This page is for our cluster school kaiako to access information and resources that will help them to understand how working with the RTLB service may support them, as well as give them access to resources developed by Te Horanui RTLB Cluster 36.
Understanding the Role of the RTLB
Here is a short video that explains the RTLB service and how we support mokopuna, whanau, kaiako and kura.
Liaison RTLB can come in and deliver a session with whole school staff teams about the RTLB service and how we can support across all layers of Te Tuapapa.
National Operating Standards and Procedures
From 2026, the RTLB service has introduced nationally mandated Operating Standards and Procedures (OS&Ps). Luckily, for us, as a cluster, the OS&Ps do not require significant shifts in operations and procedures and has just required some slight adaptations to practice to meet the mandated timeframes, tweaks in wording and measuring our outcomes and impact.
You can find our OS&Ps below.
Links to the online Standards and Procedures for Resource Teachers: Learning & Behaviour
5 Minute G.E.M.S
One of our cluster initiatives this year is to provide bitesize, accessible and relevant professional learning resources that cluster school kaiako and kaiawhina can access quickly and easily so we have developed our 5 Minute G.E.M.S. G.E.M.S stands for Growing, Empowering, Manaakitanga Supports. This resource support is a live website for kaiako, which has been designed to share simple strategies to nurture connection, confidence and wellbeing for every learner. We know kaiako and kaiawhina are really busy and time poor. Our aim is for our cluster school kaimahi to be able to access the fortnightly focus content in about 5 minutes and have something to be able to implement and/ or share easily.
Each fortnight, those on the mailing list will be emailed a link to the new content, as well as be able to see all previous 5 Minute G.E.M.S.
You can now access our 5 Minute G.E.M.S website here.
You can subscribe using the QR code on this poster.
Understanding the Role of the RTLB
Here is a short video that explains the RTLB service and how we support mokopuna, whanau, kaiako and kura.
Liaison RTLB can come in and deliver a session with whole school staff teams about the RTLB service and how we can support across all layers of Te Tuapapa.
National Operating Standards and Procedures
From 2026, the RTLB service has introduced nationally mandated Operating Standards and Procedures (OS&Ps). Luckily, for us, as a cluster, the OS&Ps do not require significant shifts in operations and procedures and has just required some slight adaptations to practice to meet the mandated timeframes, tweaks in wording and measuring our outcomes and impact.
You can find our OS&Ps below.
Links to the online Standards and Procedures for Resource Teachers: Learning & Behaviour
5 Minute G.E.M.S
One of our cluster initiatives this year is to provide bitesize, accessible and relevant professional learning resources that cluster school kaiako and kaiawhina can access quickly and easily so we have developed our 5 Minute G.E.M.S. G.E.M.S stands for Growing, Empowering, Manaakitanga Supports. This resource support is a live website for kaiako, which has been designed to share simple strategies to nurture connection, confidence and wellbeing for every learner. We know kaiako and kaiawhina are really busy and time poor. Our aim is for our cluster school kaimahi to be able to access the fortnightly focus content in about 5 minutes and have something to be able to implement and/ or share easily.
Each fortnight, those on the mailing list will be emailed a link to the new content, as well as be able to see all previous 5 Minute G.E.M.S.
You can now access our 5 Minute G.E.M.S website here.
You can subscribe using the QR code on this poster.
Kaiako Resources
In response to needs within our cluster schools, Te Horanui RTLB Cluster 36 are offering professional learning workshop opportunities for provisionally certifi ed kaiako and their mentors. We have listened to the feedback from last year and kept all the positives from our 2025 courses, but responded in ways we can strengthen this PLD for your beginning kaiako and their mentors. So far, the cluster has run 4 x 1 hour zoom sessions, which you can find linked below
Professional Learning Sessions for Kaiako
Session 1 - Setting Up For Success: What is neuro-inclusive practice and how do I set up a neuro-inclusive classroom?
Session 2 - Relational Approaches
Session 3 - The Concrete Mind and the Sensory Storm: Autism, Sensory Processing and Support Strategies
Session 4: Understanding how to support the mind that wanders to many things - Executive Functioning and ADHD
Session 2 - Relational Approaches
Session 3 - The Concrete Mind and the Sensory Storm: Autism, Sensory Processing and Support Strategies
Session 4: Understanding how to support the mind that wanders to many things - Executive Functioning and ADHD
