EduKateNZ

EduKateNZ’s mission is to empower schools to create the highest-quality curriculum that fosters deep understanding through concepts, while coaching leaders to strengthen their skills, grow in confidence, and lead with clarity and heart.

Education

Teaching for understanding through concepts
Assessment of understanding
Development of concept-based curriculum
Inquiry pedagogy for deep learning

Coaching

Leadership coaching
DiSC Leadership Analysis
Transformational coaching

Services

EduKateNZ is proudly a one-woman consultancy, when you work with EduKate, you work with Kate.

Kate’s extensive experience as a consultant to schools for the last ten years and an IB consultant for 15 years has highlighted the difficulty that teachers have knowing how

Kate’s EdTalk:
Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction

to take students from surface level fact learning to deeper understanding at the conceptual level.

Kate is deeply grateful for the mentorship of
Dr H. Lynn Erickson and Dr Lois Lanning in the development of concept-based curriculum and teaching for understanding. Their guidance has equipped her to apply this training in supporting New Zealand schools to strengthen their curriculum design and implementation.

With the New Zealand curriculum and other curricula now placing an emphasis on understanding as well as knowledge and skills, this fundamental change can be challenging.

EduKateNZ’s services provide professional development to resolve this challenge.

Kate’s extensive experience as a consultant to schools for the last ten years and an IB consultant for 15 years has highlighted the difficulty that teachers have knowing how to take students from surface level fact learning to deeper understanding at the conceptual level.

Kate is deeply grateful for the mentorship of Dr H. Lynn Erickson and Dr Lois Lanning in the development of concept-based curriculum and teaching for understanding. Their guidance has equipped her to apply this training in supporting New Zealand schools to strengthen their curriculum design and implementation.

With the New Zealand curriculum and other curricula now placing an emphasis on understanding as well as knowledge and skills, this fundamental change can be challenging.

EduKateNZ’s services provide professional development to resolve this challenge.

Click here for EduKateNZ’s services.

Testimonials

"Kate is an outstanding facilitator and mentor. She is highly organised, deeply reflective, and brings both warmth and professionalism to every interaction. She has a unique ability to empower others, build trust and inspire confidence in what is possible."

- Colin Hammond, Principal, Okains Bay School,
New Zealand

- Emma Burns, Curriculum Coordinator, American International School of Vietnam

- Winston Pain, British Columbia, Canada

Kate’s latest book

In Teaching for Understanding through Concepts, Kate presents five clear, practical steps for designing concept-based curricula that cultivate deep understanding alongside essential knowledge and skills. This book serves as a hands-on guide for school principals, curriculum leaders, and teachers dedicated to creating meaningful, engaging learning experiences that truly develop students understanding.

Kate offers actionable strategies to overcome common challenges such as moving from fact-based teaching, assessing understanding effectively, and increasing student engagement. Written in a warm, narrative style enriched with real-and often humorous classroom stories from Kate’s extensive experience, of over 50 years in classrooms, the book explores how students build understanding through concepts, the critical role of assessment as the bridge between teaching and learning, and the power of inquiry pedagogy when applied thoughtfully.

Buy here

Contact Kate

📞 +64 21 215 0333
📧 [email protected]

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