URL: Competent learners happy with competent teachers | TEU - Tertiary ...
For nearly two decades the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)'s Competent Learners study has followed some 500 children from just before they started school. In 2009 those 500 children had become ...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Horizons in gun over tardy action - Manawatu Standard
URL: Horizons in gun over tardy action
Manawatu Standard
"There is a fundamental, structural governance problem, and we know the solution is for central government to impose national standards," said Dr Norman. Both Horizons Regional Council chairman Bruce Gordon and chief executive Michael McCartney have ...
Manawatu Standard
"There is a fundamental, structural governance problem, and we know the solution is for central government to impose national standards," said Dr Norman. Both Horizons Regional Council chairman Bruce Gordon and chief executive Michael McCartney have ...
School Trustees Association under fire - Radio New Zealand
URL: School Trustees Association under fire
Radio New Zealand
Criticism of the School Trustees Association continued on Thursday as some trustees criticised its stance on national standards and attitude to principals and teachers. The head of a rival trustees organisation says the national association is not a ...
Radio New Zealand
Criticism of the School Trustees Association continued on Thursday as some trustees criticised its stance on national standards and attitude to principals and teachers. The head of a rival trustees organisation says the national association is not a ...
Carolyn's Comments: They changed the national standards - only ...
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Today we discovered that the Ministry of Education changed the wording of the National Standards for Reading and Writing for Year 5 and Year 7. The wording for Year 5 has changed from 'working towards level 3' to 'working ...
Today we discovered that the Ministry of Education changed the wording of the National Standards for Reading and Writing for Year 5 and Year 7. The wording for Year 5 has changed from 'working towards level 3' to 'working ...
Good can follow bad at school - study - New Zealand Herald
URL: Good can follow bad at school - study
New Zealand Herald
Doing badly at primary school is not always a barrier to achieving good NCEA results, says a report from a study which has followed the lives of 500 young people throughout their education. The Competent Learners study followed the ...
New Zealand Herald
Doing badly at primary school is not always a barrier to achieving good NCEA results, says a report from a study which has followed the lives of 500 young people throughout their education. The Competent Learners study followed the ...
Education with a Complex Adaptive System Perspective - Learning ...
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These research fields are changing and now include informal as well as formal learning opportunities. A more holistic, ecosystem view includes a new emphasis on workplace learning. The workplace, it turns out, is an excellent setting to allow ...
These research fields are changing and now include informal as well as formal learning opportunities. A more holistic, ecosystem view includes a new emphasis on workplace learning. The workplace, it turns out, is an excellent setting to allow ...
Childhood problems, suicide link - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Childhood problems, suicide link Otago Daily Times Columbia University professor of translational neuroscience Prof John Mann told the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists conference in Queenstown yesterday suicide took an estimated million lives a year in the Western world, ... |
Veteran teacher an advocate for making most of talented children - Waikato Times
URL: Veteran teacher an advocate for making most of talented children
Waikato Times
Prof Moltzen gained his teaching qualification through Waikato and returned to the then Hamilton Teachers College after 20 years in primary and intermediate schools. For 13 years he was a principal. Now a grandfather of four, he has spent most of his ...
Waikato Times
Prof Moltzen gained his teaching qualification through Waikato and returned to the then Hamilton Teachers College after 20 years in primary and intermediate schools. For 13 years he was a principal. Now a grandfather of four, he has spent most of his ...
Teachers speak out for equal pay for work of equal value | TEU ...
URL: Teachers speak out for equal pay for work of equal value | TEU ...
Thousands of tertiary staff may not yet be enrolled to voteSeptember 8, 2011, 10:07 am · Funding for Canterbury follows growing public pressureSeptember 22, 2011, 11:12 am · Student:staff ratios 2008-2010 graphSeptember ...
Thousands of tertiary staff may not yet be enrolled to voteSeptember 8, 2011, 10:07 am · Funding for Canterbury follows growing public pressureSeptember 22, 2011, 11:12 am · Student:staff ratios 2008-2010 graphSeptember ...
Week of strike at CPIT brings mediation | TEU - Tertiary Education ...
URL: Week of strike at CPIT brings mediation | TEU - Tertiary Education ...
TEU members at CPIT have been on strike this week after the polytechnic refused to change its position from the one it presented last week.
TEU members at CPIT have been on strike this week after the polytechnic refused to change its position from the one it presented last week.
Kiwi schools a class act - TechDay.co.nz
 TechDay.co.nz | URL: Kiwi schools a class act TechDay.co.nz As a Pathfinder school, Howick College will play a larger role in the Microsoft Partners in Learning professional development network, which connects over 4 million teachers in 114 countries. Evan Blackman, education manager at Microsoft New Zealand, ... |
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Young beneficiaries get opportunities to work
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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says Work and Income’s youth focused seminars are getting results, but non-attendance is a real issue. “These seminars provide opportunities for young people to connect with local employers, or take up education that will lead to a job,” says Ms Bennett. The seminars run by Work and Income around the country are seeing young people move off benefit into jobs and training. ... read more
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says Work and Income’s youth focused seminars are getting results, but non-attendance is a real issue. “These seminars provide opportunities for young people to connect with local employers, or take up education that will lead to a job,” says Ms Bennett. The seminars run by Work and Income around the country are seeing young people move off benefit into jobs and training. ... read more
Speech: Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill - Rahui Katene - Voxy
URL: Speech: Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill - Rahui Katene
Voxy
This was an action taken up after the intervention of Te Mana Akonga - the national association of Maori students. Te Mana Akonga sought to take the claim to the Waitangi Tribunal on the basis that it would weaken the representation of Maori students. ... and more »
Voxy
This was an action taken up after the intervention of Te Mana Akonga - the national association of Maori students. Te Mana Akonga sought to take the claim to the Waitangi Tribunal on the basis that it would weaken the representation of Maori students. ... and more »
National and ACT fail to support Māori Students, again. - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: National and ACT fail to support Māori Students, again.
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“This long standing Bill has dragged out for over two years where we have seen no willingness by the National Government to hear the voice of the tertiary sector, and as a consequence no support for whanau, hapū and iwi growth and stability”, ... and more »
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“This long standing Bill has dragged out for over two years where we have seen no willingness by the National Government to hear the voice of the tertiary sector, and as a consequence no support for whanau, hapū and iwi growth and stability”, ... and more »
Parents call for Maori school - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | Auckland stuff.co.nz Papakura has 22 schools providing mainstream education, lobby organiser and teacher Davene Clarke says. Maori make up 31 percent of the town's population but none of those schools provide a continuation of kohanga reo and a total immersion Maori ... |
Auckland technology centres to collaborate - Voxy
URL: Auckland technology centres to collaborate
Voxy
New Zealand's two largest Institutes of Technology have formalised a collaborative approach on strategic direction, programme development and academic alignment to enhance vocational education and training outcomes for the country's largest city. ...
Voxy
New Zealand's two largest Institutes of Technology have formalised a collaborative approach on strategic direction, programme development and academic alignment to enhance vocational education and training outcomes for the country's largest city. ...
Trades training places may not be taken up - Southland Times (blog)
URL: Trades training places may not be taken up
Southland Times (blog)
"In the trades training area demand varies between years and between trades, and it is difficult to determine the drivers of these variations in demand." The polytechnic was also allocated an additional 10 EFTS on its Youth Guarantee Scheme. ...
Southland Times (blog)
"In the trades training area demand varies between years and between trades, and it is difficult to determine the drivers of these variations in demand." The polytechnic was also allocated an additional 10 EFTS on its Youth Guarantee Scheme. ...
ITO Update: 28 September 2011 ~ Tertiary Education Commission
URL: ITO Update: 28 September 2011 ~ <b>Tertiary</b> Education Commission:
Release of data accuracy reports, work being conducted with ETITO, applying for principle based exceptions and feedback sought.
Release of data accuracy reports, work being conducted with ETITO, applying for principle based exceptions and feedback sought.
Students' final bid to stop bill fails
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The future of university and polytech student associations - the focus of student life for decades - was looking uncertain last night after the Act Party's bill making membership of them voluntary passed into law. Heather Roy's Education...
The future of university and polytech student associations - the focus of student life for decades - was looking uncertain last night after the Act Party's bill making membership of them voluntary passed into law. Heather Roy's Education...
