NZTC-001 Webinar

Cultivating Connections with student teachers

Goal-Setting and Relationship Building for student teacher success
Date: Recorded 13 August 2024
Format: Recorded Webinar
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Unlock the secrets to beginning an effective mentoring relationship

Join us as we dive into strategies for conducting impactful initial conversations with students. Discover how to uncover their unique strengths, challenges, and core beliefs about teaching and learning. Learn how to use this invaluable information to tailor your mentoring approach, ensuring each student thrives. Don't miss this opportunity to set your mentees on the path to success!

Presented By

Barbara Watson (PhD)

Webinar Duration

Approximately 45 minutes

Skill Level

Suitable for Associate teachers in New Zealand.

What will you learn?


Unlock the secrets to beginning an effective mentoring relationship in our upcoming webinar. Join us as we dive into strategies for conducting impactful initial conversations with students. Discover how to uncover their unique strengths, challenges, and core beliefs about teaching and learning. Learn how to use this invaluable information to tailor your mentoring approach, ensuring each student thrives. Don't miss this opportunity to set your mentees on the path to success!
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About the presenter

Barbara Watson (PhD)

Barbara is a qualified early childhood and primary teacher and has owned and managed early childhood centres. Having worked as part of the EC Professional Support team at the Faculty of Education for 7 years, she has strong links with The University of Auckland. While in this role Barbara facilitated a variety of workshops and programmes for a wide range of ECE services and also lectured on a number of ECE papers.

Barbara has a passion for supporting teachers to make effective links between theory and practice. Her Masters thesis focused on leadership and adult education and her PhD investigated how induction and mentoring programmes are enacted in education and care services. Barbara works with centre leaders as a mentor, coach and external appraiser.