TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SENIOR STUDENTS TO PROVIDE A SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR NEW STUDENTS STARTING HIGH SCHOOL

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Teachers talking abut their experiences of attending a peer support professional development course:

quote.gif..it got me out out of my shell and gave me the tools to get others out of their shell..

..the experiential learning really does help........

Lots of variety of activities. Great timing of warm up, warm down activities.  Lots of fun. Great teamwork and networking.

 

Students talking about their experiences of peer support. Year 9 students at one school were asked to say in what ways the peer support programme had helped them

quote.gif  Get to know my fellow classmates and learn to get along and work in a team with them. I have learnt their weaknesses and strong points.Settle in better at my High School and not get lost.

  • I became more confident.
  • Build more confidence and have fun with the other classmates which we don’t normally interact with.

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Teachers Section

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  • Junior students entering high school are helped to adjust to life at school with this programme
  • Senior students are trained as peer support leaders to work with and support junior students as they start high school
  • The peer support programme through group discussion and activities led by senior students helps to develop self confidence, trust and friendship

 

 

Learn more

 

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  • The Peer Support Trust provides professional development courses for teachers in the peer support programme
  • Courses are run annually throughout the country
  • Courses are subsidized by the Peer Support Trust
  • Peer Support trainers are practising teachers or have had extensive recent experience in teaching
  • The Peer Support Teachers Manual provides comprehensive guidance about how to run the Peer Support Programme in your school
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Curriculum & Assessment

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Unit Standard 18862 Social and Cooperative Skills Level 3
4 Credits: Facilitate the Peer Support Programme in schools

This unit standard is intended for senior students in secondary schools who are leaders in the peer support programme.  Students credited with this unit are able to:

  • describe the Peer Support Programme
  • demonstrate skills required for Peer Support leadership in schools
  • facilitate Peer Support group sessions.

 

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Peer Support Key Principles

• Students beginning high school need a safe environment in which to develop skills to look after themselves and each other


• Students beginning secondary school will develop self confidence and resiliency through relating to each other and senior students and through establishing friendships with their peers


• Contact with senior students will help students starting high school to develop self confidence


• Senior students acting in leadership roles to support students starting secondary schools will provide positive role models to junior students

 

Enquiries ?

 

Phone:  027 410 3325 or 03 313 4971
 
Email:  info@peersupport.org.nz or the chairman of the Peer Support Trust at allenp@xtra.co.nz

 

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The Peer Support Trust will provide a free newsletter twice a year providing up-dates on the programme and information as to professional development opportunities for teachers
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About Us

The Peer Support Programme offers secondary schools the opportunity to provide new entrants to secondary school  structured introduction to school under the guidance of senior students who are trained as leaders.

The programme offers activities which support the acquisition by students of key competencies such as managing self, relating to others, and participating and contributing.

The programme is administered in New Zealand by a not-for-profit trust established by Rotary International.. 

Each year the Peer Support Trust offers professional development for teachers in the Programme, providing teachers with an opportunity to experience the Programme themselves and acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence to run the Peer Support Programme in their schools.

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To place an order with us, go to the Resources section of this website and  download the order form (it cannot be completed on line). 

Fill out the order form indicating what you require.  Please make sure you include who the order is for and the address to send your order to.

Return your order form to our suppliers Hilton Press, Christchurch either:

  • by mail to Hilton Press, 731a Main South Road, Templeton, Christchurch 4
  • or, by email to print@hiltonpress.co.nz attaching the order form as a PDF
  • or, by fax to 03 349 9701
Inquiries re orders should be made to Hilton Press phone 03 349 9700

 Inquiries re payments ca be made to  Anna-Maree Burns

P O Box 6078; Upper Riccarton;
Christchurch 8442

Email: burnsgrant@xtra.co.nz