Our Learning Coaches
We have trained New Zealand-registered teachers, known as ‘Specialist Learning Coaches’. The specialist Learning Coaches (SLC) dedicate themselves to one aspect of the New Zealand Curriculum. Their skills are to masterfully utilise the NZ Curriculum subjects in which they excel to develop and enhance academic disciplines acquired through an atmosphere of curiosity. They are trained to know when a student is ready to be pushed and when to let them withdraw to be silent and quiet.
Another powerful aspect of our teaching model and student management system (YPI) is that parents can be involved in their children’s choice of study, improving enthusiasm, ownership, and authenticity. When ready, students can co-create plans with their families and with our Student Learning Centre (SLC), supported by our management system, YPI. We build confidence in learners by following their success and creating a learning portfolio that accompanies them for as long as they are registered with our school, regardless of which SLC they engage with. Our parents are intimately involved in the decision-making, expanding their children’s experiences and providing the extra support needed.