Leading curriculum change

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Curriculum planning and review is an ongoing process lead by principals and other curriculum leaders. While responsibility for curriculum change can be shared (in larger schools, it needs to be), it is important that principals take the lead. The best available evidence suggests that educational leadership is the most effective kind of leadership that principals can offer, measured in terms of student outcomes. To read stories about how other principals are currently working through leading curriculum change, visit this page at New Zealand Curriculum Online.

Māori upskilling for family and Christchurch

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The new Māori trades training scheme at CPIT, He Toki ki te Rika, is providing new opportunities for upskilling and young Māori are taking up the challenge. Among them is Tihema Brown, who signed up for a pre-trade plasterboard programme after ...

Extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary measures - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is repeating its call for the government to support Canterbury children and their families by retaining staffing and funding levels in quake-affected schools and community- based early childhood centres over ...

Massey proposes end to undergraduate ... - Tertiary Education Union

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Trainee and beginning teachers are angry over proposed changes to teacher training programmes at Massey University. In a paper entitled.

NMIT First South Island Host for Teaching Conference

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More than 150 tertiary educators from all over New Zealand will converge at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) for the National Tertiary Learning and Teaching Conference (NTLTC) from October 12 - 14.

Ministry of Education on quake strengthening standards

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With Jerome Sheppard - Policy manager, School Property Infrastructure Group at the Ministry of Education.

Staff say they will defend UC for Cantabrians | TEU - Tertiary ...

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Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 37 Hundreds of TEU members denounced the possibility of forced jobs cuts at Canterbury University this week and.

Government spinning wrong story from crises | TEU - Tertiary ...

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“[The government] has announced a welcome $42 million education and training programme but is failing to build the excitement that would attract people to this unique opportunity to get new skills when jobs will be plentiful ...

TEU opposes Aoraki closures across South Island | TEU - Tertiary ...

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TEU members from the Dunedin, Timaru, Ashburton, Christchurch and Oamaru campuses of Aoraki Polytechnic have vowed to fight planned programme.

Youth Guarantee update ~ Tertiary Education Commission

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5 October 2011. Youth Guarantee spreadsheet issue now fixed. We can now advise that the formula issues that affected the "places determination" spreadsheet have now been fixed. These were due to a corrupted file and we apologise for ...

VUW Consultation Before Cuts - student petition | TEU - Tertiary ...

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In July, Victoria University management announced a new set of change proposals, seriously changing the nature of the International.

Tertiary partnership sees Bay education go from strength to strength ...

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Ongoing collaboration between the Bay of Plenty tertiary partnership and local business and industry continues to seek relevant study programmes for Bay students and strengthen tertiary education in the region.

No sitting on this course - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: No sitting on this course The Dominion Post Training centre: Ray Howard in a building for the new horticulture training centre in Levin, opening next year. A new horticulture training centre opening in Levin next year will have a truly "hands on" approach with students building part of the ...

Support for principal's blunt views - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
"Education has become very political and I believe principals are leaders in their communities and have a right to express their concerns around the part of that community they lead, which is their school and education in the kids in that community. ...

Phobias common for students - study - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Toenails, melted cheese, doorknobs, tree roots and ears are just a few of the things tertiary students fear, according to a study. The nationwide study of 1000 students, which was done late last month and released yesterday, ...

University of Waikato lecturer achieves life-long dream

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University of Waikato lecturer Maria Kecskemeti’s advice to others is that it is never too late to follow your passion. Ms Kecskemeti recently fulfilled a life-long dream and was appointed as a lecturer. She now works at the Faculty of Education. ...

Auckland University among the best in the world - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Auckland University's is still among the top institutions in the world, according to a new study. Photo / Jason Dorday Auckland University's world ranking has slipped since last year, but it is still among the top institutions in the world, ...

University ahead of budget - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
The University of Otago's healthy financial position has been underscored by a better-than-budget operating surplus of $18.58 million, despite some earthquake-related costs involving the university's Christchurch campus. ...

Farewelling a 'tireless' school leader - Scene Queenstown

Scene Queenstown

URL: Farewelling a 'tireless' school leader Scene Queenstown Since 2006 the school has spent $4 million on infrastructure, including adding seven classrooms. Next year a further $1.2m will be spent on upgrading the older classrooms. Western stresses that QPS is well-placed to cater for any demand caused by ...

School gets $100000 for security - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The Education Ministry has given $100000 to a Palmerston North school, which on average has been suffering a burglary a month, to install security cameras. More than $80000 worth of plasma televisions, digital cameras and laptops have been stolen from ...

Small school, big result - Marlborough Express

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Marlborough Express
Kaikoura High School students have yet again rivalled larger schools to show what they are made of – this time in the field of science. Year 11 students Amber Priddle, Letitia Mullaly and Susannah Green were amazed to received the news that they had ...

Bronte's rain harvest idea tops - Timaru Herald

Timaru Herald

URL: Bronte's rain harvest idea tops Timaru Herald Best project: Timaru's Bronte Davenport receives the Wrybill Trophy from Dame Margaret Bazley, chair of Environment Canterbury commissioners, and Professor Jon Hickford, of Lincoln University, who judged the award this year. ...