Workshops

You can view the lists of delegates assigned to each workshop by clicking on the workshop sessions below. Please note the delegates who indicated that they did not want their names included on the conference lists are represented by a dotted line and will receive notification of their workshop allocations by email later this week.

Workshop One Delegate List

Workshop Two Delegate List

Workshop Three Delegate List

 

Please click on a session time below to view the abstracts for the workshops available in each session

Session One (10.35am - 11.45am)

Towards a democratic pedagogy: Teacher-child Interactions

Brent Mawson

How prepared are you to be an effective mentor teacher?

Megan Cochrane

Diverse Inspirations: Ukulele Jam

Nicci Chambers & Julz McFarlane

Good environments with clear visions promotes confident future leaders

Te Mirumiru

Becoming a culturally competent teacher: musings and provocations

Avril Maxwell

Boys reinvent storytelling with an iPad

Bridget Chapman with Ann Hatherly

Men in ECE

Peter Visser

Gateway Assessment

Child Protection Team NDHB

The Role of the Public Health Nurse in ECE

France Badham and Wendy Reid NDHB

Session Two (11.50am - 1.00pm)

Children’s preferred languages of learning in Aoteraoa New Zealand - seen through a Reggio Emilia lens
Denise Heald

A journey into natural environments with young children

Mairtown Kindergarten teachers 

The technology of storytelling

Tania Coutts

 

Ecopsychology a tool to support teachers to have an understanding and intimacy of the land

Arvay Armstrong-Read

ERO's New Approach to Early Childhood Service Reviews

Mary-Louise Stocker

 

The importance of doll play

Hannah Ana Eichler

Flipping the page

Carol Moffat and Sandra Wilson

Resolving team conflict

Sue Kurtovich

 

 

Session Three (3.15pm - 4.35pm) 

Encouraging exploration and creativity

Lisa Bredenbeck and Marcelle Comins

The magical meanderings of storytelling

Gill Taylor with Casey Brownlee and Jane Rippingale

Fun with natural resources

Manu and Karen from BJ's Homebased Childcare

The importance of doll play - repeated from morning

Hannah Ana Eichler

Education of under two's in ECE

Keri Squires

Registered Teacher Criteria - changing the face of appraisal

Christina Thornley

Diverse Inspirations: Ukulele Jam - repeated from morning

Nicci Chambers and Julz McFarlane

Learning to lead - leading learning

Ann Hatherly