Standard MHFA New Instructor Training - Premium Package

New instructor training must only be purchased once your application to become a Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa instructor has been accepted.

How do I become an accredited MHFA instructor?

Te Pou is committed to ensuring MHFA Aotearoa accredited instructors have the appropriate skills and experience to successfully deliver MHFA workshops, and there are accredited instructors available across the country. Anyone interested in becoming an MHFA Aotearoa instructor must first complete an Expression of Interest form.

What happens after my application is accepted?

Once your application is accepted, you need to purchase a new instructor training package (basic or premium) to secure your place on a new instructor training course.

Training must be paid for prior to participants attending the course.

A discount is available for NGOs and non-profit organisations. Please contact us for more information.

What is included in the premium package?

• Five-day in-person new instructor training course.
• Accreditation certificates.
• First annual instructor accreditation fee with Te Pou (valued at $250).
• Two one-hour online mentoring sessions with an experienced MHFA Aotearoa trainer.
• Standard MHFA Aotearoa 4th edition teaching materials, which include the teaching manuals, the workshop manual, and access to the teaching PowerPoint slides, workshop activities and videos.
• Set of five Standard MHFA workshop packs to use when delivering training.
• Workplace MHFA instructor upskill training to become an accredited instructor in Workplace MHFA (valued at $600).
• Refresher Standard instructor upskill training to become an accredited instructor in Refresher Standard (valued at $600).

Participants must pass their accreditation assessment to receive certificates, teaching materials, mentoring sessions, and upskill training.

What should I expect at the training course?

Day 1 and Day 2 (Monday and Tuesday: 8:30am to 4:30pm)

• Trainee instructors will participate in the MHFA Aotearoa 4th edition workshop. This allows participants the opportunity to observe facilitation skills, how to teach activities, how to engage and monitor a room, and maintain safety.

Day 3 (Wednesday: 8:30am to 4:30pm)

• Facilitation skills and workshop content will be reviewed.
• Each trainee instructor will be given a section of the MHFA to review and teach over the next two days.

Day 4 and Day 5 (Thursday and Friday: 8:30am to 4:30pm)

• Trainee instructors will present the section of the MHFA workshop they were allocated and will be assessed by the master trainers.
• We will be trying to get through as much of the MHFA workshop as possible. This enables training instructors to be really familiar with the content of the course.

This is not a physical product.

Please note, prices exclude GST.