Leading Adult Learning

Leading Adult Learning is a practical, high-trust programme for those who lead professional learning in schools and kura. Whether you’re a principal, senior or middle leader, Kāhui Ako across-school or within-school leader, or responsible for growing others in your setting — this programme is designed to strengthen how you lead adult learning, in service of better outcomes for learners.

Designed in partnership with internationally respected educator Joan Dalton, it’s grounded in proven strategies that grow collaborative culture, deepen professional conversations, and lift the capability of the adults who make the biggest difference to ākonga every day.

What you'll gain:

• Practical strategies to lead professional conversations that shift practice

• A shared language and toolkit to build team collaboration

• Strengthened leadership confidence and facilitation skills

• Tools to support a culture of inquiry, reflection, and collective responsibility

• Embedded learning through personalised coaching.

What the programme includes:

• Five online workshop days, spread across three terms

• Three personalised coaching sessions (30 mins each)

• A complete set of Joan Dalton’s Learning Talk books

• Connection to a national network of learning-focused leaders

Upcoming online cohort:

Starts August 2025

• Module 1: 5–6 August

• Module  2: 9–10 September

• Module 3: 23 October

Coaching sessions are scheduled between each module and can be individual, or team based. You get to choose.

Your investment:

$1,800 + GST.

• Save 10% when two people register, or 15% for groups of three or more.

Includes all workshops, coaching sessions, and your resource pack.

Special pricing is available for returning schools and group registrations — contact us to discuss your options.

Why it works

Leaders who complete this programme report long-term changes in how they lead, build trust, and support professional growth.

This programme is about more than leadership skills — it’s about enabling real, sustainable change for the learners in your school or kura. When adults grow in confidence, collaboration, and the quality of their conversations, ākonga benefit.

Join a network of leaders committed to creating the conditions for powerful learning – for adults and for every ākonga they serve.

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