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Unlocking the Power of Kōwhiti Whakapae in Practice

How to use Kōwhiti Whakapae to strengthen your assessment and planning for children’s learning.
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Kōwhiti Whakapae is a powerful Ministry of Education resource designed to enrich assessment and planning for children’s learning. But to truly harness its potential, teachers need more than just access—they need practical insight into how to use it confidently and effectively.

This webinar responds directly to feedback from educators across the sector who have said, “We’re not quite sure how to use it.” 

We’re here to change that!

Presented By

Barbara Watson and Bridgit Williams - InspirED ECE

Webinar Duration

Approximately 45 minutes

Skill Level

Suitable for beginner to experienced educators

What will you learn?

In this engaging and practical session, we’ll show you how to bring Kōwhiti Whakapae to life in your everyday practice. Through real-world examples, you’ll learn how to:

  • Assess children’s learning using the resource,
  • Identify meaningful learning progressions, and
  • Apply targeted teaching strategies that genuinely support learning growth.

If you haven’t already, we recommend watching our first webinar, An Introduction to Kōwhiti Whakapae, which orients you to the website and its structure. While it’s not essential, it will give you a helpful foundation for this next step.

Join us to deepen your understanding and feel empowered to use Kōwhiti Whakapae with purpose and confidence.

Certificate of completion provided
for your professional learning records
About the presenters

Barbara Watson (PhD)

PhD; MEdAdmin; BEd (ECE); Dip.Tchg (Primary)

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. 

Bridgit Williams

MProfStud(Ed); BA (Ed); DipTchgECE; PGDip Montessori

Bridgit has been a professional learning facilitator and mentor since 2008, previously with EC Professional Support at the University of Auckland. She believes effective leadership and ongoing professional learning are key to improving quality in early childhood education.

Bridgit completed her Masters degree in early 2015, looking specifically at the induction and mentoring of ECE teachers. Her professional interests include effective leadership and communication, inclusive teaching practice, intentional teaching and implementing authentic curriculum.

What others said about this webinar:

Such and informative session. It was great to see it 'action' - practical terms - that seem easy and achievable - removing the guess work - thanks so much; this has really clarified Kowhiti Whakapae for me.
— ANGELA
Hugely helpful webinar. As a new document, it takes a bit of getting your head around. Bridgit explained them clearly and having the example ILP from Barbara showing exactly how the information was used was really really good.  
— TERESA
Very informative. Also showcased in a way that was relevant to what us kaiako are doing in practice and in centre with assessment and planning. Very helpful. 
— STACEY

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