RTeach Institute:
Working alongside school leaders, teachers and students to provide evidence-based knowledge and practice customised to suit your needs.
RTeach Institute is a Ministry of Education accredited provider of Professional Learning and Development (PLD) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
RTeach Institute supports both RT3T™ and STEM/STEAM PLD facilitators.
About RTeach Institute
RTeach Institute was founded by Julia Westera in 2013 to provide an improvement science approach with this modernised version of reciprocal teaching: Reciprocal Teaching – 3 Track (RT3T™), for high impact, inclusive and sustainable results.
RTeach Institute has since expanded to include both an RT3T™ facilitator-coach team and STEM / STEAM facilitators.
Support and Referees
Ongoing advisory and consultancy support is provided by:
- Malia Tuala, Academic and Practice Coordinator for Learning and Behaviour Endorsement, Lead Pacific Facilitator for Specialist Teaching Programme, Institute of Education, Massey University
- Professor Deidre Le Fevre, Learning, Development and Professional Practice, University of Auckland
- Piripi Davis, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
- Shirley Hardcastle, retired principal
Acknowledging our Founding Members
A huge thank you to founding members who have since left us:
- Professor Angus Hikairo Macfarlane, Professor of Māori Research, University of Canterbury (deceased)
- Judy Hanna, primary school principal (deceased)
- Gregory Pierce, high school principal (overseas)