NEW ZEALAND
Dr. Sarah Aiono
Based in New Zealand, Dr. Aiono is passionate about play, and specifically helping teachers implement evidence-based play pedagogy with fidelity in their everyday practice.
She has extensive experience as a teacher at all age levels, and those particularly with challenging behaviour and learning needs. Now she mentors and facilitates teacher professional learning as an accredited PD facilitator and Massey University post-graduate course advisor.
In addition, she hosts the popular podcast series Play Conversations on Spotify. She has delivered a number of keynote presentations at education events nationally and internationally. As co-director and CEO of Longworth Education, Dr. Aiono support schools to implement evidence-based play pedagogy, and specifically focus on ensuring effective teaching practice within primary school play-based learning environments.
Courses
Play & Learning Stories Series 1: Observe to Guide Intentional Teaching
This course will guide you through the Notice, Recognise, Respond process: noticing and recognising the learning in the play and planning how best to respond to these observations in meaningful ways.
Play & Learning Stories Series 2: Math Concepts and Language Skills
In this webinar, we'll learn how to recognize math concepts and early language opportunities in play, and then how to use those insights in your teaching response.
Play & Learning Stories Series 3: Learning Dispositions and Social-Emotional Skills
This course will help you to both see opportunities in play and then use Learning Stories to reflect on appropriate responses to support learning dispositions and social-emotional skills.
Literacy in Play - Noticing, Recognising and Responding
Dr. Sarah Aiono will share practical ways to notice and recognise when children are exploring literacy as they play. Learning Stories then serve as the best documentation of that exploration.