School leaders regularly face situations where the stakes are high — a difficult conversation with a parent or staff member, a serious incident affecting the school, or unexpected media scrutiny.
Media Training NZ provides practical training to help school leaders prepare for these situations, stay calm under pressure and communicate clearly and confidently when it matters most.
Training can be tailored for individual schools, groups of schools, principal associations and clusters, leadership teams, teacher-only days and conferences.
Practical training for the situations school leaders hope won't happen, but need to be ready for.
Communication Under Pressure brings together two of the most challenging areas of school leadership:
Workshops and conference presentations can combine both areas, or be tailored to focus more extensively on either one depending on the needs of your school, association or cluster.
Participants leave with practical frameworks and strategies they can use to prepare, stay calm under pressure and communicate effectively when the stakes are high.
Knowing what you want to say isn't enough. You also need the skills to get your message across under pressure and to understand how a media interview is like no other form of communication.
This practical, small-group training prepares school leaders to handle challenging media interviews with confidence.
Participants learn how to develop clear key messages, handle difficult questions, avoid common interview traps and communicate effectively with the people watching, listening or reading.
They leave equipped with the skills and confidence to handle challenging media interviews when it really matters.
A serious incident is not the time to start working out how your school is going to communicate when the stakes are high.
The School Crisis Communication Plan helps schools prepare beforehand, so key people, responsibilities, communication channels and messages are already organised when they're needed.
It includes a step-by-step Preparation Guide and a substantial bank of ready-to-adapt holding statements covering serious student and staff incidents, emergencies, social-media issues, privacy and cyber incidents, false AI-generated material and other situations schools may face.