Ofa Pole
Head Programme Coordinator
Sarah Monday
Head Programme Coordinator
Adeline Shameer
Programme Coordinator
Malo e lelei! Ofa Graduated from Auckland University, taking home a Bachelor of Teaching in Early Childhood Education and a Postgraduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education.
Ofa believes that Children are gifts from God with unique skills and abilities. She believes in encouraging our children to become confident independent learners,
Ofa finds supporting children’s identities, promotes their sense of belonging, well-being, and strengthens their communication skills and contribution.
Fluent in both Tongan and English, Ofa's passion lies in empowering her Tongan people.
Kia Ora, Sarah joins our Seedlings team with a Bachelor of Teaching from Canterbury University. Sarah is fully Registered and has over 10 years working experience.
Sarah is very passionate about early childhood and its role in a child’s development. By fostering a child’s curiosity and sense of exploration, they are able to learn and develop new knowledge and skill.
Sarah has good leadership and communication qualities and believes that by building respectful and reciprocal relationships with all parties is the key to providing a positive work/care environment.
Holding over 17 years of experience working with young children in different settings, Adeline is a qualified and registered teacher with a Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching and Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management.
She enjoys supporting and empowering educators to foster and extend children’s knowledge, interests and learning experiences.
She respects and values cultural diversity and believes in fairness for all children regardless of gender, culture or religious beliefs and ability.
Malia Puluno
Programme Coordinator
Malo e lelei! Malia joins our Seedlings team with a Bachelor of Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the Auckland of University.
With 6 years of experience in the Early Childhood Education sector, Malia brings a range of knowledge and skills to her role as a Programme Co-ordinator. She believes children are gifts from God and her passion lies in supporting children to grow up in an environment of love where they are treated respectfully and empowered to be competent and confident learners.
Malia is fluent in both Tongan and English and is confident in building reciprocal nurturing relationships with the people around her.
Ana Finau
Administrator
Kia ora, and Malo e lelei!
Ana comes to us from a background in the health sector. She graduated with a Bachelors in Health Science from AUT.
Ana has loved working in the health sector for the last 5 years but has decided to try a different path in the Early Childhood Educator sector.
Ana's role here at Seedlings includes all aspects of administration and helping our teachers so that their main focus is on the children.
Libby Blake
Programme Coordinator
Greetings, Malo e lelei!
Libby graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Early Childhood education from AUT. She has 7 years of experience as an ECE teacher and 2 years as a Homebased Coordinator.
Libby is very passionate about working with children and providing children with strategies that will help develop their emotional, physical, and cognitive skills. She believes that children learn successfully when teachers build a caring, responsive and nurturing relationship with them. Libby also values developing a meaningful connection with children and whanau and respecting their backgrounds.