Programmes for Online Learning
Join educators from Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa – The New Zealand Maritime Museum in Auckland, and Te Mata Toa The National Army Museum in Waiouru, to hear how they have responded to schools requests to pivot from face to face programmes to online learning during Covid-19 alert levels 2 and 3. 

Webinar 8 (Teaching Remotely): Digital and Distance Learning


The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and  the National Gallery Australia (NGA) in Canberra share insights into how they have developed digital and distance learning for national audiences prior to and since COVID-19. 

Webinar 9 (Teaching Remotely): Approaches to Online Learning During COVID

Join us to hear from education specialists Caroline Wallis at Parliament, and Kerrin Carr at Te Awamutu Museum, about the different approaches they have taken to developing, testing and delivering education programmes online. 

Webinar 10 (Teaching Remotely): Creating Worthwhile Art Learning Videos Simply  

This webinar will provide the hows and whys of the creation of Esther’s YouTube channel, ‘Adventures in Art from The Suter Art Gallery’, which was set up at the commencement of the first New Zealand COVID lockdown in 2020. It features technically simple, homemade educational videos for primary aged children, either learning at home or at school.

Webinar 11 (Te Ao Māori): Kaupapa Māori Teaching and Learning

Would you like to improve the support you give Māori learners within your culture and heritage education contexts? Doctoral candidate Maria Barnes will share her knowledge and experience of kaupapa Māori teaching and learning. She will be joined in conversation with the Kaupapa Māori learning team from Te Papa, Natasha Hanara, Hauiti Gardiner and Leroy DeThierry. 

Webinar 12 (Best Practice): Welcoming ECE into the Gallery/Museum


Lisa Terreni's presentation is an examination of the barriers to art gallery and museum visiting by the Early Childhood sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. It  suggests ways that museum and gallery educators can work with the ECE sector to successfully facilitate visits. There is discussion with members about the possibilities for implementing goals from the early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki as well as the New Zealand Curriculum. 

Webinar 13 (Curriculum): Understanding Te Whāriki- The ECE Curriculum  


Ann Hatherly and TPTMT committee Chair Tara Fagan give us insight into the development, intentions, and application of Te Whāriki and how you can leverage the document in your own programmes to give meaningful learning opportunities to younger tamariki.  Ann worked at CORE Education as the lead content writer for Te Whāriki Online, a resource for early years teachers, funded by the Ministry of Education.  
 

Webinar 14 (Curriculum): Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories


Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories will be taught in schools around the motu from 2023. As educators in culture and heritage institutions, many of us are exploring how we will best support ākonga and their kaiako as they embark on this new learning. This webinar with Monika Kern will give you an overview of the curriculum content, examine what role our institution can play in the rollout of this new classroom learning and how our exhibitions, taonga and programmes can support this learning.

Webinar 15 (Best Practice): Introduction to Accessibility


Join Stace Robertson - Access Inclusion and Participation Advisor, Arts Access Aotearoa, for an introduction to accessibility in the culture and heritage sector. This session will cover why access is important, different types of accessibility, engagement with Deaf and disability communities, access during the time of COVID and how Arts Access Aotearoa can support you.

Webinar 16 (Best Practice): Creating Inclusive Learning Sessions & Sensory Maps

Join Muriel McGlone and Tom Rowlands from Auckland Museum for some insight into the benefits and challenges they have come across in creating policies for greater accessibility. The mahi they've worked on includes the creation of quiet hours, touch collections, and a series of sensory maps and social scripts for visitors and learners alike. 

Webinar 17 (Pedagogy): Practical tips, techniques and resources for teaching outdoors  

Tali shares the tips and tricks she has picked up through her experience teaching outdoor conservation education programmes. Good preparation with additional emphasis on H&S is key!
Tali also shares a range of resources available to teachers for teaching outdoors, and practical tips & the TORE framework for planning guided learning experiences in both indoor and outdoor education contexts. 

Webinar 18 (Pedagogy): Navigating emotions when teaching our histories


Join Ricky Prebble, Imogen Rider, and Tereora Crane - for an introduction into how these experienced educators make space for the difficult emotions that can arise in students (and teachers) when teaching Aotearoas history. Hear about the ways that they prepare students for these subjects, how they navigate emotions as they arise, and how they can become a powerful tool for reflection and for solidifying learning.  

Webinar 19 (Te ao Māori): Matariki Programming for Museums and Galleries  


At this zui, developed in partnership with National Services Te Pairangi, public programming specialists from Waikato Museum | Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, and Te Papa describe the significance of Matariki in the Māori lunar calendar and share ways to celebrate this time of year within your own spaces. Education, curatorial and programming specialists share practical tips and key information to help inform public and school programming events and resource development. 

Webinar 20 (Best Practice): Accessible programmes for the visually impaired

This week we look at accessibility for the visually impaired. We hear insight from several perspectives.

From the lived experience of Mary as a blind visitor, from Leigh and Tracy about how we can support low vision learners in a range of ways, and from Judith about the practical and powerful tools she has used in her own practice as a guide and host for low vision visitors within a culture & heritage institution.

Webinar 21 (Pedagogy): Harnessing nature as your classroom


The wonderful rangers at Zealandia Ecosanctuary in Wellington, Melissa and AJ, take their teaching not just outdoors, but into ākonga's own backyards. Join us to hear about the their novel 'Nature at your Place' programme, their experience in working at a world leading outdoor education site, the training and protocols that work for them, and the resources and support they have for learners. 

