Enter your numbers to see whether your school, on its own or with neighbouring schools, could host a small Flexi Conference, and roughly how much would be left as conference credits for kai and extras.
Field-Based STEM has applied to the Ministry of Education's Non Teaching Staff PLD Panel. Nothing here is confirmed until the Ministry makes its decision. Figures are indicative only.
Your people
Not only teacher aides. This PLD is designed for support staff who work directly with neurodiverse students, including office and administration staff, librarians, science technicians, kaiārahi i te reo and therapists.
Small schools often reach the numbers together. A rough guess is fine.
Organisers, counted separately. The fund does not usually cover SENCOs and LSCs.
Help your support staff hear first
Many support staff never see emails about PLD. Could you put our poster up in your staffroom? Its QR code lets staff join our contact list themselves, and we'll keep them informed as the Ministry confirms what they need to do to take part.
For your staff notices or newsletter, the same link is forms.gle/nXbnwrQx1pqjedJs5
Help us plan for your area
If you share these numbers with us, we can start planning for a possible conference at your school or in your region. Sharing doesn't commit your school to anything, and nothing is confirmed until the Ministry makes its decision.
Copy this summary and email it to tony@field-basedstem.kiwi
