GEMS Aotearoa has two major focus areas: 

- Guidance and Mentoring in Gifted Education

- The Depth and Complexity Framework  

Our GEMS - the mentors 

As experienced specialist educators and consultants, our GEMS have a passion for gifted learners to be the best possible version of themselves. We have experience teaching and providing support in mainstream classes, withdrawal programmes, and out-of-school provisions. We have facilitated support in early years, primary, intermediate, secondary, Kāhui Ako and tertiary settings and are located in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Whanganui, Manawatu, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. 

“Thoroughly useful content, great advice and guidance and a wonderful start to our gifted education journey.”     Jody Q , LSC (2024) 

Our Support - how we work 

• Sustained Mentoring. We promote ongoing mentoring as part of our support to enable you to pace and consolidate your journey. 

• Maximised Delivery. We offer opportunities to develop a strong relationship with your GEM and deliver online and/or face-to-face as negotiated to maximise opportunity. 

• Tailored Support. We partner with you to develop a strategy that meets your needs and your budget, and adapt along the way where necessary. 

• Best Practice and Evidence-Based. We use our cumulative experiences and expertise plus current education policies and initiatives to ensure that what we promote is current and sound. 

• Reflective Approach. We agree on checkpoints and measures of success that are reviewed regularly as an ongoing part of delivery.

Our Services

Gifted Education Mentoring Support

Gifted learners have different learning needs to many of their same-aged peers and we know that many gifted learners do not always achieve their potential. Without knowledge of appropriate strategies and supports, it is easy to misunderstand this particular group. Misunderstandings can lead to disengagement, underachievement, behaviour problems, misdiagnoses, social problems, and emotional issues. We aim to help these unique learners fly by helping those working with our gifted children and young people.

Gifted Education Packages

PLD context examples: Alignment with key MOE policies and strategies, identification, programme planning, programme review and evaluation, curriculum development, UDL and differentiation strategies, transition, multi-exceptionalities, social and emotional needs, resource awareness, and unpacking educational psychologist assessment reports.