
Nurturing Educator Wellbeing for
Sustainable Teaching and Meaningful Learning

Our Commitment to Wellbeing
Teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand has become increasingly demanding, with educators working longer hours, managing rising stress, and carrying growing emotional and pastoral loads.
In 2025, we surveyed primary and secondary teachers in the Wellington / Wairarapa Region to better understand what teachers were experiencing in today's environment. The feedback overwhelmingly reported that teachers
- experience high levels of emotional exhaustion,
- moderate to high levels of work-related stress, and
- often supress emotions to remain calm or positive at work.
Based on this feedback, we created a programme that specifically and directly targets the key issues that teachers are facing in relation to emotional regulation, support and coping, and work-life balance.

Evidence-based Programmes
Our programme is designed to address the key issues that teachers are experiencing today. This is not based on our best guess, but on actual research data that primary and secondary school teachers provided us directly.
With experience in educational leadership development and psychological support for teachers, we blend evidence-based psychological insight with adult learning best practice.
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Our well-being programme is comprehensive, involves immersive and practical approaches, and is immediately implementable.

Who is this programme for?
Our programme is suited to beginning and experienced teachers.
Over the past decade, the teaching landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand has changed dramatically. Teachers are working in increasingly complex environments, balancing high workloads, diverse learning needs, behaviour challenges, curriculum reform, and heightened expectations for wellbeing and inclusion.
Many have also navigated the emotional and relational strain that comes with leading learning in the wake of pandemic disruption, societal change, and persistent staff shortages.
We have found that these exceptional educators are seeking the skills, confidence, and psychological tools to lead effectively in this new environment.
This is not about adding more to your plate — it’s about strengthening what sustains you, within the systems and relationships you work in every day.

Programme Overview
Our wellbeing and resilience programme is based in Wellington and runs from March to November 2026.
Training is delivered across six sessions, on Friday's, during school hours, within term time.
The programme is practical and grounded in the real pressures of classroom life, using the latest research findings from burnout experts such as Dr Kerry Makin-Byrd and Scott Anderson.
Participants are encouraged to engage in a complete a confidential mini psychological assessment for targeted care, while also supported in a group setting to build emotional regulation and resilience within a safe, non-judgemental space, with time to reflect, connect, and reset.
See the PROGRAMME tab for specific dates and content of the course.

Additional Psychological Support
While the group programme builds shared skills and connection, a unique add-on feature of our course is one-on-one clinical psychology support.
For those wanting to do deeper work in 2026, we offer a confidential space to explore individual stressors, emotional load, and professional challenges in greater depth.
Individual sessions provide targeted support for those navigating burnout risk, complex leadership pressures, or significant transition, strengthening wellbeing, clarity, and long-term sustainability in the role.
Register for the Programme
Once contact details are received, we'll email you with payment information and set up a time to complete your psychological assessment before the course starts.
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