FACILITATOR

Kate Thornton

Kate Thornton is an Associate Professor in Te Pukenga Wai, the Faculty of Education, Health and Psychological Sciences at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington. She is a former secondary school teacher and professional development facilitator. Kate’s research areas include educational leadership, leadership development, and mentoring and coaching. She has a strong interest in the ways leaders mentor and build collaborative cultures within their teams. Kate teaches in the Masters of Secondary School Leadership programme and has been involved in the design and delivery of both this and the Effective Mentoring micro-credential course.

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10 weeks

NZD 595

Working collaboratively and building leadership capability

Build confidence and capability as a middle leader in an Aotearoa New Zealand school through developing your understanding of effective leadership practice. If you are a PPTA member, use your membership number at checkout to take advantage of the PPTA funding for this course.

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We customise specific programmes for many New Zealand organisations – from short ‘in-house’ courses for employee groups, to executive education, or creating workshops within your existing programmes or events.