Webinar 22 (Pedagogy): Manaakitanga: Safe, welcoming spaces when teaching sensitive topics

Explore the multitude of ways we can set up safe learning spaces with the Learning Facilitators from He Tohu in Pōneke Wellington. Anna, Christa, and Tanja will share stories of their experiences teaching sensitive histories and cover the techniques that they have found most effective over the last 5 years of educating visitors at He Tohu. 

Webinar 23 (Best practice): Accessibility and Disability in schools

Kōwhai Specialist School in Hastings is an innovative, inclusive school for students with special needs aged 5-21 years.

Kelsey Hankins developed a pilot internship programme especially for some of their students to experience, appreciate, and engage with the art in a way that also supported their confidence and self esteem. Join us to hear about her passion for accessibility, what she learned putting that into action, and what it meant for the students.

Webinar 24 (Pedagogy): Supporting learners to think critically about our histories

Join us for the third in our series discussing the practical ways Culture & Heritage organisation's can approach designing or adapting programmes to support the new Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories curriculum. In this webinar we focus on digging deeper. How do we enable students to think critically, and engage with our institutions objects and stories at a deeper level? 

Webinar 25 (Te ao Māori): Kaupapa embedded programmes at Tairāwhiti Museum

Māori pouako Ora Taukamo, Jo Barbarich and Te Manuhuia Paenga describe some of their kaupapa Māori approaches to teaching, learning, and manaakitanga. 

You will gain insights into ways to support Māori learners and understand some of the unique features of their education programmes. 

Webinar 26 (Pedagogy): Are you listening to me? Child-centred pedagogy

 
How can kaiako ‘listen’ to tamariki as they explore, play, observe, think and wonder. Do we really take the time to hear what children say and see what knowledge they bring to learning experiences? And then what? How can we deepen children’s thinking and embrace ako and the joy of learning from each other?  

Judith Urry shares some of the ways she uses inquiry learning, play-based learning, documentation, and other pedagogical techniques.

Webinar 27 (Te ao Māori): Mātauranga Māori and Bicultural Museum Practice 

Puawai Cairns has broad experience in the museum sector, including in concept development, exhibition development, curation, and working with communities. Her strength in supporting bicultural and Māori practices is highly valued at a time when Te Papa is reaffirming its commitment to mana taonga.

In this webinar, Puawai will share her knowledge and experience around mātauranga Māori and bicultural museum practices. 

Webinar 28 (Pedagogy): Teaching Climate Action with Wellington Zoo

We speak to Wellington Zoo about the impactful and empowering ways they carry their climate action message and organisational values into their learning programmes, school holiday programmes, and beyond into the community.

Their kaupapa is Me Tiaki, kia ora!  If we look after things they will flourish and thrive. 

Webinar 29 (Pedagogy): Honouring our Local Histories

Taupopoki George McLeod has worked at Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa Rotorua Museum for 21 years. In this webinar he talks about his time in the sector and on his approach to teaching his local histories in alignment with ANZH. 

He makes particular reference to a contested history in his own rohe, and how he uses that in his programmes.  

Webinar 30: Kia Mahira presents: Creating Worthy Goals

You’ve probably heard of goal setting. You might have heard of SMART Goals. But have you heard of Worthy Goals? Michael Bungay Stanier coined the term ‘worthy goals’ and offers a unique take on setting goals worth our time. Worthy Goals comprise the essential ingredients of Thrilling, Important and Daunting! Join me for this session if you want to re-align your purpose with a new worthy goal!

https://www.kiamahira.co.nz/ 

Webinar 31: Findings from the ANZH regional resources stocktake

In 2021, Massey researchers Liz Ward & Carol Neill conducted the Aotearoa New Zealand histories regional resources stocktake for MoE, where they were tasked with exploring the local histories ‘landscape’ across all regions.

The research focused first on local museums and their engagement with their local communities and schools. In this webinar they present and discuss their major findings from this research. 

Webinar 32: Kia Mahira presents: Understanding your Influence

An educator will never know the influence they have in this world.  

In this session, we look at the SCARF model: A Brain-Based Model for Collaborating With and Influencing Others. We apply this to the unique work of educators in the cultural and heritage space and surface the influence you have with, through and around the work you do.

https://www.kiamahira.co.nz/ 

Webinar 33: Kia Mahira presents - An insight into Communication Models 

In this webinar we look at two communication models that support growth. The first is the Ways of knowing model, where we identify 4 ways of knowing and unlock ways that people need to ‘hear’ things so information is heard. The second is an extension of this model, where we look at the TERA model, a model that increases trust and engagement in communication.

https://www.kiamahira.co.nz/ 

Webinar 34: Kia Mahira presents - An Introduction to Conscious Leadership 

In this webinar we will cover 'Conscious Leadership'.

The fundamental aspects of a conscious leadership is building a culture of “we”. In this webinar, we look at three ‘need to knows’ of conscious leadership and the impact this has on the work of educators in the cultural and heritage space.

https://www.kiamahira.co.nz/ 

Webinar 1 2023: Digital Safety Toolkit 

In this webinar, Anjie Webster,  Founder of Generation Online introduces the Digital Safety Toolkit and talks through some basics of  being digitally safe.

Download your digital safety toolkit here.

Webinar 2 2023:  Collaboration

In this webinar, Tara Fagan and Monika Kern talk about the value of collaboration across the sector.

Webinar 3 2023:  Curriculum shared between Australia and New Zealand

In this webinar, George Perkins and Laura Jones share curriculum across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.