Speech to Special Education Principals’ Association Conference

Speech to Special Education Principals’ Association Conference
Rodney Hide | Education
Good afternoon and thank you for the invitation to speak to you today. As you are well aware, I am new to the role of Associate Education Minister. In the past six weeks I have had the pri...

New Zealand Association of Scientists Annual Conference: Opening Address

New Zealand Association of Scientists Annual Conference: Opening Address
Wayne Mapp | Research, Science and Technology
The theme of your Conference this year is 'Re-setting science and innovation for the next 20 years'. As the opening speaker, you have asked me to talk about the Government's vision for science and in...

inspired by science | BioBlog

inspired by science | BioBlog
A.Bull, J.Gilbert, H.Barwick, R.Hipkins & R.Baker (2010) Inspired by science: a paper commissioned by the Royal Society and the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor. New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), August 2010 ...

New title: set Reprint: Mäori Education 2010

New title: set Reprint: Mäori Education 2010
NZCER
Here are the most relevant, insightful and accessible articles on Mäori education from the last 10 years of set. Over the last decade there has been a sea change in Mäori education and research, shifting to an approach that is firmly grounded in kaupapa Mäori. These articles reflect that change. They give valuable perspectives on developing culturally responsive classrooms, engaging with students and whänau, and ensuring challenging and meaningful learning for Mäori students.

Boundaries allow children to blossom - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Boundaries allow children to blossom Otago Daily Times QT: Will National Standards improve a pupil's education at the school? I think parents need to have a clear understanding of how well their child is ...

Teachers' pay spat a lesson in education bias - Sunday Star Times

Teachers' pay spat a lesson in education bias
Sunday Star Times
... wage demands and the implementation of national standards – are always muddied by the personal prejudices we all bring from our own formative years. ...

Teachers strike 'to keep world-class system' - Stuff.co.nz

Teachers strike 'to keep world-class system'
Stuff.co.nz
Miss Fissenden says their action was to preserve what they believe is a world-class education system. Mrs Fissenden, the Kaikoura High School head of ...

Teacher claims fair, strike isn't: poll

Teacher claims fair, strike isn't: poll
Most parents of secondary students believe the Government should agree to at least some of their teachers' claims for a 4 per cent pay rise and smaller class sizes, according to a Weekend Herald readers' poll.But a majority...

Minister should stop playing games - principals

Minister should stop playing games - principals
Secondary schools may well have been confused and their plans for handling rostering students home disrupted by unnecessary political game playing, New Zealand Secondary Principals’ Council chair Julia Davidson says.

Rodney Hide: Speech To Special Education Principals' Association Conference - Voxy

Voxy	Rodney Hide: Speech To Special Education Principals' Association Conference Voxy I want ORRS to have less unnecessary assessment of students, particularly when it is clear to all that a student meets the criteria for ORRS. ...

Half of NZ schools failing special needs kids - Hide - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Half of NZ schools failing special needs kids - Hide New Zealand Herald The review, called Success for All - Every School, Every Child, has endorsed the current system, which puts students with special education needs into ...

Jackson: Maori should be compulsory - TVNZ

New Zealand Herald

Jackson: Maori should be compulsory TVNZ Outspoken media commentator Willie Jackson says it should be compulsory to learn Maori in New Zealand schools. A Waitangi Tribunal report claims the Maori ...

Teachers target class sizes - Stuff.co.nz

Teachers target class sizes
Stuff.co.nz
Overcrowded classrooms are as much of a worry to the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) as a teachers' pay rise, according to the union and Waikato ...

Early childhood centres to raise fees - survey

Early childhood centres to raise fees - survey
Early childhood centres expect to have to raise fees by between $10 and $50 a week next year because of funding cuts, a new survey has shown.Current funding covers 100 per cent qualified teachers at the centres, and it is going...

Teacher training faces axe - The Daily Post

The Daily Post

Teacher training faces axe The Daily Post Andrew Warner 051010AW1 Rotorua primary school principals are horrified the main source of teacher training in Rotorua could soon be axed. ...

Tolley meets principals - Otago Daily Times

Tolley meets principals
Otago Daily Times
... rethink of its approach to pupil behaviour and engagement and allocated $45 million to the ministry's Positive Behaviour for Learning Action Plan. ...

Speech - Tolley: New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association Annual ... - Voxy

Speech - Tolley: New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association Annual ...
Voxy
This year we have refocused $45 million to support the roll out of the Positive Behaviour for Learning Action Plan. This was developed by the Ministry and ...

$55m skills fund move angers industry - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

$55m skills fund move angers industry New Zealand Herald Photo / Natalie Slade The $55 million the Government is to redirect from funding industry training to universities will damage New Zealand's economic ...

Don't cut trade training support - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Don't cut trade training support
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Skill shortages are likely to reappear with the Government removing $55 million from apprenticeship training and reallocating it to fund university places ...

Pay hike for uni heads, as students pay more

Pay hike for uni heads, as students pay more
The heads of the country's eight universities got pay rises of more than $200,000 between them, while raising student fees and complaining about under-funding.

A homecoming and an exciting partnership

A homecoming and an exciting partnership
Dr Taima Moeke-Pickering (Ngāti Pukeko, Tūhoe) the Director of Native Human Services at Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada returned last week to her hometown of Whakatane to re-sanction a Memorandum of Understanding between her university and ...

SSC report paints false impression

SSC report paints false impression
The State Services Commissioner's comments yesterday that there has been a big rise in the number of people earning more than $100,000 a year at universities, wānanga, and polytechnics, and that the sector needs to exercise more restraint, gives a false ...

Schools shut out siblings - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Schools shut out siblings New Zealand Herald Milford School principal Lee Hopkirk said she initially hoped to "squeeze" in the siblings but realised it would not be possible. Education Minister Anne ...

Helping hands open door to brighter future - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Helping hands open door to brighter future New Zealand Herald They work with their mentors from the start of Year 10 until they leave school, usually four years later. In each of the programme's 12 schools, ...

Scathing report attacks standards at foreign student school - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Scathing report attacks standards at foreign student school New Zealand Herald Some tutors expressed concern that students were being placed on courses when their English was too poor. Photo / APN An Auckland school for ...

Parents stump up millions in donations - SundayNews.co.nz

SundayNews.co.nz

Parents stump up millions in donations SundayNews.co.nz This year the school asked parents for $880-$1760 per pupil. Non-payment of school fees didn't affect the pupils concerned, Morris said. ...

Behaviour of campers at Otematata praised - Otago Daily Times

Behaviour of campers at Otematata praised
Otago Daily Times
Both Snr Sgt McCoy and Mr Ridley paid tribute to the input into the weekend and ideas put forward by Students Against Driving Drunk representatives. ...

Students really dig Doug's fun lessons - Northland Independent Community

Northland Independent Community

Students really dig Doug's fun lessons Northland Independent Community DIGGING IN: Doug the Digger creator Alistair McIntyre travels the country with his roadshow. He teaches the importance of good literacy and mathematical ...