Keeping 4000 young people in education and trades training

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that up to 4000 young people will be retained in education and skills training in the year ahead instead of dropping out of the system, as a result of the Youth Guarantee and wider Government initiatives. "The Youth Guarantee, Trades Academies and Service Academies are making a huge difference to the lives of thousands of Kiwi students and their families," says Mrs Tolley...

Ministry of Education National Standards' leader quit

Ministry of Education National Standards' leader quit
AUDIO. Critics of the national standards in reading, writing and maths say the policy has been put in jeopardy by the resignation of a senior Ministry of Education manager.

Ministry's national standards leader resigns

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Critics of the national standards in reading, writing and maths say the policy has been put in jeopardy by the resignation of a senior Ministry of Education manager.

Why we need performance pay for teachers —

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We now ahve national standards to measure the progress of children, how about we bring in national standards to measure the performance of teachers and start by making them sit a teaching “certificate of fitness” exam. ...

PM admits national standards flaws : Prime Minister John Key used ...

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Prime Minister John Key used a visit to a school close to his heart with a 'special friend' Australian leader Julia Gillard, to acknowledge the national standards hadn't gone as ...

Schools defy Govt on targets - Northern Advocate

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Northern Advocate
Thirty-six Northland primary and intermediate school boards have stuck to their guns and refused to comply with the deadline for national standards target-setting. They make up more than 25 per cent of all schools in the region. ...

Has the Govt's 'National Standards' education policy been a success? - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
He was at Glen Taylor school in Glendowie, which first launched the flagship national standards policy, when he said that the first year had effectively been a "trial". There had been "teething problems" around the moderation between schools, he said. ...

Teacher trainers not the issue - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
Tertiary teacher providers are assuring that they're making the grade when it comes to training after concerns over teacher incompetencies. Assurances are being made that tertiary teacher providers are making the grade when it comes to teacher training ...

Incompetent teachers need to be struck off - Principals - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Incompetent teachers need to be struck off - Principals New Zealand Herald Too many incompetent teachers are being allowed to remain in classrooms, says the Secondary Principals Association. Of the 95000 registered teachers in New Zealand, 174 have been referred to the Teachers Council over competency issues in the past five ...

Teachers' Council allay competency concerns - NZ City

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NZ City
Teachers' Council director Dr Peter Lind is attempting to allay concerns about incompetent teachers being allowed back in the classroom. ...

RNZ NTN: Teacher incompetence

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How incompetent does a teacher have to be before they're stopped from practicing in the classroom?

MR 2011/105 - Teacher Competency Concerns Misplaced

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says maintaining high professional standards is in the interests of all teachers and students, and the number of teachers being referred to the Teachers Council for competency issues is very low.

Stopping incompetent teachers expected to take time

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The Secondary Principal's Association says efforts are being made to stop incompetent teachers getting through the system, but it may take time.

'Ghetto education' creates suspicion in major market - New Zealand Herald

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URL: 'Ghetto education' creates suspicion in major market New Zealand Herald "Hit and run" private training establishments (PTEs) are threatening to ruin the success of New Zealand's export education industry, says a Labour MP. Raymond Huo, Labour's Chinese community affairs spokesman, says bad experiences at ...

Education leaders meet in Auckland - TVNZ

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TVNZ
The City of Manukau Education Trust believes the cities economic future depends on equal education opportunities for all children, no matter where they live. Chief Executive Bernadine Vester says 84% of Auckland's low decile schools are located in ...

New resources to support school planning

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Recently six leadership teams from primary schools in Auckland, Waikato, and Christchurch came together in regional pairings to work on their action and annual plans for 2011 and beyond. As part of on-going review cycles each school had used the Self-review Tools to help work out their priorities. They had a clear idea about how they would use their review data to determine next steps and the outcomes they wanted to achieve.They shaped these priorities into action plans. You can download the school plans they have developed and watch a video of Beckenham and Opawa leadership teams working on their plans at this link.

'landmark' Course Launched For Special Education - Voxy

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Voxy
The University is working in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the University of Canterbury to provide the programme in alignment with the Government campaign launched last year, called Success for all - every school, every child. ...

First CACTUS intake gets underway in Rotorua - New Zealand Police (press release)

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New Zealand Police (press release)
Rotorua's first CACTUS (Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit and Support) got under way last week at Western Heights High School (commencing on 6 February 2011). The CACTUS course is an eight week intensive physical training course that ...

Bullied boy too scared to attend school - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Bullied boy too scared to attend school Stuff.co.nz A 13-year-old boy says he is too scared to go to school after a barrage of threats, standover tactics and cyber-bullying from other pupils at his college in Levin. Jacob Hamilton, a year 10 pupil at Waiopehu College, said: "I just want to go to school, ...

Youth fight gets serious - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Youth fight gets serious Stuff.co.nz SCHOOL TROUBLE: Several police officers descended on Hamilton's Fairfield College yesterday after a pupil allegedly punched another in the head. A Hamilton student was hospitalised after allegedly being beaten up by another student when a holiday ...

Dunedin pupils win more scholarships - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Dunedin pupils win more scholarships Otago Daily Times Otago pupils studying for scholarship exams have access to tuition from Dunedin's top teachers in their subject fields. "We did a wee bit of tweaking on the programme last year. Basically, we provided students with more time with these teachers, ...