Our Case Studies

Cognition has provided professional learning opportunities to more than 2500 leaders and teaching staff in 153 schools in the Northern Territory, Australia.  Using NAPLAN Data, a 2011 review of Northern Territory student...

In 2016 Homai, Weymouth and Rowandale School from Manurewa, Auckland embarked on a PLD model that would change teaching and learning as they knew it. This group became the inaugural users of the Relationships First programme. ...

What is ALiM and MST? Since 2012, Cognition Education has been supporting teachers to accelerate learning in mathematics. Our Mathematics facilitators focus Professional Learning and Development on enabling and empowering...

When Kaikohe West School applied for PLD funding and linked up with Cognition Education, its staff and students set foot on a path to seemingly limitless literacy success.   Steering the way, education consultant Rebecca Thomas...

How do students at your school talk about their teachers? What do your staff say about learners? With the ever-increasing focus on addressing racism, inequity in education, and increasing student agency, 3 schools in Tai Tokerau...

The South Auckland Catholic Kāhui Ako had a 2018/2019 professional learning and development (PLD) focus on Innovative Learning, specifically collaborative practice. As part of the Kāhui Ako, St Mary’s Catholic School (Papakura...

Cognition Education has proudly worked with Homai School since 2016 with a focus on Relationships-based learning to improve culture within the school and grow collective efficacy. Read about the impact Relationships First has...

Paekākāriki School is a year 0-8 primary school on the picturesque Kāpiti Coast of the lower North Island of New Zealand. It has a roll of 155 students, 6 classroom teachers and a range of support staff. The learners, the...

For the past two years, Cognition Education has been proudly supporting the Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Award finalist, Nayland College, through our Relationships First programme. Daniel Wilson has been the Principal...

Hokitika made headlines in 2017, for more than just the Wild Food Festival; “Hokitika Primary School struggling to improve reading, writing and maths achievements”. With the ERO report showing the school was not making...