URL: Future schooling in Kawerau
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says the reorganisation of schools in Kawerau will bring a much brighter future for education in the town, and raise achievement levels for students.
“The decisions announced today, including some changes as a result of community feedback during consultation, will provide certainty for students, schools and communities,” says Mrs Tolley...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Local principals stand firm - The Dominion Post
URL: Local principals stand firm
The Dominion Post
Talk of commissioners and sanctions do not faze a group of Porirua school principals, who continue to speak out against national standards. About 200 schools from across New Zealand, and 45 from the Wellington region, defiantly submitted ...
The Dominion Post
Talk of commissioners and sanctions do not faze a group of Porirua school principals, who continue to speak out against national standards. About 200 schools from across New Zealand, and 45 from the Wellington region, defiantly submitted ...
Holdouts on standards risk penalty - New Zealand Herald
URL: Holdouts on standards risk penalty
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock More than 300 schools are risking statutory intervention after failing to send in National Standards targets to the Ministry of Education. Schools were repeatedly warned they had until the start of this month to send in their ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock More than 300 schools are risking statutory intervention after failing to send in National Standards targets to the Ministry of Education. Schools were repeatedly warned they had until the start of this month to send in their ...
Sharples talks up Maori culture lessons - Waatea News
URL: Sharples talks up Maori culture lessons
Waatea News
The School Principals Federation has criticised the Government's focus on national standards, saying the assessment system doesn't address Maori under-achievement, and the money would be better off going into professional development initiatives like ...
Waatea News
The School Principals Federation has criticised the Government's focus on national standards, saying the assessment system doesn't address Maori under-achievement, and the money would be better off going into professional development initiatives like ...
Rethink Online: a new approach for government use of and investment in online channels
URL: Rethink Online: a new approach for government use of and investment in online channels
July 2011
Office of the Government CIO
Department of Internal Affairs
July 2011
Office of the Government CIO
Department of Internal Affairs
"To keep pace with fast changing technology and increasing customer expectations, we need to build government’s collective capability in online information and service delivery. Increased collaboration between government agencies in online information and service delivery is required to achieve the following desired outcomes:..."
UK teachers allowed to use physical force - Stuff.co.nz
URL: UK teachers allowed to use physical force
Stuff.co.nz
British teachers have been given a green light to use ''reasonable'' physical force to control unruly students. New guidelines published in England on Monday say it ''may not always be possible to avoid injuring pupils'' while using restraining ...
Stuff.co.nz
British teachers have been given a green light to use ''reasonable'' physical force to control unruly students. New guidelines published in England on Monday say it ''may not always be possible to avoid injuring pupils'' while using restraining ...
New sabbatical leave award for secondary senior managers
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If you're a senior manager in a secondary school looking to improve your knowledge, skills and practice by engaging in professional learning, you can now apply for a sabbatical leave award. From 2012 onwards 10 awards will be available to senior managers in state or state-integrated secondary schools. This is covered by the Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement (STCA). Award applications for the 2012 year close on September 16, 2011.
If you're a senior manager in a secondary school looking to improve your knowledge, skills and practice by engaging in professional learning, you can now apply for a sabbatical leave award. From 2012 onwards 10 awards will be available to senior managers in state or state-integrated secondary schools. This is covered by the Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement (STCA). Award applications for the 2012 year close on September 16, 2011.
Aoraki Polytechnic Dunedin Campus Official Opening
URL: Aoraki Polytechnic Dunedin Campus Official Opening
The official opening of the newly refurbished Aoraki Polytechnic Dunedin campus was held last night (Friday 8 July) at the new site on Cumberland Street. Over 60 guests attended including a mix of Aoraki students, staff, councillors and invited members ...
The official opening of the newly refurbished Aoraki Polytechnic Dunedin campus was held last night (Friday 8 July) at the new site on Cumberland Street. Over 60 guests attended including a mix of Aoraki students, staff, councillors and invited members ...
Auckland college worries NZQA - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
An Auckland school for more than 200 mainly Indian students has been ordered not to enrol any more pupils because of serious concerns about the reliability of its qualifications. The NZ Qualifications Authority says it is considering ...
New Zealand Herald
An Auckland school for more than 200 mainly Indian students has been ordered not to enrol any more pupils because of serious concerns about the reliability of its qualifications. The NZ Qualifications Authority says it is considering ...
Mangakahia Area School win environmental gold - Northern Advocate
 Northern Advocate | URL: Mangakahia Area School win environmental gold Northern Advocate Photo / Michael Cunningham A Northland area school has scooped up a prestigious gold medal in environmental education. Mangakahia Area School at Titoki, 27km north-west of Whangarei, was last month awarded the Green-Gold Enviro School award, ... |
Big praise for little school that could - Hawke's Bay Today
 Hawke's Bay Today | URL: Big praise for little school that could Hawke's Bay Today TREE TROOPS: Jasmine Angland, 7, (front), Libby Stewart, 7, (back left) Olivia Angland, 11, Mitchell Osborne, 11, and Stella Hinton, 7, plant trees along the new fence line at Kereru School. Photo / Paul Taylor It's been a busy few months for students ... |
End in sight for Christchurch site-sharing schools - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: End in sight for Christchurch site-sharing schools
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
PPTA senior vice president Kate Gainsford welcomed the education minister's move to bring an end to site sharing and congratulated secondary schools for their determination to return to some form of educational normality. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
PPTA senior vice president Kate Gainsford welcomed the education minister's move to bring an end to site sharing and congratulated secondary schools for their determination to return to some form of educational normality. ...
Auckland Study Camp For Christchurch Students
URL: Auckland Study Camp For Christchurch Students
100 year 13 Christchurch students, from some of the city’s most quake-affected high schools, will get their crucial NCEA exam preparations back on track courtesy of a special four day study camp to be held in Auckland in a fortnight.
100 year 13 Christchurch students, from some of the city’s most quake-affected high schools, will get their crucial NCEA exam preparations back on track courtesy of a special four day study camp to be held in Auckland in a fortnight.
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