Moderation professional learning modules for teachers of years 1 to 8

Moderation professional learning modules for teachers of years 1 to 8
This is a series of professional learning modules which will support teachers to develop shared expectations and understanding of student learning and progress through the process of moderation. The modules are designed to inform and promote professional discussions between individual teachers and in staff meetings. They can be used as stand-alone or as a full series...

Variation in school entry dates

Variation in school entry dates
School entry date variations will impact the timing of overall teacher judgments (OTJs) and the identification of the expected National Standard...

New Zealand Preschoolers Doing Well - Voxy

New Zealand Preschoolers Doing Well
Preschoolers heading out into the big-wide world of school are emotionally well prepared in New Zealand, a survey has found. Delegates at the Public Health ...

City principal makes history with election - The Southland Times

City principal makes history with election
The education system was facing tough times with political situations such as national standards, which Ms Campbell used as her election pitch. ...

Foreign-student numbers decline - Stuff.co.nz

Foreign-student numbers decline
By last month, the university had received 169 applications from international students for next year – 55 per cent less than the 372 received at the same ...

Education researchers look abroad to improve NZ - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Education researchers look abroad to improve NZ
Fulbright New Zealand and the Cognition Institute have selected two researchers from different branches of the education sector for exchanges to the United States of America in 2011 – one a practising teacher and the other a university academic. Ngaire Addis from Havelock North High School and Dr Veronica O’Toole from the University of Canterbury are the two recipients of Fulbright-Cognition Scholar Awards in Education Research for 2011, and will each spend several months in the US conducting research aimed at improving aspects of the schooling system in New Zealand.

Uncertainty for student leaders - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Uncertainty for student leaders Between them, the Otago University Students' Association and the Otago Polytechnic Students' Association collected more ...

Children Still At Risk After Canterbury Quake - Voxy

Children Still At Risk After Canterbury Quake
Massey University College of Education associate professor Steven Little said it was important for parents and caregivers to monitor any changes in their ...

Growing up in NZ study recruits Maori whanau

Growing up in NZ study recruits Maori whanau
Growing Up in New Zealand is a new longitudinal study of New Zealand-born children, led by the University of Auckland. It will follow a group of 7000 children in the context of their families from before they are born until they are adults.

$60 million awarded to science by Marsden Fund

$60 million awarded to science by Marsden Fund
One hundred and two researchers have benefitted from $60 million from the Marsden Fund - research grants which are administered by the Royal Society.

Wellington tradespeople could suffer from cuts

Wellington tradespeople could suffer from cuts
Weltec is looking to disestablish 12 trade tutors and get its remaining tutors to move away from teaching the practical elements of their trades in workshops, to focus instead solely on classroom theory.

Senior pupils step into their teachers' shoes - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Senior pupils step into their teachers' shoes
HELPING HAND: Tamaki College student Ashleigh Palalangi, left, is one of the senior students who have been giving up their time to help juniors like Mele ...

Orakei School Shines in Education Review Office - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Orakei School Shines in Education Review Office
Their innovative Literacy Programme is supported by Professor Tom Nicholson from Massey University as well as St Cuthbert's High School students and staff ...

Changes in GST rate: Implications for schools

Changes in GST rate: Implications for schools
Information for principals, administration staff and boards of trustees about how the new GST rate affects Crown-funded schools...

Family is fairly bound up in science - Stuff.co.nz

Family is fairly bound up in science
It's the grin on the faces of the students as they discover they're winners that makes it all worthwhile for Rosalie McGowan. For 24 years she has been the ...