Secondary principals attack School Trustees Association - Radio New Zealand
URL: Secondary principals attack School Trustees Association
Radio New Zealand
Secondary school principals have turned on the School Trustees Association, saying it treats them like servants and is out of touch with school boards. The principals' criticism follows a trustees association article on the future of education which ... and more »
Radio New Zealand
Secondary school principals have turned on the School Trustees Association, saying it treats them like servants and is out of touch with school boards. The principals' criticism follows a trustees association article on the future of education which ... and more »
Auckland technology centres to collaborate - Voxy
URL: Auckland technology centres to collaborate
Voxy
New Zealand's two largest Institutes of Technology have formalised a collaborative approach on strategic direction, programme development and academic alignment to enhance vocational education and training outcomes for the country's largest city. ...
Voxy
New Zealand's two largest Institutes of Technology have formalised a collaborative approach on strategic direction, programme development and academic alignment to enhance vocational education and training outcomes for the country's largest city. ...
SADD happy about zero tolerance drink drive law
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SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) are optimistic new laws which provide for a zero tolerance alcohol limit for drivers under 20 will reduce road risks for young people around the country.
SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) are optimistic new laws which provide for a zero tolerance alcohol limit for drivers under 20 will reduce road risks for young people around the country.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Interference in schools ramps up - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Interference in schools ramps up
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Despite protestations to the contrary the Government is continuing its stand-over tactics around National Standards, with dozens of schools being forced to include Ministry statements in their charters, Labour's Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Despite protestations to the contrary the Government is continuing its stand-over tactics around National Standards, with dozens of schools being forced to include Ministry statements in their charters, Labour's Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. ...
'School failing us', claims mum - The Dominion Post
URL: 'School failing us', claims mum
The Dominion Post
In term one this year Postgate adopted National Standards and Ms Tapusoa's nine-year-old son, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, got a school report showing he was failing badly. Previous years' reports had given little indication of ...
The Dominion Post
In term one this year Postgate adopted National Standards and Ms Tapusoa's nine-year-old son, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, got a school report showing he was failing badly. Previous years' reports had given little indication of ...
Media barred from education minister's meeting with principals - New Zealand Herald
URL: Media barred from education minister's meeting with principals
New Zealand Herald
Minister of Education Anne Tolley said the press were denied entry into a secondary school principals meeting in Auckland so that they could speak candidly. File photo / NZ Herald Media were today locked out of a meeting between Auckland's secondary ...
New Zealand Herald
Minister of Education Anne Tolley said the press were denied entry into a secondary school principals meeting in Auckland so that they could speak candidly. File photo / NZ Herald Media were today locked out of a meeting between Auckland's secondary ...
Labour vow welcomed | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
URL: Labour vow welcomed | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
Labour's education spokeswoman, Sue Moroney, said the party aimed to lift achievement by setting high expectations for each pupil according to their individual ability, and giving parents information they wanted, in plain ...
Labour's education spokeswoman, Sue Moroney, said the party aimed to lift achievement by setting high expectations for each pupil according to their individual ability, and giving parents information they wanted, in plain ...
Perseverance and curiosity indicators of NCEA success - Radio New Zealand
URL: Perseverance and curiosity indicators of NCEA success
Radio New Zealand
Qualities such as perseverance and curiosity are stronger indicators of success in the NCEA than academic ability. Competent Learners has tracked 400 20-year-olds since they were four years old. The latest phase of the research includes NCEA results. ...
Radio New Zealand
Qualities such as perseverance and curiosity are stronger indicators of success in the NCEA than academic ability. Competent Learners has tracked 400 20-year-olds since they were four years old. The latest phase of the research includes NCEA results. ...
Conference to tackle critical issues
URL: Conference to tackle critical issues
NCEA workload, Class size, educative mentoring, a non-confrontational approach to bargaining and looking at an alternative economic model are just some of the critical issues teachers will be tackling at PPTA’s 2011 annual conference.
NCEA workload, Class size, educative mentoring, a non-confrontational approach to bargaining and looking at an alternative economic model are just some of the critical issues teachers will be tackling at PPTA’s 2011 annual conference.
Auckland Council puts focus on city's poor areas in south - New Zealand Herald
URL: Auckland Council puts focus on city's poor areas in south
New Zealand Herald
It includes ambitious targets of 100 new early childhood centres across South and West Auckland by 2020, ensuring that every young person leaves school with a plan for further education or work, new housing in Mangere and improving public transport ...
New Zealand Herald
It includes ambitious targets of 100 new early childhood centres across South and West Auckland by 2020, ensuring that every young person leaves school with a plan for further education or work, new housing in Mangere and improving public transport ...
Why don't kids walk to school? - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Why don't kids walk to school? Stuff.co.nz SHANK'S PONY: Jinelle Barnes and Rylee Foley, 5, on bike, Mac Macduff 5, Oliver Connor 2 in pram, Robyn Conner and Elliot Macduff 2 on their way home from Brooklyn School. Walking is cheap and friendly says Jinelle. Children living within easy walking ... |
US Correspondent - Luiza Savage
URL: US Correspondent - Luiza Savage
Ten years on from George W. Bush's education policy...
Ten years on from George W. Bush's education policy...
Hato Petera College - threatened stand downs illegal CathNews
URL: Hato Petera College - threatened stand downs illegal CathNews
In his September 2 letter, principal Hohepa Campbell said many of the co-ed Maori school's seniors were underperforming and at risk of not achieving the National Certificate of Educational Achievement. “The disappointing ...
In his September 2 letter, principal Hohepa Campbell said many of the co-ed Maori school's seniors were underperforming and at risk of not achieving the National Certificate of Educational Achievement. “The disappointing ...
Press Release – released via Porter Novelli - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Press Release – released via Porter Novelli
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Nathan's early work delivering educational materials via cell phones has been ground breaking in enabling students to learn anytime, anywhere, from any device. As a Pathfinder School, Howick College will become part of the Microsoft Partners in ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Nathan's early work delivering educational materials via cell phones has been ground breaking in enabling students to learn anytime, anywhere, from any device. As a Pathfinder School, Howick College will become part of the Microsoft Partners in ...
Training partnership for Horowhenua Kapiti businesses - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Training partnership for Horowhenua Kapiti businesses
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Our training and coaching programmes are based on toolkits that provide learning and development that can be immediately transferred into the workplace.” Helene Judge of Nature Coast Enterprise is very pleased about the ECCC partnership as “they are a ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Our training and coaching programmes are based on toolkits that provide learning and development that can be immediately transferred into the workplace.” Helene Judge of Nature Coast Enterprise is very pleased about the ECCC partnership as “they are a ...
Academic review at university - Otago Daily Times
URL: Academic review at university
Otago Daily Times
An academic audit of the University of Otago is to be conducted by an independent body charged with scrutinising New Zealand's top tertiary institutions. New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) ...
Otago Daily Times
An academic audit of the University of Otago is to be conducted by an independent body charged with scrutinising New Zealand's top tertiary institutions. New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) ...
Minister to students: 'keep your heads down'
URL: Minister to students: 'keep your heads down'
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has warned protesting university students to keep their heads down lest they draw attention to their relatively privileged position in hard economic times.Asked about the student protests...
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has warned protesting university students to keep their heads down lest they draw attention to their relatively privileged position in hard economic times.Asked about the student protests...
Fears for campus life - Otago Daily Times
 3News NZ | URL: Fears for campus life Otago Daily Times Controversial legislation to cut mandatory membership of student associations could harm Dunedin's tertiary education industry and damage many university campuses, Green Party tertiary spokesman Gareth Hughes warns. Mr Hughes, a Wellington-based list ... |
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Education Professionals await next National Standards Battle
URL: Education Professionals await next National Standards Battle
Three educational groups, the New Zealand Education Institute, New Zealand Principals’ Federation and Boards Taking Action Coalition have today announced that they will fight the next phase of the national standards battle together.
Three educational groups, the New Zealand Education Institute, New Zealand Principals’ Federation and Boards Taking Action Coalition have today announced that they will fight the next phase of the national standards battle together.
NZEI – the real story —
URL: NZEI – the real story —
Having been forced into a humiliating backdown over National Standards, the NZEI has finally revealed its true reasons for trying to deny parents the information they want on exactly how their kids are doing at school, and ...
Having been forced into a humiliating backdown over National Standards, the NZEI has finally revealed its true reasons for trying to deny parents the information they want on exactly how their kids are doing at school, and ...
United force steps up fight against national standards - TVNZ
URL: United force steps up fight against national standards
TVNZ
Three educational groups are banding together to fight the next phase of the national standards programme. The New Zealand Education Institute, New Zealand Principals' Federation (NZPF) and Boards Taking Action Coalition say the system to create league ...
TVNZ
Three educational groups are banding together to fight the next phase of the national standards programme. The New Zealand Education Institute, New Zealand Principals' Federation (NZPF) and Boards Taking Action Coalition say the system to create league ...
