When teachers thrive, their students do too.
Resetting your learning culture? I can help.
Looking to enhance collaboration? I’m all over it.
Leaders ready to take teams to the next level? IT’S WHAT I LIVE FOR!
Kate Horton | Professional Learning Facilitator
We all know that it’s important to differentiate learning opportunities for students right? That’s how I know that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to professional learning. The first step for me working with your team, is to understand your challenges and from there, build a program of professional learning just for you.
As a professional learning facilitator, I help schools to:
• Embed exceptional professional growth cycles
• Provide ongoing and individualised support to promote enhanced wellbeing for all team members
• Use coaching to strengthen collaboration and communication
• Provide training for on-site coaches
• Explore coaching in the classroom and enhance the way that teachers and students communicate with each other, particularly when giving and receiving feedback
I've been a registered professional learning facilitator for the Ministry of Education since 2019. I have provided RAPLD programs focusing on Assessment for Learning and Local Curriculum Design to dozens of schools all over New Zealand.
I also provide direct-to-school professional learning programs when you want something outside of the current MoE focus areas like:
leadership growth
support with collaborative learning systems
learner, teacher and whānau engagement in learning
Whether it's a mid-week staff meeting or a full on teacher only day - I've got the goods!
My one off workshops include:
Personality Profiling
The Collaboration Game
Strategic Planning Masterclass
Coach Training
Have you got some eager beavers who would like to take their own coaching journey for a spin before committing to rolling it out across your whole school? Then remote one-on-one coaching is a fantastic option.
I walk alongside you for an entire term with regular 1:1 coaching conversations to help you achieve mind blowing outcomes.
Contact me to see if I'm a good fit for your big goals
Examples of in-school coaching programs
Train You Own In School Coaches
This professional learning program is designed to train your own in school coaches so that any member of your school community can access coaching conversations for learning. It's perfect for educators across all levels of leadership.
Throughout this professional learning journey, your nominated onsite coaches will learn to:
• develop coaching skills that work with their natural communication style
• turn critical conversations in to coaching conversations
• use coaching as a powerful tool in teacher inquiry and professional growth cycles
• embed a culture of coaching across your school
• utilise coaching in the classroom as a game-changing way of giving and receiving feedback
Coach training happens over four terms and can be done remotely or face-to-face.
Prices start from $2,250 +GST & travel per person.
Kate Coaching Your Team
One-on-one professional coaching is so hot right now because IT WORKS! With this PLD program you get me either face-to-face or remotely to coach nominated members of your team. With the support of me as their professional coach, your team members will set about achieving professional goals that they don’t even know they’re capable of yet.
Each coachee will:
• set goals using the Education Council's Leadership Capabilities Framework
• receive ongoing and individualised support with their professional goals
• have 3 one hour coaching sessions each term (either face-to-face or remotely)
• receive notes and supporting resources after each coaching session
• have access to email/text support for the things that pop up between coaching sessions
Price starts from $550 per person (remote) / per term
Additional charges for travel costs & any tweaks you'd like to make to the program.
Here are some of the schools that I've already worked my magic in
Kate Horton
Waikato Innovation Park
Hamilton
Phone: 021 025 026 84
Email: kate@coachingcolab.com