URL: Increased focus on recruiting high-quality teachers
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the next step in the Government’s work to attract high-calibre candidates into teaching as a career. “Effective teaching has the biggest impact on results for students, and this starts with recruiting high-quality teachers,” says Mrs Tolley. “We are concentrating on recruiting quality New Zealand candidates into teaching, in a targeted approach which will focus on maths and science teaching, alongside Maori medium, bilingual education and specialist secondary teachers of te reo Maori...