Culture of caring in and outside class - Wanganui Chronicle
URL: Culture of caring in and outside class
Wanganui Chronicle
St Mary's School sparkles with happy bright kids, smiling, caring staff and a principal who has his finger on the pulse...
Most students achieve at or above National Standards expectations in numeracy and reading. Students with special or complex needs are well supported by a number of suitably resourced programmes and trained staff. Learning purposes are shared and ...
Wanganui Chronicle
St Mary's School sparkles with happy bright kids, smiling, caring staff and a principal who has his finger on the pulse...
Most students achieve at or above National Standards expectations in numeracy and reading. Students with special or complex needs are well supported by a number of suitably resourced programmes and trained staff. Learning purposes are shared and ...
Perseverance, curiosity keys to NCEA success
URL: Perseverance, curiosity keys to NCEA success
New research shows qualities like perseverance and curiosity are more important than raw brain power for success in the NCEA.
New research shows qualities like perseverance and curiosity are more important than raw brain power for success in the NCEA.
NZCER Competent Learners at 20.
Tracks to Adulthood
URL: Tracks to Adulthood
The longitudinal Competent Learners study has followed the progress of a group of around 500 young people from just before they started school. Information was collected at two-yearly intervals from age 4 until the age 16. The latest phase of the study revisited 401 of the participants at age 20 and looked at how they had fared since they left school, their current situation and experiences, what role their school experiences and performance played as they progressed into early adulthood and what they were gaining from current study and employment. This report details the findings of an in-depth, follow-up study undertaken with 29 of the study participants one year later (aged 21). These young people were chosen because their paths into adulthood seemed less straightforward than others and they had not followed a ‘well-lit path’ from secondary school to tertiary education.
The longitudinal Competent Learners study has followed the progress of a group of around 500 young people from just before they started school. Information was collected at two-yearly intervals from age 4 until the age 16. The latest phase of the study revisited 401 of the participants at age 20 and looked at how they had fared since they left school, their current situation and experiences, what role their school experiences and performance played as they progressed into early adulthood and what they were gaining from current study and employment. This report details the findings of an in-depth, follow-up study undertaken with 29 of the study participants one year later (aged 21). These young people were chosen because their paths into adulthood seemed less straightforward than others and they had not followed a ‘well-lit path’ from secondary school to tertiary education.
Forming Adulthood
URL: Forming Adulthood
The longitudinal Competent Learners study has followed the progress of a group of around 500 young people from just before they started school. Information was collected at two-yearly intervals from age 4 until the age 16. The latest phase of the study revisited 401 of the participants at age 20 and looked at how they had fared since they left school, their current situation and experiences, what role their school experiences and performance played as they progressed into early adulthood and what they were gaining from current study and employment.
The longitudinal Competent Learners study has followed the progress of a group of around 500 young people from just before they started school. Information was collected at two-yearly intervals from age 4 until the age 16. The latest phase of the study revisited 401 of the participants at age 20 and looked at how they had fared since they left school, their current situation and experiences, what role their school experiences and performance played as they progressed into early adulthood and what they were gaining from current study and employment.
Competent Learners at Age 20
URL: Competent Learners at Age 20
This summary gives some key findings from the age 20 phase of the Competent Learners study. If you would like to know more, please look at our main report (Forming Adulthood: Past, present and future in the experiences and views of Competent Learners at 20), and our follow-up report: (Tracks to Adulthood Post school experiences of 21 year olds - The qualitative component of Competent Learners at 20).
This summary gives some key findings from the age 20 phase of the Competent Learners study. If you would like to know more, please look at our main report (Forming Adulthood: Past, present and future in the experiences and views of Competent Learners at 20), and our follow-up report: (Tracks to Adulthood Post school experiences of 21 year olds - The qualitative component of Competent Learners at 20).
School-leavers urged to aim for trades - The Press
URL: School-leavers urged to aim for trades
The Press
Having an education was highly important in the industry. Middleton Grange School careers adviser Brett Fleming said there was definitely a push for pupils to go to university and it often came from parents, who thought the trades were the same as when ...
The Press
Having an education was highly important in the industry. Middleton Grange School careers adviser Brett Fleming said there was definitely a push for pupils to go to university and it often came from parents, who thought the trades were the same as when ...
Kidicorp in early learning centre buyout - New Zealand Herald
 Manawatu Standard | URL: Kidicorp in early learning centre buyout New Zealand Herald It will also own the New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education, training up to 300 students a year at its campus in Christchurch and through distance learning. Kidicorp concluded the deal (the price was not disclosed) with the Australian ... |
LENScience students excel at science fair - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: LENScience students excel at science fair
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Students from the Liggins Institute based LENScience Student-Scientist Mentor programme dominated the prize list at the NIWA Auckland Science and Technology Fair prize giving held at Kings School on 21st September. Programme students picked up 12 of ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Students from the Liggins Institute based LENScience Student-Scientist Mentor programme dominated the prize list at the NIWA Auckland Science and Technology Fair prize giving held at Kings School on 21st September. Programme students picked up 12 of ...
'Maori MBA' reaches finals of international competition - Voxy
URL: 'Maori MBA' reaches finals of international competition
Voxy
says the College's Academic Director Dr Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai. "To be recognised as a finalist is an incredible honour and testament to the uniqueness of this MBA programme." The programme accepted its first intake of 24 students in April this year, ...
Voxy
says the College's Academic Director Dr Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai. "To be recognised as a finalist is an incredible honour and testament to the uniqueness of this MBA programme." The programme accepted its first intake of 24 students in April this year, ...
High school scores well in assessment - Northern Advocate
URL: High school scores well in assessment
Northern Advocate
The headmaster of Northland's only all boys school is understandably chuffed about the latest report from the Education Review Office (ERO). The ERO regularly reviews schools and publishes reports on the quality of education offered for the benefit of ...
Northern Advocate
The headmaster of Northland's only all boys school is understandably chuffed about the latest report from the Education Review Office (ERO). The ERO regularly reviews schools and publishes reports on the quality of education offered for the benefit of ...
Promising student gains scholarship - Taranaki Daily News
URL: Promising student gains scholarship
Taranaki Daily News
Dickson has received a $3000 Beca Engineering in Society scholarship for University of Canterbury students. She grew up in Urenui, attended Sacred Heart Girls' College in New Plymouth and is studying towards a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) ...
Taranaki Daily News
Dickson has received a $3000 Beca Engineering in Society scholarship for University of Canterbury students. She grew up in Urenui, attended Sacred Heart Girls' College in New Plymouth and is studying towards a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) ...
Scots College offers senior school scholarships - Voxy
URL: Scots College offers senior school scholarships
Voxy
In 2012 Scots College is delighted to be able to offer a number of scholarships to new and existing students for the newly formed Senior School (Year 11-13). "As a result of the College's transition to the internationally-recognised International ...
Voxy
In 2012 Scots College is delighted to be able to offer a number of scholarships to new and existing students for the newly formed Senior School (Year 11-13). "As a result of the College's transition to the internationally-recognised International ...
Monday, September 26, 2011
National Standards are already working —
URL: National Standards are already working —
I received an email on the tipline from a reader about National Standards. I asked permission to post it. Dear Cameron My Daughter goes a public school in Auckland and they have always been positive about National ...
I received an email on the tipline from a reader about National Standards. I asked permission to post it. Dear Cameron My Daughter goes a public school in Auckland and they have always been positive about National ...
Take State Money? Accept National Standards! | SOLO - Sense of ...
URL: Take State Money? Accept National Standards! | SOLO - Sense of ...
Accept National Standards! “If schools want the money the state provides for education then it is only reasonable that they accept the rules that come with it,' says Independent candidate for Tamaki, Stephen Berry. ...
Accept National Standards! “If schools want the money the state provides for education then it is only reasonable that they accept the rules that come with it,' says Independent candidate for Tamaki, Stephen Berry. ...
Our schools, and children, are being set up to fail - Waikato Times
URL: Our schools, and children, are being set up to fail
Waikato Times
OPINION: It was just a month ago that I sat in a Hamilton school staffroom listening to 10 local schools describe the bizarre battles they were having with the Education Ministry over national standards. As a mother, it horrified me to hear the amount ...
Waikato Times
OPINION: It was just a month ago that I sat in a Hamilton school staffroom listening to 10 local schools describe the bizarre battles they were having with the Education Ministry over national standards. As a mother, it horrified me to hear the amount ...
