• Duration

    Approx 10 hours

  • CONTENT

    Mixed Media

  • Learning Type

    Self-directed

    Te Ara Whakamana in
    Early Childhood Education

    Training in Te Ara Whakamana, a strength-based approach to positive behaviour change and wellbeing. This self-directed training is tailored for Early Childhood Educators and their Support Staff.

    The cost for this course is NZ$500+gst

    What's included?

    10 Modules

    1 Certificate

    1 Mana Model

    20 + Videos

    Further Reading

    Learning Assessments

    Course Outline

    The Te Ara Whakamana Training takes you through a series of 10 interactive, self-directed learning modules.

    •   Module 1 - Mihi Whakatau & Whakapapa of Te Ara Whakamana 

    •   Module 2 - Māori Concepts

    •   Module 3 - The Māori Creation Story & Mana

    •   Module 4 - Te Ara Whakamana: Mana Enhancement - The Model

    •   Module 5 - Identifying Strengths, Understanding Ngā Atua and their Dualities

    •   Module 6 - Mātauranga Māori, Co-Regulation and Neuroscience

    •   Module 7 - Takiuru/Atua Check-in, Monitoring Māui & Mahere Poutama

    •   Module 8 - Analysing the content of the Model for Meaning, Positive Re-Storying, Risk Assessment & Safety Plans

    •   Module 9 - Te Ara Whakamana in Practice

    •   Module 10 - Whakaahuatanga/Visualisation, Final Reflections & Learning Assessement

    Susan Ngawati-Osborne & Nigel Marshall

    Your Kaihuawaere Awheawhe – Facilitators
    Susan Ngawati-Osborne (Ngāti Te Ara, Ngāti Kopaki, Ngāti Hine) and Nigel Marshall (England, NZ Pākehā) are dedicated leaders in social advocacy, education, and kaupapa Māori practice. Susan brings extensive experience in Māori community work, Te Tiriti o Waitangi training, and the Sexual Violence/Family Harm sector, with a focus on supporting tamariki, mokopuna and whānau affected by harm. She has held key roles in national and ministerial initiatives aimed at eliminating violence and remains active in iwi and hapū affairs.

    Nigel, with a Master’s in Educational Psychology, has spent his career teaching and supporting special needs children, working closely with Māori students, whānau, and communities. His deep respect for Te Ao Māori has shaped his work in well-being and positive behaviour change. In 2012, he led the development of Te Ara Whakamana: Mana Enhancement, a uniquely New Zealand model for fostering well-being and transformation.

    Together, Susan and Nigel are committed to empowering communities, learning environments, organisations and agencies through approaches that apply a combination of Indigenous and Western knowledge systems, to create equitable, effective, mana-enhancing outcomes.

    Mā te kimi ka kite,
    Mā te kite ka mōhio,
    Mā te mōhio ka mārama

    Seek and discover,
    Discover and know,
    Know and become enlightened

    I love the concept of this entire course! The use of the mana model to deepen relationships with whānau and tamariki will be amazing for our centre. 
    Early Childhood centre manager
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