Cognition

The workshops will be delivered by one of our five highly respected coaches who are well known in many school communities; Jim Peters, Bill Gavin, Alan Burton, Ian Gardiner and Micheal King.

	Jim Peters has been a secondary teacher, guidance counsellor and teachers' college lecturer. He was principal of several schools and in recent years has worked in programmes including: school improvement projects in Tonga and Vanuatu, alternative education, student truancy and transience, restorative practices and stopping domestic violence.
	Bill Gavin was principal of Otahuhu College from 1985 to 2001. More recently, he has coordinated the AIMHI schooling improvement initiative and acted as a NZAID consultant in Vanuatu. He presently chairs the City of Manukau Education Trust.
	Micheal King brings a wide variety and depth of experience in teaching and learning in both mainstream and Maori Immersion classrooms at year 1 – 8 in both low and high decile schools. He has been a deputy and principal of a number of primary schools in the Waikato and Taranaki.
	Ian Gardiner has considerable experience as a trustee on a range of school boards. He was the first Field Officer for NZ School Trustees Association in Auckland and was part of the group of trustees who established the Auckland STA, being first vice president and then president. Since 1995 he has been a  consultant to boards of trustees.
	Alan Burton has had successful experience as principal and acting principal in a range of schools and held senior positions in the Ministry of Education.  In recent years he has been involved in a number of school establishment and restructuring projects.  He has had long experience of working with the boards of trustees of state, integrated and independent schools.