Marlene Campbell Consulting
“Working with neuro-diverse students and gifted and talented students has taught me how critical it is for them to be understood and have learning environments that foster their potential and growth.”
— Marlene Campbell
Meet Marlene
As a classroom teacher, I enjoyed teaching students who challenged the status quo and questioned rules and regulations that they disliked and disobeyed. I spent a great deal of time wondering about the system and the things that seemed to me to be setting children up for failure and not success. I observed the social situations that occurred and the behaviour management that was in place and found it was not too dissimilar to what was in place when I was at school.
Professional Services
Contact Marlene for:
Workshops:
PLAY IS THE WAY®
order PITW resources here
PLD for schools
Curriculum Design
Speaking engagements
Individual support for parents and whānau
Working with children, individually or with groups
What others say…
“Every once in a while you meet a person who is an educator to the bone. And even less often, someone who takes their considerable knowledge, experience and plain nous to improve the educational landscape in which children must harvest the skills that will ensure lives lived fully, meaningfully, responsibly, and ethically.
Marlene has a razor-sharp mind that drives a relentless need to pursue best teaching practice and a heart filled with the love of children and the bravery to say what needs to be said, do what needs to be done, stay the course and perhaps more importantly, change direction when the facts demand it.
We are privileged to have Marlene join Play Is The Way and know she brings energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the cause of behaviour education in New Zealand.”
— Wilson & Julie McCaskill.
Founder/Directors, Play Is The Way Pty Ltd
“I thoroughly enjoyed reading your key philosophy and approach document around Te Whare Tapa Whā. Your determination and tenacity to make an unmistakable impact has called upon you to reach out to others. You have started to stretch teachers and their thinking in their classrooms. You are leading important change. It is to influence teacher behaviour so that our tamariki can stand in their own space, To Be The Best They Can Be."
— Judith Price, INTERLEAD
"It takes one to know one."
Marlene has long been committed to pegs that fit neither round nor square holes. Gifted kids need strength-based approaches from educators; Marlene gets that in spades.
She will challenge, poke, and prod whatever and whomever it takes, to make sure that the gifted kid gets an educational experience that builds on their strengths.
Professionally, I have known, and worked with Marlene for a long time: she really walks her talk. Her advocacy for kids is as relentless as rust.
Helen Kennedy. Deputy Principal, Waverley Park School
I thought your workshop delivery was inclusive for all of the participants from the school.
Marlene gave us confidence in our workshop to implement the programme fully across the school. The interactive parts of trialling the games and brainstorming with colleagues made it a fun-filled day. Since implementing PITW into the school we have seen a common language from all staff members when speaking with students.
Wendy Kitto. Principal, East Gore School
In-person and remote!
Marlene lives in Invercargill, but is available to travel anywhere in New Zealand to come to you. She is also available to discuss your needs via an online meeting or by phone.