Beginning Principals’ Project: essential resources and guides

Essential resources for new principals

Below is a list of must-have guides, checklists,, videos and documents from the 2025 virtual workshops.

• Conduct and Impairment

• Cyber safety and security

• Designing and leading PLD

• EOTC

• Managing unreasonable complain(an)ts

• Navigating key online platforms - resources will be uploaded when available

• Policies and procedures - resources will be uploaded when available

• School identity

• Strategic planning 101

• Surveying and analysing whānau voice

Connect and learn from others

Links to mentoring networks, professional development opportunities, and leadership communities.

• NZSBA – resources for principals

• Teaching Council – resources for principals

• Te Ara Timatanga mo ngā Tumuaki (requires an ESL)

• The Principals (podcast)

• The Principal Development Map

Other opportunities

Evaluation Associates | Te Huinga Kākākura Mātauranga offers further learning opportunities and support for school leaders, these include:

Professional learning groups for principals

Connecting leaders for shared growth

Professional Growth Cycles

Focus on how to use and meet Our Code, Our Standards | Ngā Tikanga Matatika, Ngā Paerewa.

Principal Advisor support for beginning principals

Support for beginning principals in their first three years in the role

Implementation partner

Expert-led curriculum implementation support to ease school leadership burdens.

Why focus on Leading by Learning?

Collaboratively solve problems and improve your conversational effectiveness.

Leading Adult Learning – in-school support

Extend your ability to lead and facilitate adult learning

Niho Taniwha: in-depth professional learning

Deep transformation for enduring change

Contact us

Contact Sue Ngārimu

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• Check out our supports for established principals
• Check out our principal advisor support for beginning principals