Labour vow welcomed - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Labour vow welcomed Otago Daily Times The majority of Otago primary and intermediate principals have welcomed the Labour Party's vow to scrap compulsory National Standards should the party win the forthcoming general election. ... |
NZEI joins with others to fight misuse of "National Standards" data - Voxy
URL: NZEI joins with others to fight misuse of "National Standards" data
Voxy
NZEI, along with the New Zealand Principals Federation (NZPF) and the Boards Taking Action Coalition (BTAC) share very real concerns over the potential misuse of flawed "National Standards" data on student achievement. School communities will soon face ...
Voxy
NZEI, along with the New Zealand Principals Federation (NZPF) and the Boards Taking Action Coalition (BTAC) share very real concerns over the potential misuse of flawed "National Standards" data on student achievement. School communities will soon face ...
Education Ministry accused of bullying another school - New Zealand Herald
URL: Education Ministry accused of bullying another school
New Zealand Herald
However, ministry programme manager regional education Pauline Cleaver said the ministry had not yet recommended the appointment of a limited statutory manager to any board in such circumstances. "Nor have we told schools to remove disclaimers as ...
New Zealand Herald
However, ministry programme manager regional education Pauline Cleaver said the ministry had not yet recommended the appointment of a limited statutory manager to any board in such circumstances. "Nor have we told schools to remove disclaimers as ...
School aims to close gap - Sunday Star Times
URL: School aims to close gap
Sunday Star Times
"If they are only Maori students in those schools they are not going to have that opportunity, which is not the real world." However, New Zealand needed to do what worked for the students because there were huge issues for Maori education. ...
Sunday Star Times
"If they are only Maori students in those schools they are not going to have that opportunity, which is not the real world." However, New Zealand needed to do what worked for the students because there were huge issues for Maori education. ...
Quarterly Funding has got to go - PPTA - Voxy
URL: Quarterly Funding has got to go - PPTA
Voxy
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools. Clark said quarterly funding meant schools faced funding cuts every ...
Voxy
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools. Clark said quarterly funding meant schools faced funding cuts every ...
Scrap flawed funding model
URL: Scrap flawed funding model
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools.
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools.
New president knows statistics - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: New president knows statistics Otago Daily Times University of Otago senior lecturer John Harraway reflects on his new international role in statistics education. Photo by Peter McIntosh. University of Otago senior lecturer John Harraway has been elected president of ... |
Brain drain claims third of New Zealand's PhDs
URL: Brain drain claims third of New Zealand's PhDs
The extent of New Zealand's brain-drain has been revealed in a new study which shows only around two-thirds of doctoral graduates are employed in this country in the years immediately following their graduation.
The extent of New Zealand's brain-drain has been revealed in a new study which shows only around two-thirds of doctoral graduates are employed in this country in the years immediately following their graduation.
Dr Kathleen Quinlivan
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A leading sex education researcher says schools are doing a patchy job of delivering what is a very important area of the curriculum.
A leading sex education researcher says schools are doing a patchy job of delivering what is a very important area of the curriculum.
Save school jobs, mother asks Key
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A mother and teacher is leading a campaign to stop the Government axing nearly 170 fulltime teacher jobs in Christchurch.
A mother and teacher is leading a campaign to stop the Government axing nearly 170 fulltime teacher jobs in Christchurch.
Mixed messages about the value of education in Christchurch rebuild
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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government is sending very mixed messages about the importance of education in the rebuild of Christchurch.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government is sending very mixed messages about the importance of education in the rebuild of Christchurch.
Dunedin schools say special funding too slow - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Dunedin schools say special funding too slow Otago Daily Times Ministry of Education programmes aimed at helping Dunedin schools support pupils with challenging behaviour in the wake of the Phoenix Centre closure, are too slow in coming, Dunedin principals say. ... |
Noisy classrooms 'hinder learning' - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Noisy classrooms 'hinder learning'
Stuff.co.nz
School classrooms with similar acoustics to cafes are hindering children's ability to hear properly during lessons. Wellington schoolchildren will be guinea pigs in a new Victoria University research project to improve classroom hearing. ...
Stuff.co.nz
School classrooms with similar acoustics to cafes are hindering children's ability to hear properly during lessons. Wellington schoolchildren will be guinea pigs in a new Victoria University research project to improve classroom hearing. ...
School told to repay $500 bond to parents - Stuff.co.nz
URL: School told to repay $500 bond to parents
Stuff.co.nz
The Decile 10 school had been charging more than $4500 annually for a secondary student including the $500 bond and a $1600 special character contribution or donation which it "rigorously pursues", Thode said. "The current situation is ... very much a ...
Stuff.co.nz
The Decile 10 school had been charging more than $4500 annually for a secondary student including the $500 bond and a $1600 special character contribution or donation which it "rigorously pursues", Thode said. "The current situation is ... very much a ...
Spades to grades for student volunteers - Sunday Star Times
 The Press | URL: Spades to grades for student volunteers Sunday Star Times The actions of the SVA following the Canterbury earthquakes have prompted universities here and overseas to look more closely at how they can get students to engage with their communities. The concept of connecting service and learning is ... |
Call for support of threatened courses - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Call for support of threatened courses Otago Daily Times Aoraki Polytechnic students at the Dunedin campus want the tertiary institution to live up to its slogan of "supporting your success", a group of film and television production students say. ... |
Bay company now in charge of 15000 kids - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Bay company now in charge of 15000 kids
The Bay of Plenty Times
Tauranga-based Kidicorp will soon be providing early education and care for 15000 pre-school children throughout the country after buying a bunch of ABC Learning centres. ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
Tauranga-based Kidicorp will soon be providing early education and care for 15000 pre-school children throughout the country after buying a bunch of ABC Learning centres. ...
Staff unhappy with record polytechnic profits
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The Tertiary Education Union says polytechnics are making excessive profits with money that should be spent on teaching and buildings.
The Tertiary Education Union says polytechnics are making excessive profits with money that should be spent on teaching and buildings.
Academic audit report of the AUT
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The New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) is today releasing the report of its most recent academic audit of Auckland University of Technology. This audit is the sixth of the Cycle 4 academic audits of New Zealand universities to ...
The New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) is today releasing the report of its most recent academic audit of Auckland University of Technology. This audit is the sixth of the Cycle 4 academic audits of New Zealand universities to ...
UC first to receive international 5-star rating
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UC first NZ university to receive international 5-star rating in new QS Stars system
UC first NZ university to receive international 5-star rating in new QS Stars system
Teacher inspires students - SunLive
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SunLive
Bev has been teaching for 41 years and says she is continually inspired by her students as she sees how much they grow and become more independent through the special education programme. Principal Barrie Wickens nominated Bev – who has been a teacher ...
SunLive
Bev has been teaching for 41 years and says she is continually inspired by her students as she sees how much they grow and become more independent through the special education programme. Principal Barrie Wickens nominated Bev – who has been a teacher ...
School aims to close gap - Sunday Star Times
URL: School aims to close gap
Sunday Star Times
"If they are only Maori students in those schools they are not going to have that opportunity, which is not the real world." However, New Zealand needed to do what worked for the students because there were huge issues for Maori education. ...
Sunday Star Times
"If they are only Maori students in those schools they are not going to have that opportunity, which is not the real world." However, New Zealand needed to do what worked for the students because there were huge issues for Maori education. ...
Wellington school's $4.5m leaky building bill - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Wellington school's $4.5m leaky building bill Stuff.co.nz The Ministry of Education would not disclose the names of these schools. "We are withholding the names of these schools, as negotiations with contractors about cost recovery are currently under way or are likely in the near future." SEATOUN SCHOOL ... |
Few quick fixes for excluded students - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Few quick fixes for excluded students
Stuff.co.nz
Waikato principals spoken to by the Waikato Times were not surprised by the numbers but all agreed a term away from school could have a massive adverse effect on a student's educational and social development. "Excluded students need the education and ...
Stuff.co.nz
Waikato principals spoken to by the Waikato Times were not surprised by the numbers but all agreed a term away from school could have a massive adverse effect on a student's educational and social development. "Excluded students need the education and ...
Pukemiro principal slams ERO report - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Pukemiro principal slams ERO report
Stuff.co.nz
A rural primary principal has hit back at the Education Review Office after the school's report was released this week. Pukemiro School, 15km west of Huntly, was criticised in 2010's report over the quality of teaching and the emotional safety of ...
Stuff.co.nz
A rural primary principal has hit back at the Education Review Office after the school's report was released this week. Pukemiro School, 15km west of Huntly, was criticised in 2010's report over the quality of teaching and the emotional safety of ...
