Work starting for 2025...

I started back at work today, and this is my workstation after I'd tidied it from being stored over the holidays. The funny thing was that I was so busy getting all of my gear ready for the gym I would attend before going to work, but when I arrived, I forgot to take my laptop!

But that wasn't a problem as I had a lot of paperwork that needed tidying, filing and throwing away (oops! I meant for recycling).

I am so ready for another year of teaching/learning with another cohort of 20 students in the Post Graduate Diploma of Kaitiakitanga Bicultural Professional Supervision.

Our two classes are already full with a waitlist for the end of the year for our 2026 cohort. It's a privilege to teach and share ideas with adult students.

It's also neat to bring in some former students who have continued their studies towards postgraduate qualifications. Some have returned as motivational guest speakers, markers, and supervisors.

This is neat in supporting and confirming indigenous and cultural ways of learning and teaching. It's also encouraging to see a more collaborative way of sharing pathways and in coaching and mentoring with a more holistic perspective rather than the individualistic ways that I experienced back in my Uni days...