Cognition Education is a global provider of leading consultancy services, with a focus on improving education outcomes for all learners. We work with ministries of education, schools and teachers to help them drive up student success and close the equity gap.
Our offer includes system-level education design consultancy services; delivery of national improvement programmes; educator professional learning and development (PLD) services; and pre-service teacher recruitment and training.
Cognition Education
Our work in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Region
Working across offices in Auckland, Wellington, Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, our Asia-Pacific team delivers a range of tailor-made consultancy services helping clients to implement the change they need.
Our programmes are explicitly designed to achieve significant and lasting impact for our clients who are located across Asia – Pacific, from New Zealand and Australia, through to Nauru, the Solomon Islands and Indonesia.
Recent projects span early childhood education through to secondary and vocational education. Our expert team of consultants and facilitators offer bespoke consultancy services and educator professional learning and development (PLD) to suit your needs, budget and location.
Our programmes are explicitly designed to achieve significant and lasting impact for our clients who are located across Asia – Pacific, from New Zealand and Australia, through to Nauru, the Solomon Islands and Indonesia.
Recent projects span early childhood education through to secondary and vocational education. Our expert team of consultants and facilitators offer bespoke consultancy services and educator professional learning and development (PLD) to suit your needs, budget and location.
Cognition Education's PLD Expertise includes:
New Zealand consultancy
Cognition Education is a New Zealand Ministry of Education accredited provider of Professional Learning and Development (PLD). We design and deliver tailor-made PLD programmes for schools, teachers and students and have a track record of building equity and excellence in schools nationwide.
IRIS Connect
IRIS Connect the video-based tool that significantly improves professional learning and development for teachers through classroom observation, collaboration, coaching and effective feedback. Our secure cloud platform makes it easy for educators to observe colleagues in action, reflect on practice, connect with mentors and peers, and measure the effectiveness of classroom instruction, no matter the location.
Pacific Islands ministries of education consultancy
Cognition Education has contributed to a number of significant educational projects in the Pacific Islands. As a trusted partner to multiple government and international aid agencies, Cognition’s team of expert consultants work throughout the Pacific region, delivering the latest in educational services to improve the capability of Pacific-based educators.
Australia system-level consultancy
Cognition Education has a successful track record of creating system-level change within education jurisdictions. Cognition is currently working with the Department of Education in the Northern Territory to develop and activate our ‘Collaborative Impact’ strategy, including an extensive 3-5-year programme of professional learning for teachers, school leaders and departmental management.
Our work in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
With offices in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates, the EMEA team offers education consultancy services across: Curriculum Development, Coaching and Mentoring, System Reform, Self-evaluation and Performance Management, Strategy and Development, Leadership and Management.
Cognition Education's offerings in EMEA include:
Transition to Teach
Transition to Teach is an exciting new initiative, aimed at promoting teaching to career changers. Funded by the Department for Education, the programme identifies and supports professionals who have already had a successful career in business and industry to make the transition to becoming a teacher.
Talent to Teach FE
Talent to Teach FE (Further Education) is delivered by Cognition Education on behalf of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF). The programme’s aim is to raise the profile of teaching within the student population, by offering final-year university students (or those studying for a postgraduate qualification), a paid 40-hour work placement within a further education setting.
National Professional Qualification for Headship; and Executive Leadership (NPQH and NPQEL)
Cognition delivers the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership (NPQEL), for those who are, or are aspiring to become, an Executive Headteacher or CEO of a MAT with responsibility for leading across several schools.
UAE Curriculum Development
Cognition Education developed a comprehensive process for schools in the UAE to improve proficiency in sport, physical education, health and wellbeing. Our team supported the development of programme materials (including standards criteria and metrics), facilitated orientation sessions, managed the application process, undertook the data capture, evaluations, school assessment and final feedback reporting.