High school scores well in assessment - Northern Advocate
URL: High school scores well in assessment
Northern Advocate
The headmaster of Northland's only all boys school is understandably chuffed about the latest report from the Education Review Office (ERO). The ERO regularly reviews schools and publishes reports on the quality of education offered for the benefit of ...
Northern Advocate
The headmaster of Northland's only all boys school is understandably chuffed about the latest report from the Education Review Office (ERO). The ERO regularly reviews schools and publishes reports on the quality of education offered for the benefit of ...
Friday, September 23, 2011
Hands off our school, says angry principal - The Daily Post
URL: Hands off our school, says angry principal
The Daily Post
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is being accused of acting like a dictator in its attempts to silence schools' opposition to national standards. Implementation of the national standards has been ...
The Daily Post
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is being accused of acting like a dictator in its attempts to silence schools' opposition to national standards. Implementation of the national standards has been ...
Education Ministry accused of bullying another school - New Zealand Herald
URL: Education Ministry accused of bullying another school
New Zealand Herald
A Northland school claims its anti-National standards stance has seen it bullied by the Ministry of Education. Photo / Christine Cornege A second Northland school is claiming to have been bullied by the ...
New Zealand Herald
A Northland school claims its anti-National standards stance has seen it bullied by the Ministry of Education. Photo / Christine Cornege A second Northland school is claiming to have been bullied by the ...
Training changes could be key in combating worker shortages - Newstalk ZB
URL: Training changes could be key in combating worker shortages
Newstalk ZB
The head of one of New Zealand's largest employers believes the answers to worker shortages lie in training changes. Allied Work Force Group chief executive Mike Huddleston says his view is backed up by a new survey which shows nearly 50 percent of job ...
Newstalk ZB
The head of one of New Zealand's largest employers believes the answers to worker shortages lie in training changes. Allied Work Force Group chief executive Mike Huddleston says his view is backed up by a new survey which shows nearly 50 percent of job ...
Videos for first-time principals
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These videos have recently been added to the suite of resources developed as part of the First-time Principals Programme. The material was collected from FTP mentor symposia and FTP residential meetings. They will be of interest to all leaders.
These videos have recently been added to the suite of resources developed as part of the First-time Principals Programme. The material was collected from FTP mentor symposia and FTP residential meetings. They will be of interest to all leaders.
Few quick fixes for excluded students - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Few quick fixes for excluded students
Stuff.co.nz
Last year 139 students were excluded from Waikato high schools, with most absent for at least a quarter of the year before their cases were resolved. More than 15 per cent of those children were out of school for six months or more and two of the four ...
Stuff.co.nz
Last year 139 students were excluded from Waikato high schools, with most absent for at least a quarter of the year before their cases were resolved. More than 15 per cent of those children were out of school for six months or more and two of the four ...
Good sex education works - studies - New Zealand Herald
URL: Good sex education works - studies
New Zealand Herald
Good quality and comprehensive education programmes in schools can delay the first time a teenager has sex and reduce risk-taking behaviour, international studies show. Their findings are backed by Family Planning chief executive ...
New Zealand Herald
Good quality and comprehensive education programmes in schools can delay the first time a teenager has sex and reduce risk-taking behaviour, international studies show. Their findings are backed by Family Planning chief executive ...
Sex education more evidence that the world has gone mad - New Zealand Herald
URL: Sex education more evidence that the world has gone mad
New Zealand Herald
All those things are happening in our schools right now, as this newspaper has reported this week, and if that's not madness, then I don't know what is. I nearly choked when I read what the Family Planning Association's health promotion director ...
New Zealand Herald
All those things are happening in our schools right now, as this newspaper has reported this week, and if that's not madness, then I don't know what is. I nearly choked when I read what the Family Planning Association's health promotion director ...
Single-sex schools rate poorly - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Single-sex schools rate poorly Stuff.co.nz "It seems those students were put on a more linear path that didn't work. Here we get to choose our way and gender doesn't come into it." GENDER BLEND : Wellington High School pupils Thomas Raethel , 16 , and Tess Norquay , |
Wellington school's $4.5m leaky building bill
URL: Wellington school's $4.5m leaky building bill
A leaky Wellington primary school built as a prototype for more than $5 million less than 10 years ago is now costing nearly as much to repair.
A leaky Wellington primary school built as a prototype for more than $5 million less than 10 years ago is now costing nearly as much to repair.
Teachers use GPS to track children
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Daycare centres in Sweden have started using GPS systems and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on children during excursions - a practice that has raised ethical and practical questions.Some parents are worried day...
Daycare centres in Sweden have started using GPS systems and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on children during excursions - a practice that has raised ethical and practical questions.Some parents are worried day...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Innovator in classroom - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: Innovator in classroom Auckland stuff.co.nz Mr Martin has spent the past three years working on a new model of learning that can be put into practice in every classroom. "I've been working on a new teaching framework that can be used by teachers and students. "It values creativity, trial and ... |
Hands off our school, says angry principal - The Daily Post
URL: Hands off our school, says angry principal
The Daily Post
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is being accused of acting like a dictator in its attempts to silence schools' opposition to national standards. Implementation of the national standards has been ...
Schools comply because 'it's law'Timaru Herald
The Daily Post
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is being accused of acting like a dictator in its attempts to silence schools' opposition to national standards. Implementation of the national standards has been ...
Schools comply because 'it's law'Timaru Herald
Govt provides funding certainty for Canterbury tertiary institutions
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Steven Joyce | Earthquake Recovery
The government has moved to give Canterbury’s tertiary institutions greater financial certainty as they work to recover from the effects of the September and February earthquakes. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says the government’s 2012 funding commitments, which were made prior to the September 4 2010 earthquake, will be met despite an expected decrease in enrolments. ... read more
Steven Joyce | Earthquake Recovery
The government has moved to give Canterbury’s tertiary institutions greater financial certainty as they work to recover from the effects of the September and February earthquakes. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says the government’s 2012 funding commitments, which were made prior to the September 4 2010 earthquake, will be met despite an expected decrease in enrolments. ... read more
Free TV recycling launched
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Nick Smith | Environment
New Zealanders have the opportunity over the next fortnight to responsibly dispose of their old TV for free at The Warehouse as part of the Government’s Love New Zealand recycling programme, Environment Minister Nick Smith says. ... read more
Nick Smith | Environment
New Zealanders have the opportunity over the next fortnight to responsibly dispose of their old TV for free at The Warehouse as part of the Government’s Love New Zealand recycling programme, Environment Minister Nick Smith says. ... read more
Launch of 'Collaboration for Success: Individual Education Plans'
URL: Launch of 'Collaboration for Success: Individual Education Plans':
Rodney Hide | Education
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you Tom [Parsons, Principal, Queen Charlotte College] for your warm welcome. It’s great to be here today. We are here to launch revised guidelines for individual education planning – called ‘Collaboration for Success: Individual Education Plans’. We are doing this at Queen Charlotte College because you are a fantastic example of what being an inclusive school is all about. ... read more
Rodney Hide | Education
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you Tom [Parsons, Principal, Queen Charlotte College] for your warm welcome. It’s great to be here today. We are here to launch revised guidelines for individual education planning – called ‘Collaboration for Success: Individual Education Plans’. We are doing this at Queen Charlotte College because you are a fantastic example of what being an inclusive school is all about. ... read more
Review of the Literature on Individual Education Plans
URL: Review of the Literature on Individual Education Plans
A literature review of national and international developments in the use of the Individual Education Plan (IEP) with schools and families, with particular attention to special education assessment practice(s) and their relationship to the IEP process.
A literature review of national and international developments in the use of the Individual Education Plan (IEP) with schools and families, with particular attention to special education assessment practice(s) and their relationship to the IEP process.
Auckland City leads NZ with focus on children and learning
URL: Auckland City leads NZ with focus on children and learning
The Draft Auckland Plan’s focus on children and learning has been welcomed as smart and innovative by the leader of an independent education think tank. “With one critical act, Auckland’s leaders have become the cheerleaders of children and ...
The Draft Auckland Plan’s focus on children and learning has been welcomed as smart and innovative by the leader of an independent education think tank. “With one critical act, Auckland’s leaders have become the cheerleaders of children and ...
Educating children of the information age: Cafe Scientifique
URL: Educating children of the information age: Cafe Scientifique
Adolescents growing up in the 21st century are facing a very different world to that which their parents, grandparents and teachers grew up in. For these children, using instant communication technologies such as email, texting and Facebook is second ...
Adolescents growing up in the 21st century are facing a very different world to that which their parents, grandparents and teachers grew up in. For these children, using instant communication technologies such as email, texting and Facebook is second ...
