Strengthening the Learning and Behaviour service

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that changes to the Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) service will bring more consistency and better leadership, while increasing the number of teachers. RTLB are specialist teachers who work across clusters of schools to support them in dealing with challenging student behaviour – and the changes to governance and operation of RTLBs come after a widespread review of the service...

Education issues to the fore next week in Dunedin - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
National standards, the future for early childhood education, including home-based care and playcentres will be the focus of discussion on Monday in Dunedin. Labour's education spokesperson Sue Moroney will visit Early Childhood Education (ECE) Centres ...

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Get The Answers: Educational investment is a no brainer for firms' success - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Developing staff skills 'is a necessity and not an indulgence for small businesses', writes Darren Levy, director of Executive Development at the University of Auckland Business School. There are many ways small business owners can invest ...

Before-school care for students? - The Ashburton Guardian

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The Ashburton Guardian
Before-school care could be the way of the future but parents aren't rushing at the opportunity given by Ashburton Borough School. In the latest newsletter, principal Sam Winterbourn said the school increasingly had ...

More and better help with challenging pupils - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
RTLB teachers are specialists who work across clusters of schools to support them in dealing with challenging pupil behaviour, and the changes to governance and operation of RTLBs come after a widespread review of the service. ...

Training 'makes for better staff' - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Training 'makes for better staff' Otago Daily Times When Brendan Morrison returned home to the family dairy farm in South Otago, his father encouraged him to do some further training. Mr Morrison (22), who won this year's Otago dairy trainee of the year in the New Zealand ...

Horrible bosses flush staff down the brain drain - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Auckland University Business School economics associate professor Dr Rhema Vaithianathan said Kiwi bosses are "strikingly bad" and better training is needed to halt the monthly exodus of thousands of workers. She said a Ministry of Economic Development ...

Playcentre calls for funding confirmation for ECE services

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Playcentre calls for funding confirmation for ECE services such as Home-based and Kohanga Reo...

protest turns to revelry - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: protest turns to revelry Stuff.co.nz Thousands of families were to join weekend protests against proposed funding cuts for playcentres from tomorrow, but instead the protests turned into parties after Education Minister Anne Tolley gave assurances playcentre funding was safe. ...

Accreditation key for Rotorua business woman - The Daily Post

The Daily Post

URL: Accreditation key for Rotorua business woman The Daily Post Although other providers can work with the MYOB software, Kathy says she wanted to be accredited because of the resources and on-going training this offered and for the exposure listing on the MYOB website will provide. On-going training is a bit of a ...

Filipino workers bring home the bacon - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Filipino workers bring home the bacon Otago Daily Times In all his years as a pig farmer, there were probably only four or five staff that he would previously have considered worthwhile to send for further training. He encouraged training and one of his Filipino workers, Jimmy Malit, recently achieved a ...

Cash cut stops chance for jobless to get ahead - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
More than 500 people at risk of long-term unemployment will miss out on places in a training scheme next year because of a funding shuffle between government agencies. The Tertiary Education Commission has chopped places in the ...

What's New: Evaluating Health Impact Assessments in New Zealand

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Are HIAs worthwhile? Answering this question involves evaluating HIAs, and the purpose of this paper is to provide guidance on the evaluation of HIAs in New Zealand - Posted: 12 April 2006...

Teenage unemployment hits highest level since the 1930s

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Teenage unemployment remains stubbornly high. It's now at levels not seen since the Great Depression. The latest official figures show despite employment growing overall, 15 to 19 year olds continue to buck the trend with nearly 28 percent of this age group now unemployed.

Do our cities work for children?

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With Professor Claire Freeman - head of Planning Programme at the Department of Geography, University of Otago.

MORE FLEXIBLE, RESPONSIVE PLD FOR 2012

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The way centrally-funded professional learning and development is allocated continues to evolve. The Ministry of Education’s JOANNE ALLEN updates you on how these developments could affect your school or kura.

CHANGES ARE CLEAR FOR THE SCHOOL JOURNAL

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School Journals arriving in schools from this month onwards align the series more closely with the curriculum and clarify the reading levels and target audiences.

Mothers demand answers over schools - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Mothers demand answers over schools Otago Daily Times How is Education Minister Anne Tolley going to provide equal access to learning facilities for Wakatipu children now, when classrooms are bursting at the seams, and what is her long-term plan as those children continue on to high school? ...

Eating disorders hurt primary kids - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Primary-school pupils are being hospitalised with eating disorders as younger and younger children are worrying about their body image. Ministry of Health statistics show 10, 11 and 12-year-olds were among those admitted to hospital for eating ...

Minister invites RTLB teachers into precarious employment

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PPTA vice president Kate Gainsford today expressed surprise and concern over education minister Anne Tolley’s pre-emptive comments today about the restructuring of the Resource Teachers – Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) service.

Restructuring of RTLB service not a done deal

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the Minister of Education is riding rough-shod over the concerns of specialist learning and behaviour teachers by suggesting the restructuring of their service is a done deal.

Credits given without training - report

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Plumbing and gasfitting apprentices were given qualifications for training they apparently never did, an investigation has found.The Weekend Herald understands the Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainlaying and Roofing Industry Training...

Falling roll spells end for city intermediate school - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Photo / Glenn Jeffrey Tamaki Intermediate School has been told it will have close its doors in 2013 - while five other local schools will expand their rolls and become full primaries. Education Minister Anne Tolley has been considering the future of ...

Second act awaits inspiring teacher - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
A teacher who developed an award-winning dramatic arts programme at one of Christchurch's low-decile schools is leaving after a year of triumph and tragedy. Robert Gilbert's life has taken a dramatic turn, on and off the stage. ...

Student art on show in Havelock North - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
The country's best student sculpture, painting, design and photography works will be displayed in the Bay next week as part of a touring exhibition. The annual exhibition, Top Art, features top secondary school visual art portfolios completed as part ...

PM's award for work with Maori and Pacific students - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Professor Walker, a leading biological scientist of Te Whakatohea descent, established the Tuakana Programme more than 20 years ago to improve retention rates for Maori and Pacific science students, particularly in their first academic year. ...

Insight: August Exams in Christchurch

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Insight considers how schools in and the main universtiy are coping as the end of the year approaches.

Quake shakes 'Fish in Schools' program - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Both salmon and would-be scientists are suffering the aftereffects of the February earthquake with Fish & Game's highly popular “Fish in Schools” program severely scaled back due to the chlorination of much of Christchurch's water supply. ...