About 8People

Kevin Knight

MNZM, JP, BSc, DipEd (Cant), MEd, PGDipEdPs (Otago), PhD (Monash), DipTchg (NZDE)

8People has been designed by Kevin Knight – a founding director of New Zealand Graduate School of Education.

Kevin's expertise in professional learning for teachers has grown out of his extensive education career. He entered the education service as a secondary mathematics teacher and taught in secondary schools in New Zealand and Australia. He has been a secondary school principal. Kevin is also an educational psychologist and practised in Gisborne and Christchurch before working as a college of education lecturer for five years. He was a member of the former New Zealand Teachers Council.  Kevin was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education, in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

New Zealand Graduate School of Education (NZGSE) is a private teachers college based in Christchurch. 8People operates from NZGSE as part of its School Improvement Services.