Christchurch pupils require extra support, says union - Radio New Zealand
URL: Christchurch pupils require extra support, says union
Radio New Zealand
On Friday, the Government announced that schools would lose funding equivalent to 167 teaching jobs as 3500 school children have left the city. But the teaching union, the Educational Institute, says remaining pupils have been so traumatised by the ...
Canterbury Uni cash-strappedStuff.co.nz
Canterbury funding good start but more neededNzweek
Funding support for Canterbury's universities welcomedVoxy
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Radio New Zealand
On Friday, the Government announced that schools would lose funding equivalent to 167 teaching jobs as 3500 school children have left the city. But the teaching union, the Educational Institute, says remaining pupils have been so traumatised by the ...
Canterbury Uni cash-strappedStuff.co.nz
Canterbury funding good start but more neededNzweek
Funding support for Canterbury's universities welcomedVoxy
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Abrupt departure of principal - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Abrupt departure of principal Otago Daily Times Christchurch employment lawyer Peter MacDonald confirmed yesterday Mrs Cooper would be leaving the school immediately, after the two could not come to an agreement about issues brought up by the Educational Review Office (ERO). ... Wakatipu HS head to go Stuff.co.nz |
College falling short - ERO - Stuff.co.nz
URL: College falling short - ERO
Stuff.co.nz
A damning Education Review Office report highlights little progress made at Fairfield College during the 2 1/2 years under commissioner Dennis Finn. The Education Ministry contributed $133645 of taxpayers' money towards Mr Finn's $200000 salary, ...
Stuff.co.nz
A damning Education Review Office report highlights little progress made at Fairfield College during the 2 1/2 years under commissioner Dennis Finn. The Education Ministry contributed $133645 of taxpayers' money towards Mr Finn's $200000 salary, ...
Training changes could be key in combating worker shortages - Newstalk ZB
URL: Training changes could be key in combating worker shortages
Newstalk ZB
The head of one of New Zealand's largest employers believes the answers to worker shortages lie in training changes. Allied Work Force Group chief executive Mike Huddleston says his view is backed up by a new survey which shows nearly 50 percent of job ... and more »
Newstalk ZB
The head of one of New Zealand's largest employers believes the answers to worker shortages lie in training changes. Allied Work Force Group chief executive Mike Huddleston says his view is backed up by a new survey which shows nearly 50 percent of job ... and more »
Training scheme funding review could solve worker shortages - AWF - National Business Review
URL: Training scheme funding review could solve worker shortages - AWF
National Business Review
Allied Work Force (AWF) Group's chief executive believes a Government review of funding for training schemes for youths could solve worker shortages. Mike Huddleston said the solution to worker shortages was not necessarily going off shore, ...
Answers to worker shortages 'lie in training changes'Voxy
National Business Review
Allied Work Force (AWF) Group's chief executive believes a Government review of funding for training schemes for youths could solve worker shortages. Mike Huddleston said the solution to worker shortages was not necessarily going off shore, ...
Answers to worker shortages 'lie in training changes'Voxy
'Sexy' internship scheme gains global recognition - TVNZ
 3News NZ | URL: 'Sexy' internship scheme gains global recognition TVNZ A programme encouraging students to flirt with businesses in speed dating-style interviews has won international recognition. The Dunedin internship scheme, called the Sexy Summer Jobs programme, matches companies with keen job seekers through chatty ... Intern speed-dating wins international awardRadio New Zealand |
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
International education Leadership Statement released
URL: International education Leadership Statement released
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Doubling the economic value of international education to New Zealand is at the heart of the Government’s Leadership Statement for international education, says Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce. “The government has preparedthe first version of a Leadership Statement for international educationwhichsets bold aspirations for the growth that we want to achieve over the next 15 years.”...
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Doubling the economic value of international education to New Zealand is at the heart of the Government’s Leadership Statement for international education, says Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce. “The government has preparedthe first version of a Leadership Statement for international educationwhichsets bold aspirations for the growth that we want to achieve over the next 15 years.”...
National Policy? « The Standard
URL: National Policy? « The Standard
That launch promised National Standards would be 'gone by playtime' as teachers returned to focussing on teaching and extending our children rather than measuring and labelling them. Yesterday the policy rush continued ...
That launch promised National Standards would be 'gone by playtime' as teachers returned to focussing on teaching and extending our children rather than measuring and labelling them. Yesterday the policy rush continued ...
Labour will keep national standards | Kiwiblog
URL: Labour will keep national standards | Kiwiblog
A reader has pointed out something I missed in Labour's announcement last week: “Labour will give schools a choice. We believe that lifting education.
A reader has pointed out something I missed in Labour's announcement last week: “Labour will give schools a choice. We believe that lifting education.
Schools comply because 'it's law' - Timaru Herald
URL: Schools comply because 'it's law'
Timaru Herald
"We are aware of recent changes to the [Education] Act – national standards – and have accommodated those changes in this year's annually updated section," he said. St Joseph's School Timaru principal Carmel Brosnahan-Pye said they had sent in their ...
Timaru Herald
"We are aware of recent changes to the [Education] Act – national standards – and have accommodated those changes in this year's annually updated section," he said. St Joseph's School Timaru principal Carmel Brosnahan-Pye said they had sent in their ...
Govt plans to double international students - Newstalk ZB
 3News NZ | URL: Govt plans to double international students Newstalk ZB Doubling the number of international postgraduate students and increasing annual revenue from providing education services offshore are key parts of the Government's plans for the international education sector. ... |
Govt seeks $5 billion from education
URL: Govt seeks $5 billion from education
Proposed changes to international education could see its value to New Zealand rise to $5 billion.
Proposed changes to international education could see its value to New Zealand rise to $5 billion.
Govt sets $5B international education target - 3News NZ
3News NZ | URL: Govt sets $5B international education target 3News NZ The Government is focusing on doubling the economic value of international education to $5 billion over the next 15 years. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce yesterday announced the Government's Leadership Statement for international education, ... |
Suspension threats over NCEA - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Suspension threats over NCEA
Stuff.co.nz
An Auckland boarding school is accused of acting illegally after sending every year 13 pupil a letter implying they will be excluded from school if they fail NCEA. YouthLaw, a free legal service representing pupils with grievances against schools, ...
Stuff.co.nz
An Auckland boarding school is accused of acting illegally after sending every year 13 pupil a letter implying they will be excluded from school if they fail NCEA. YouthLaw, a free legal service representing pupils with grievances against schools, ...
Schools get help to tackle bullies - Wairarapa Times-Age
URL: Schools get help to tackle bullies
Wairarapa Times-Age
Some Masterton colleges are turning to agencies and counsellors beyond the school gate to help stop bullying among their pupils. Chanel College principal Grant Miles said he had pinpointed some bullies stalking the halls at the decile 5 school, ...
Wairarapa Times-Age
Some Masterton colleges are turning to agencies and counsellors beyond the school gate to help stop bullying among their pupils. Chanel College principal Grant Miles said he had pinpointed some bullies stalking the halls at the decile 5 school, ...
What parents want for their kids' education - Stuff.co.nz (blog)
URL: What parents want for their kids' education
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
The news and the talkbacks have been full of alarm about young secondary school students receiving graphic lessons in oral sex...
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
The news and the talkbacks have been full of alarm about young secondary school students receiving graphic lessons in oral sex...
Education 'empowering' - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Education 'empowering' Otago Daily Times A culture of silence and fear around sex education must be broken, Dunedin sexuality education consultant Gayna McConnell says. Media reports of sexual health classes in schools may sound "shocking and terrible" ... |
Good sex education does work, studies say - New Zealand Herald
URL: Good sex education does work, studies say
New Zealand Herald
In New Zealand schools can decide the kind of sex education they want to teach, as long as they consult their communities first. The result is widely varying degrees of education from school to school - with not all of the programmes necessarily ...
New Zealand Herald
In New Zealand schools can decide the kind of sex education they want to teach, as long as they consult their communities first. The result is widely varying degrees of education from school to school - with not all of the programmes necessarily ...
Family Planning comment on sexuality education
URL: Family Planning comment on sexuality education
Family Planning says international evidence proves that good quality, comprehensive sexuality education delays the onset of sexual activity, reduces the number of partners, the frequency of intercourse and increases condom and contraceptive use.
Family Planning says international evidence proves that good quality, comprehensive sexuality education delays the onset of sexual activity, reduces the number of partners, the frequency of intercourse and increases condom and contraceptive use.
