Further support for secondary teachers

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced four further support days for secondary school teachers, as they implement the new curriculum-aligned achievement standards for NCEA Levels one, two and three over the next two years. Two teacher-only professional development days will be provided to schools in 2012, with two further teacher-only days available in 2013. These are in addition to the two professional support days which have already been announced for 2011...

Consultation on the future of education in Canterbury

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Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that communities and the education sector in Canterbury are to have the opportunity to take part in consultation on the future of education in the area following the recent earthquakes. The feedback received will contribute to a draft Education Renewal Plan for greater Christchurch. “Our challenge is to develop a bold and creative plan for the future of the education network,” says Mrs Tolley...

Schools call off standards protest - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The introduction of national standards has been a tough sell for the government, with protests at conferences like this one, the NZEI in Rotorua last year. Photo / NZ Herald Protests by hundreds of schools against national ...

NCEA workload concerns taken seriously says PPTA - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Secondary teachers will be pleased the minister of education has responded to their concerns about NCEA workload, says PPTA president Robin Duff. “We welcome today's announcements. Two teacher only days in both 2012 and 2013 will be used by teachers to ...

NCEA achievement rates lower, figures reveal - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
A more accurate count of the number of school leavers shows NCEA achievement rates are not as high as previously thought. The National Certificate of Education Achievement was introduced in 2002. The Ministry of Education is counting leavers it ...

NCEA levels continue upwards creep - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Ministry of Education statistics show more than 63000 young people left school last year and 82% had at least level one of the NCEA. Some 42% had University Entrance. However, Radio New Zealand's education correspondent says big gaps still exist ...

Enabling eLearning

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Enabling e-Learning, is the Ministry of Education’s online ‘hub’ for ICT-related education resources and programmes in New Zealand, bringing together everything that school leaders and teachers need to improve their e-learning practice. Enabling e-Learning will continually evolve and change in response to feedback from New Zealand schools and communities. We want to hear from you about what you’re doing in the e-learning space, so please visit us regularly and share what works and what doesn’t, and all your news and views....

PBRF: Te Reo theses and consultation reminder ~ Tertiary ...

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Skip to main content; Skip to search; Skip to main navigation; Skip to secondary content; Skip to footer. Tertiary Education Commission · Welcome to the TEC · Tertiary sector · Learners and organisations · Funding · Resource ...

Union opposes Aoraki closures

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Tertiary Education Union members from the Dunedin, Timaru, Ashburton, Christchurch and Oamaru campuses of Aoraki Polytechnic today vowed to fight planned programme closures they say are detrimental to students, the communities they work in, and ...

Google CIO: Don't fight consumerisation of IT - Computerworld New Zealand

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Computerworld New Zealand
With the workplace being invaded by workers armed with personal tablets, laptops and smartphones demanding to rule their own tech destiny, what is a CIO to do to prevent chaos? Step one, according to Google's Fried, is not to fight it. ...

Summer up-skill for staff of local businesses - Voxy

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Voxy
The courses are designed specifically for supervisors and managers in the workplace and incorporate work based learning. Otago Polytechnic Regional Manager Jean Tilleyshort says individual projects that can improve workplace efficiency and bottom lines ...

Doctor thanks pupils with flight - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Doctor thanks pupils with flight Stuff.co.nz AERIAL TOUR: Three Freyberg High School pupils got a ride in a helicopter as a thank you gift from Bulls flying doctor Dave Baldwin. Three Freyberg High School students have been flown around Palmerston North as a reward for "helping find New Zealand's ...

Teacher takes pupils out on a watery limb - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Teacher takes pupils out on a watery limb Otago Daily Times Taieri College pupils encounter hazards on a Wild Earth Adventures rafting trip on the Taieri River yesterday. Photo by Craig Baxter. Not all teachers would relish the opportunity to be thrown out of a raft by a ...

NZ students act against climate change - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: NZ students act against climate change 3News NZ Thousands of New Zealand students have been working on their environmental consciences by taking action against climate change with UNICEF. From Craighead Diocesan School in Timaru to James Cook High School in Auckland, over 4000 kids ...

Tapanui schoolgirl gets hero's welcome - The Southland Times

The Southland Times

URL: Tapanui schoolgirl gets hero's welcome The Southland Times SPECIAL: Kotuku hold special significance for Maori and winning this impressive trophy has certainly been poignant for Blue Mountain College student Mia Broad. A Tapanui teenager has proved that coming from a small, rural high school is no barrier to ...

Love of science scores trip - Timaru Herald

Timaru Herald

URL: Love of science scores trip Timaru Herald CURIOUS MINDS: Craighead Diocesan School student Rachel Rolleston who, with fellow student Samantha Olley, will be going to Australia's National Youth Science Forum in Canberra. Two Timaru girls have been chosen to represent the country at a youth ...

Commissioner running Linwood College - The Press

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The Press
Linwood College is still being governed by a commissioner, and a date has yet to be set to elect a new board. The Christchurch school's board was "temporarily replaced" by Education Minister Anne Tolley in March because it took too long to move the ...