We’re passionate about learning and teaching

We love working with individuals and teams who need a hand with learning and teaching challenges. From new teacher nerves, to techniques to make learning more engaging, getting on board with the Digital Learning Standards, working through what Gen AI means for your course, or any of the other ‘moments’ in teaching when you need a bit of support – Te Puna Ako (“TPA”) advisers love to get amongst it and problem-solve. Give us a call!

Our key services are:

• Leading and supporting Unitec’s learning and teaching strategy (including Te Tīpare framework) and policies;
• Partnering on all aspects of learning and teaching;
• Leading and supporting adoption of the Digital Learning Standards;
• Delivering professional development for kaiako (teachers) through workshops and online learning that lead to digital credentials matching our core teaching competencies;
• Providing advisory support for programme or course development or improvement.

All the TPA Advisers are multi-talented, while also having areas of specific skill and strength. We tend to each bring a unique blend! Sometimes different members of the team will get involved in a project so that we get the right mix of skill.

Academic Advisors work with you on:

• Specific teaching/learning issues – working one-to-one with individual teachers, teaching teams or other support services
• Supporting professional development of teachers – from New Teacher Induction to ongoing development of teaching competence, including recognition with digital credentials (badges).
• Providing academic advice and some hands-on support for programme/course development or improvement
• Supporting individuals or teams in the Assessment of Prior Learning (APL) and the designing and delivery of Work-Based-Learning (WBL).

Digital Advisors work with you on:

• Integrating technologies that support learning into programmes or courses. These include Moodle, Echo360, Turnitin and Teams
• Using digital tools to support student engagement and interaction
• Supporting teachers to develop capability in the use of digital learning tools
• Induction, training and support in the use of collaborative teaching spaces
• Supporting teachers to work with our attendance tracking app, SEAtS

KEY CONTACTS:
For more information, please get in touch. We love to work alongside staff to enhance all aspects of learning and teaching at Unitec.