Plugged-in Picton schools - Marlborough Express
 Marlborough Express | URL: Plugged-in Picton schools Marlborough Express The Loop is an ultra-fast broadband initiative started by Network Tasman, Connector Systems, the Education Ministry and Nelson-based educational institutions in 2007. Picton School and Waikawa Bay School were connected to the Loop last month. ... |
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Education Ministry called 'bullies' in National Standards spat - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Education Ministry called 'bullies' in National Standards spat 3News NZ The Ministry of Education has got caught up in another spat over National Standards amid claims it's using bully-boy tactics to make schools behave. The principal of Aranga School, near Dargaville, says the school feels threatened by ... |
Take State Money? Accept National Standards! - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Take State Money? Accept National Standards!
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Stephen Berry believes the spectre of teacher unions has a lot to answer for in the debate over National Standards. “Teacher unions are not interested in the quality of education. They are not interested in rewarding good teachers or having bad ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Stephen Berry believes the spectre of teacher unions has a lot to answer for in the debate over National Standards. “Teacher unions are not interested in the quality of education. They are not interested in rewarding good teachers or having bad ...
Support Staff in Schools Collective Agreement
URL: Support Staff in Schools Collective Agreement
Effective 4 August 2011 - 20 December 2013
Effective 4 August 2011 - 20 December 2013
More resources may be needed to ensure success of abuse hotline
URL: More resources may be needed to ensure success of abuse hotline
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says more resources may be needed to ensure the success of a new abuse hotline for teachers.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says more resources may be needed to ensure the success of a new abuse hotline for teachers.
PPTA to support secondary schools facing teaching job losses - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: PPTA to support secondary schools facing teaching job losses
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... of Education to minimise the impact of job losses after the city's devastating earthquakes. The ministry releases final staffing figures for Christchurch secondary schools today (Tuesday) and the number of losses in each school would be announced. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... of Education to minimise the impact of job losses after the city's devastating earthquakes. The ministry releases final staffing figures for Christchurch secondary schools today (Tuesday) and the number of losses in each school would be announced. ...
What limits need to be set on teaching sex education? - New Zealand Herald
URL: What limits need to be set on teaching sex education?
New Zealand Herald
Schools are being accused of going too far in what they teach children about sex. The often-graphic nature of today's sex education lessons is considered perfectly acceptable, and necessary, by some parents, but many others are shocked and say it has ...
New Zealand Herald
Schools are being accused of going too far in what they teach children about sex. The often-graphic nature of today's sex education lessons is considered perfectly acceptable, and necessary, by some parents, but many others are shocked and say it has ...
Who is NZ's most innovative school teacher? - TechDay.co.nz
 TechDay.co.nz | URL: Who is NZ's most innovative school teacher? TechDay.co.nz By Contributor, Monday, 19th September, 2011 Entries are open for the 2011 Microsoft Innovative Educator Awards, which are designed to encourage teachers to find engaging ways to use technology in the classroom. Teachers have until October 28 to submit ... |
School accused of breaking law - Stuff.co.nz
URL: School accused of breaking law
Stuff.co.nz
A boarding school is accused of acting illegally after writing to every year 13 pupil and threatening immediate standdowns for "academic and behavioural non-compliance". YouthLaw, a free legal service representing pupils with grievances against schools ...
Stuff.co.nz
A boarding school is accused of acting illegally after writing to every year 13 pupil and threatening immediate standdowns for "academic and behavioural non-compliance". YouthLaw, a free legal service representing pupils with grievances against schools ...
Community Losing control of School? - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Community Losing control of School?
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The disclaimer in the charter stated 'This is being done under a directive from the Ministry of Education and not because we believe that it is sound educational practice.' The Principal, Myles Ferris believes that the parents and wider community have ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The disclaimer in the charter stated 'This is being done under a directive from the Ministry of Education and not because we believe that it is sound educational practice.' The Principal, Myles Ferris believes that the parents and wider community have ...
Education workers will welcome true commitment to closing the pay gap
URL: Education workers will welcome true commitment to closing the pay gap
Education workers will welcome some true commitment to closing the gender pay gap as the government continues to turn a blind eye to the issue, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
Education workers will welcome some true commitment to closing the gender pay gap as the government continues to turn a blind eye to the issue, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
NZ Teachers inspired by philosophy from Reggio Emilia, Italy
URL: NZ Teachers inspired by philosophy from Reggio Emilia, Italy
Reggio is world renowned in the education sector for its philosophy which inspires teachers to think about the competencies that children bring to their learning, and is a catalyst for thinking, research and advocacy in Aotearoa New Zealand educational ...
Reggio is world renowned in the education sector for its philosophy which inspires teachers to think about the competencies that children bring to their learning, and is a catalyst for thinking, research and advocacy in Aotearoa New Zealand educational ...
White House technology comes to the Bay of Plenty
URL: White House technology comes to the Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic unveiled their new look website today utilising the latest in content management systems.
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic unveiled their new look website today utilising the latest in content management systems.
School to say goodbye to good sport - Wairarapa Times-Age
URL: School to say goodbye to good sport
Wairarapa Times-Age
DEPARTING: Russell Thompson, deputy principal of Masterton Intermediate School, is leaving to take up a principal's post in Tokoroa. Russell "Mr T" Thompson blew into town on the tail of Cyclone Bola ...
Wairarapa Times-Age
DEPARTING: Russell Thompson, deputy principal of Masterton Intermediate School, is leaving to take up a principal's post in Tokoroa. Russell "Mr T" Thompson blew into town on the tail of Cyclone Bola ...
Vice Chancellor's pay hike criticised - New Zealand Herald
URL: Vice Chancellor's pay hike criticised
New Zealand Herald
Professor Stuart McCutcheon Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland now earns between $640000 and $649000. Photo / file A pay rise has made the Vice Chancellor of Auckland University the third-highest paid public sector employee, according to the ...
New Zealand Herald
Professor Stuart McCutcheon Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland now earns between $640000 and $649000. Photo / file A pay rise has made the Vice Chancellor of Auckland University the third-highest paid public sector employee, according to the ...
From nurse to a top academic - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: From nurse to a top academic The Dominion Post "My PhD was on why Pacific and Maori students didn't do as well in our undergraduate programme as other students," she says. "My findings were that they come into programmes often as 'wounded learners', so you address that life script that often [they think] they're dumb and they don't know things. You have to put them into an environment where they can get confident enough to make mistakes around their own learning, because that's how any of us learn." |
Schools going hi-tech to reach the parents - The Ashburton Guardian
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The Ashburton Guardian
Mid Canterbury schools are getting messages to families quicker and more effectively by embracing several forms of technology. Gone are the days of newsletters or reminders constantly being lost in the bottom of school ...
The Ashburton Guardian
Mid Canterbury schools are getting messages to families quicker and more effectively by embracing several forms of technology. Gone are the days of newsletters or reminders constantly being lost in the bottom of school ...
Monday, September 19, 2011
NZC Update 13 - Levelling the School Journal
URL: NZC Update 13 - Levelling the School Journal
This Update explains the recent changes in levelling processes for items in the School Journal and in the other instructional series for year 4–8 students.
NOTE: Based on work by NZCER, who are mentioned in the update.
This Update explains the recent changes in levelling processes for items in the School Journal and in the other instructional series for year 4–8 students.
NOTE: Based on work by NZCER, who are mentioned in the update.
Resourcing for Christchurch schools
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Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley says that the movement of students away from Christchurch and within the city since the February earthquake will result in a redistribution of resources for schools. 3500 students from Christchurch remain enrolled in schools outside the city, while over 1500 students have moved to different schools within Christchurch...
Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley says that the movement of students away from Christchurch and within the city since the February earthquake will result in a redistribution of resources for schools. 3500 students from Christchurch remain enrolled in schools outside the city, while over 1500 students have moved to different schools within Christchurch...
High priority for schools reporting concerns to CYF
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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has asked Child Youth and Family to strengthen processes to respond better to school reports of abuse. “Teachers and principals know the children they teach, they know what’s normal for each child and what’s not,” says Ms Bennett. “I felt we could strengthen the priority process, so if teachers have genuine concerns about a child’s welfare, they get a rapid response.”...
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has asked Child Youth and Family to strengthen processes to respond better to school reports of abuse. “Teachers and principals know the children they teach, they know what’s normal for each child and what’s not,” says Ms Bennett. “I felt we could strengthen the priority process, so if teachers have genuine concerns about a child’s welfare, they get a rapid response.”...
Launch and signing of the kawa for Te Waihono a Kupe - Maori Caucus on Whanau Violence Prevention
URL: Launch and signing of the kawa for Te Waihono a Kupe - Maori Caucus on Whanau Violence Prevention
Tariana Turia | Social Development and Employment
Friday 16 September 2011; 10am
I couldn’t be prouder to be here today. This is an historic day – a powerful moment in our shared histories when a statement is being made about the state of our lives. This is a day when together - Te Kawerau a Maki, Ngati Whatua and Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi have stood tall...
