Increased focus on recruiting high-quality teachers

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the next step in the Government’s work to attract high-calibre candidates into teaching as a career. “Effective teaching has the biggest impact on results for students, and this starts with recruiting high-quality teachers,” says Mrs Tolley. “We are concentrating on recruiting quality New Zealand candidates into teaching, in a targeted approach which will focus on maths and science teaching, alongside Maori medium, bilingual education and specialist secondary teachers of te reo Maori...

CLL *Educational* Publishing Awards 2011 shortlist announced

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Robin Averill and Roger Harvey, published by NZCER Press. Best Book or Series in Secondary Education Shortlist. English With Attitude by Stephanie Chamberlin, published by Pearson. Gamma Mathematics: NCEA Level 1 ...

NOTE: Best Book in Higher Education Shortlist
Teaching Primary School Mathematics and Statistics: Evidence-Based Practice ed. Robin Averill and Roger Harvey, published by NZCER Press

Expecting standards from teachers is bullying? « Homepaddock

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The Ministry of Education has been accused of bullying for expecting schools to meet their legal requirements to adopt National Standards. Now Invercargill MP Eric Roy has been accused of bullying for expecting teachers to ...

Peachey on Education | Kiwiblog

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Mr Peachey said he had the energy and mind to fight those battles but the opportunity never arose. The introduction of national standards is a minor yet worthy reform. The amount of hysteria generated by the NZEI and NZPF ...

School off hook over standards - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
The Taikura Rudolf Steiner school community has been reassured by the Minister of Education, Anne Tolley, that they can rest easy over National Standards and the future of their school. The Hastings school was one of hundreds throughout the country ...

Tolley misled Parliament: Labour - Northern Advocate

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Northern Advocate
The Minister of Education Anne Tolley has been accused of misleading Parliament as to whether or not a former Northland principal had ever been suspended. In response to questions asked in Parliament last week, Mrs Tolley said Deborah Mutu, ...

Resource for gaining teacher registration revised

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Towards Full Registration: A Support Kit has been revised giving clear directions on how to gain full teacher registration. The kit is for teachers in teacher-led early childhood services, primary and secondary schools and kura kaupapa Māori. The revised kit includes the Registered Teacher Criteria and effective induction and mentoring guidelines. Provisionally registered teachers, mentor teachers and professional leaders should refer to the Guidelines for Induction and Mentoring and Mentor Teachers and other information on the New Zealand Teachers Council (NZTC).

For more information email inquiries@teacherscouncil.govt.nz

This resource is a joint publication of the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Teachers Council.

Teachers angered by plans for 'high calibre' recruitment - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Teachers angered by plans for 'high calibre' recruitment New Zealand Herald Education Minister Anne Tolley says she wants to change the idea that teaching is a second-choice career. Photo / Sarah Ivey A Government plan to get "high-calibre candidates" into teaching has ruffled feathers. In a statement today, ...

Time Use Survey: 2009/10

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The 2009/10 Time Use Survey (TUS) provides information on how New Zealanders aged 12 years and over (12+) spend their time. The information was collected from two-day time use diaries between September 2009 and August 2010...

Secondary principals expect worsening school finances - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Secondary school principals say improvements to their schools' finances will be undermined by recent changes in government funding. Ministry of Education figures show the financial performance of secondary schools has improved in the past three years. ...

Schools too poor for fast internet - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
Nearly 5000 school students in Napier and Hastings will potentially have access to the speedy internet by the end of June next year, as part of 221 schools named nationwide by Education Minister Anne Tolley and Communications and IT Minister Steven ...

Primary schools' financial surplus plummets

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The financial performance of primary schools tumbled to an all-time low last year.

Primary schools' surplus lowest in 12 years - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
NZEI president Ian Leckie says school budgets will also be tight this year. He says increased insurance premiums are likely to add to schools' costs. The Ministry of Education says schools are expected to budget for a surplus and may cover deficits ...

Editorial: Class sizes still affecting education - The Daily Post

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The Daily Post
This newspaper was told there is no compelling research showing class size affects educational outcomes but that it affected workload and a teacher's ability to teach well. One might think that would affect educational outcomes _ research or no ...

Aspire Scholarships: Choice And Opportunity For Students | ACT ...

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National committed to widening the education options available to students and promised to: "work, over time, to increase the education choices available to parents and pupils..." ACT wanted to give a scholarship to every ...