{"id":7738,"date":"2021-02-18T10:54:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educationperfect.com\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2021-10-29T07:26:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T20:26:04","slug":"epeeps-trudi-wigg-teacher-consultant-aotearoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educationperfect.com\/epeeps-trudi-wigg-teacher-consultant-aotearoa\/","title":{"rendered":"EPeeps Trudi Wigg | Teacher Consultant – Aotearoa"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was born in Hamilton – but I\u2019ve never lived there! I grew up around the North Island – Matamata, Rotorua, Palmerston North, and Tauranga, and I tend to say I\u2019m \u2018from\u2019 Tauranga.\u00a0 I left home (and the country) aged 17 to live and study in \u014csaka, Japan, and since then spent time moving between Tauranga, Palmerston North, back to Japan, to Auckland, to Dunedin and ultimately back to Auckland in 2010. It\u2019s fair to say I\u2019ve moved a LOT in my time on the planet; I think the average number of homes someone lives in in their lifetime is 11, and I\u2019d pretty much tripled that by age 35. Because two of those moves were to live\u00a0 in Japan – one aged 17 to study, and one at 21 to work in a school – I speak Japanese, and was actually a Japanese teacher pre-EP.\u00a0 I\u2019m terribly allergic to seafood, which made Japan a challenge, but I love the place; I think of Tauranga as my home town, but \u014csaka as my \u2018soul home\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n

Why do you love working at EP?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"My EP journey started way back in about 2008, teaching at Bayfield High School in Dunedin in the very early stages of EP development. In 2012 I brought it in at my new school, Mission Heights Junior College in Auckland, and then in 2015 I was offered the job at EP and made the move. My history with EP means that I\u2019ve just about seen it all, from the very early days, through staff and office changes, and everything else that comes with growing an EdTech business. <\/span><\/p>\n

EP is such a great fit for me – I love the \u2018thinking on your feet\u2019 nature of my job, and the fact that two days are rarely the same.\u00a0 It\u2019s fast-paced, constantly evolving and dynamic, but the core of the mission has always been the same – we provide high quality teaching and learning support that enhances education, and there\u2019s not a single part of that sentence I\u2019m not proud about being part of every single day.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

During the COVID-19 lockdowns this has been especially true.\u00a0 I\u2019ve worked some really intense, long days, but ultimately I get to come to work every day knowing that my work positively impacts someone else, and that is absolute gold.
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How did you find transitioning from your previous role into and EdTech role?<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"Some aspects of EP mimic the classroom – running PD and teaching classes draw from the same skill set, and you have to be able to engage and empower your audience to learn what you\u2019re showing them. Some are wildly different. One thing I found especially challenging was that – after 11 years in the classroom – I blocked time out of habit.\u00a0 I\u2019d do things in one hour sprints, much like teaching classes, and would find it strange when things didn\u2019t take an hour.\u00a0 I had to relearn how to fill and allocate time. <\/span><\/p>\n

People always ask if I miss the teacher \u2018holidays\u2019 – such a strange word to use for the recovery and prep time teachers have between terms, but we\u2019ll go with it.\u00a0 I do and I don\u2019t – it was nice to have those guaranteed sleep-ins and the break over the summer, but I find that I\u2019m often quite energised by what I do now, especially when it involves travelling our beautiful country.\u00a0 Plus no reports, no lesson planning and no extra-curricular responsibilities, so it all balances out nicely! <\/span><\/p>\n

I also found it hard to delegate – as a niche elective teacher I was used to having to run a programme, and being the only staff member who even spoke the language in question, let alone had familiarity with the curriculum.\u00a0 Learning that there was a team of people I could trust to be amazingly supportive and helpful, bizarrely, took time.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you enjoy most about your role?<\/b><\/p>\n

Definitely a tie between travel and professional development! Getting to explore Aotearoa for work is an absolute privilege, and I make a point of seeing something wherever I go, whether that\u2019s a walk down Caroline Bay when I\u2019m in Timaru, or popping to the garden on a lunch break in Hamilton. My preferred exercise is walking, and so it\u2019s awesome to be able to exercise while seeing so much of this incredible country! <\/span><\/p>\n

With professional development, it\u2019s awesome to be the person who is there to support our teachers. They put so much into their students, and to say “I\u2019m here for you, for your own learning and to support you” – and mean it – is a joy. Getting feedback from teachers that a session really worked for them is the greatest accolade as well – it\u2019s easy to stay passionate and inspired when you\u2019re getting that feedback that what you\u2019re doing is valued. <\/span><\/p>\n

Where is somewhere you’d like to visit?<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"I\u2019ve been to Japan 9 or 10 times and I\u2019ve seen a lot, but there are still corners of it I\u2019m desperate to explore. Top of that list are Sapporo and Hiroshima. I\u2019d also love to head to Europe one day, and I was working my way through the islands before the pandemic; I\u2019d been to Samoa, Fiji and Vanuatu, with Hawaii thrown in there as well. I\u2019m not at all done with that side of things – Rarotonga, but also back to parts of places I\u2019ve already been to. In Samoa, for example, I spent my whole week on Upolu, so I\u2019d love to get to Sava\u2019i. I\u2019m a traveller at heart, and that\u2019s been one of the hardest things about the pandemic for me – not getting to drop everything and explore somewhere interesting for a week or two at a time.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Tell us about your pet(s)!<\/b><\/p>\n

I actually can\u2019t keep pets at the moment (all the travelling isn\u2019t fair on a pet!) but my neighbour’s cat thinks he lives at my house so it kind of works out. His name is Rafie and he\u2019s a beautiful Russian Blue (I think) cat who has a major attitude. He will grizzle if I don\u2019t let him in, and then check every room in my house, and then insist on being let out – but won\u2019t have a bar of cuddles or being picked up. It\u2019s his way or you\u2019ll hear about it, and it\u2019s fairly amusing. He\u2019s been known to climb into my suitcase when I\u2019m packing for a trip as if to inspect my preparations, and quite likes to hang out on the deck in the way then race off if I try to work around him. I live in fear that I\u2019ll accidentally lock him in my apartment then head out of town for a week – but that\u2019s yet to happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What advice would you pass on to a younger version of yourself?<\/b><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t overthink it, just do it. You\u2019ll be amazed at what is possible when you\u2019re not standing in your own way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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