Tariana Turia | Social Development and Employment
Friday 16 September 2011; 10am
I couldn’t be prouder to be here today. This is an historic day – a powerful moment in our shared histories when a statement is being made about the state of our lives. This is a day when together - Te Kawerau a Maki, Ngati Whatua and Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi have stood tall...
Putting Kids First « Red Alert
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Our policy ensures that parents get plain language information they require on their child's achievement, progress and next learning steps without schools having the flawed national standards imposed on them. Labour will ...
Our policy ensures that parents get plain language information they require on their child's achievement, progress and next learning steps without schools having the flawed national standards imposed on them. Labour will ...
TUMEKE!: The Miseducation of Anne Tolley - National Standards will ...
URL: TUMEKE!: The Miseducation of Anne Tolley - National Standards will ...
Internationally renowned educationalist, Professor John Hattie has advised the Government that National Standards could be the worst thing to ever happen to NZ Public Education, yet this Government continues to push ...
Internationally renowned educationalist, Professor John Hattie has advised the Government that National Standards could be the worst thing to ever happen to NZ Public Education, yet this Government continues to push ...
Let's All Have a Cup of Tea
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Why The Nation Will Fail National Standards As New Zealand approaches a national election we have the luxury this time around to be able to blissfully ignore the negative “hater and wrecker” proposals burping forth from ...
Why The Nation Will Fail National Standards As New Zealand approaches a national election we have the luxury this time around to be able to blissfully ignore the negative “hater and wrecker” proposals burping forth from ...
More on Labour's education policy | Kiwiblog
URL: More on Labour's education policy | Kiwiblog
I blogged yesterday on how Labour's policy appears to be keep National Standards, but rename them and don't give the Government the data. I suspect their policy has not matched their rhetoric as they realise there are so ...
I blogged yesterday on how Labour's policy appears to be keep National Standards, but rename them and don't give the Government the data. I suspect their policy has not matched their rhetoric as they realise there are so ...
Claim school being put under statutory management - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
A small school north of Dargaville in Northland says it has been told it will be put under control of a limited statutory manager because it included a disclaimer in its charter about national standards. Aranga School's charter says the standards are ...
Radio New Zealand
A small school north of Dargaville in Northland says it has been told it will be put under control of a limited statutory manager because it included a disclaimer in its charter about national standards. Aranga School's charter says the standards are ...
Ministry of Education "bullying" Northland schools - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Ministry of Education "bullying" Northland schools 3News NZ The threats came as a response to some adding a disclaimer in their school's charter that mention National Standards are forced upon them by the Ministry. "The ministry are bullying schools into doing it, making them do it, and then threatening them ... |
Threats over National Standards disclaimers unacceptable - NZEI - Voxy
URL: Threats over National Standards disclaimers unacceptable - NZEI
Voxy
The schools have been told in a letter from the Ministry that their boards will be replaced if they don't remove a disclaimer in their charters saying they have referenced National Standards "under duress". That does not mean they are not complying," ...
Voxy
The schools have been told in a letter from the Ministry that their boards will be replaced if they don't remove a disclaimer in their charters saying they have referenced National Standards "under duress". That does not mean they are not complying," ...
'Bullying' Minister needs to butt out - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
 Scoop.co.nz (press release) | URL: 'Bullying' Minister needs to butt out Scoop.co.nz (press release) “News emerging today that schools with charters complying with the National Standards, but carrying the rider 'submitted under duress' have been threatened with a Limited Statutory Manager (LSM) is a National disgrace. "What will a LSM actually achieve ... |
Community Losing control of School? - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Community Losing control of School?
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The board had initially excluded reference to the National Standards because they believed they would be more harmful to their students than helpful. The disclaimer in the charter stated 'This is being done under a directive from the Ministry of ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The board had initially excluded reference to the National Standards because they believed they would be more harmful to their students than helpful. The disclaimer in the charter stated 'This is being done under a directive from the Ministry of ...
Larry's Memo: September 16 - Newstalk ZB
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Larry's Memo: September 16 Newstalk ZB The headline was that Labour was going to drop National Standards. In reality it seems that what Labour is proposing is a National Standards light. All the assessment data will be pretty much the same but where Labour's policy differs is that the data ... |
Standards push diverting money into failure - Waatea News
URL: Standards push diverting money into failure
Waatea News
Labour's associate education spokesperson says it's time to stop diverting money into national standards that could be spent improving education outcomes for Maori and other groups. Labour's election policy includes as promise to no longer require ...
Waatea News
Labour's associate education spokesperson says it's time to stop diverting money into national standards that could be spent improving education outcomes for Maori and other groups. Labour's election policy includes as promise to no longer require ...
Copyright Amendment Act 2011
URL: Copyright Amendment Act 2011
Status: New
ID: act/public/2011/0072/7.0
Version: as enacted
Information type: act
Legislation type: public
Year: 2011
No: 72
Status: New
ID: act/public/2011/0072/7.0
Version: as enacted
Information type: act
Legislation type: public
Year: 2011
No: 72
Do People with Doctoral Degrees get Jobs in New Zealand Post Study?
URL: Do People with Doctoral Degrees get Jobs in New Zealand Post Study?
This study uses an integrated dataset maintained by Statistics New Zealand to analyse what percentage of a cohort of recent domestic doctoral graduates was employed in New Zealand and their industry destination up to four years post study.
This study uses an integrated dataset maintained by Statistics New Zealand to analyse what percentage of a cohort of recent domestic doctoral graduates was employed in New Zealand and their industry destination up to four years post study.
Delay in funding announcement frustrates - Southland Times
URL: Delay in funding announcement frustrates
Southland Times
The Tertiary Education Commission has revised a proposed cut to training funding, but some Southland providers are still frustrated. The commission is responsible for managing the Government's $3 billion annual funding for tertiary education, ...
Southland Times
The Tertiary Education Commission has revised a proposed cut to training funding, but some Southland providers are still frustrated. The commission is responsible for managing the Government's $3 billion annual funding for tertiary education, ...
Women students asked: ?Are you OK?? - Voxy
URL: Women students asked: ?Are you OK??
Voxy
"This report shows that students do not feel their institutions do enough to mitigate the risk of harassment in the campus environment", said Caitlin Dunham, National Women?s Rights Officer for the New Zealand Union of Students? ...
Voxy
"This report shows that students do not feel their institutions do enough to mitigate the risk of harassment in the campus environment", said Caitlin Dunham, National Women?s Rights Officer for the New Zealand Union of Students? ...
Number of schools threatened by ministry - NZEI - Radio New Zealand
 3News NZ | URL: Number of schools threatened by ministry - NZEI Radio New Zealand The New Zealand Education Institute says it knows of a number of schools who were threatened with limited statutory management by the Ministry of Education, despite the ministry denying it did so. Appointment of a limited statutory manager would allow ... |
Unacceptable threats made to schools over "National Standards" disclaimers
URL: Unacceptable threats made to schools over "National Standards" disclaimers
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says threats by the Ministry of Education to install limited statutory managers in a number of schools in Northland are unnecessary and unwarranted.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says threats by the Ministry of Education to install limited statutory managers in a number of schools in Northland are unnecessary and unwarranted.
Polytechnics want to control student loan money - Radio New Zealand
URL: Polytechnics want to control student loan money
Radio New Zealand
Polytechnics in the main centres say they could do a better job if the Government gave them control of their students' loans and allowances, and let them distribute the money as they see fit. They say the change would protect the Government from loan ...
Radio New Zealand
Polytechnics in the main centres say they could do a better job if the Government gave them control of their students' loans and allowances, and let them distribute the money as they see fit. They say the change would protect the Government from loan ...
Speech: Anne Tolley - NZEI Annual Conference - Voxy
 Voxy | URL: Speech: Anne Tolley - NZEI Annual Conference Voxy We are investing $60 million in the Positive Behaviour for Learning Action Plan, developed by the Ministry and eight education sector groups including NZEI. During the next three years, more than 7000 teachers will receive additional training in ... |
170 teaching jobs cut in Christchurch - New Zealand Herald
 Voxy | URL: 170 teaching jobs cut in Christchurch New Zealand Herald Because students have left the city since, nearly 170 teaching jobs are to be cut. Photo / APN Nearly 170 Christchurch teaching jobs are being slashed to reflect the number of students who have left the city's schools since the earthquakes. ... |
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