URL: New school site purchased in the Queenstown area
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Minister Craig Foss today confirmed the site for a new primary school in the Queenstown area. The three-hectare site in the Shotover development, adjacent to the Lake Hayes Estate, is located in an area expected to experience significant population growth in the next 15 years. Hekia Parata said: “Confirmation of the agreement to purchase is excellent news. Queenstown is growing and the community needs extra schooling capacity. The Shotover site is well-located and will ensure young learners are well-catered for...
Friday, November 30, 2012
Robin Duff: Educational equity key to success - New Zealand Herald
URL: Robin Duff: Educational equity key to success
New Zealand Herald
... these economic conditions impact much worse on Maori and Pasifika correlates strongly with the lower achievement data, on average, of these groups. Are our high rates of child poverty and related lower achievement to be solved by the education ...
New Zealand Herald
... these economic conditions impact much worse on Maori and Pasifika correlates strongly with the lower achievement data, on average, of these groups. Are our high rates of child poverty and related lower achievement to be solved by the education ...
Local teacher gets top job - Stratford Press
URL: Local teacher gets top job
Stratford Press
She says some of the shifting goal posts are ambiguous. "On the one hand they say they are going to lift post-graduation qualifications, but then they are pushing charter schools that would not need to appoint qualified teachers. There is no crises in ...
Stratford Press
She says some of the shifting goal posts are ambiguous. "On the one hand they say they are going to lift post-graduation qualifications, but then they are pushing charter schools that would not need to appoint qualified teachers. There is no crises in ...
Chch teachers plan further protest action - Voxy
URL: Chch teachers plan further protest action
Voxy
"We're talking here about mega-sized schools, double bunking and charter schools. These are reforms which will not benefit children's learning and it's particularly unfair that Christchurch children are being treated in this way." The meeting will be ...
Voxy
"We're talking here about mega-sized schools, double bunking and charter schools. These are reforms which will not benefit children's learning and it's particularly unfair that Christchurch children are being treated in this way." The meeting will be ...
Longstone scapegoats collective over Novopay blunder
URL: Longstone scapegoats collective over Novopay blunder
Imagine what would happen if the already shambolic Novopay system had to deal with a hundred thousand individual contracts – the result would quite simply be chaos.
Imagine what would happen if the already shambolic Novopay system had to deal with a hundred thousand individual contracts – the result would quite simply be chaos.
Teachers struggle with system - Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: Teachers struggle with system
Auckland stuff.co.nz
There have been more than 8000 logged errors since Novopay was introduced by the Education Ministry in August. They include overpayments, underpayments and sometimes no payments at all. Relief teacher Ron Elma from Te Atatu Peninsula has been ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
There have been more than 8000 logged errors since Novopay was introduced by the Education Ministry in August. They include overpayments, underpayments and sometimes no payments at all. Relief teacher Ron Elma from Te Atatu Peninsula has been ...
Novopay victims given free overdrafts - New Zealand Herald
URL: Novopay victims given free overdrafts
New Zealand Herald
They are offering school staff interest-free overdrafts in the wake of continuing problems with the Ministry of Education's new payroll system, which has left many employees without pay for up to four months. New Zealand Bankers' Association chief ...
New Zealand Herald
They are offering school staff interest-free overdrafts in the wake of continuing problems with the Ministry of Education's new payroll system, which has left many employees without pay for up to four months. New Zealand Bankers' Association chief ...
Principals slam ministry - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Principals slam ministry
Stuff.co.nz
Principals are having their careers destroyed by frivolous complaints and the Education Ministry has been accused of failing to support those appointed to school boards. Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand president Patrick Walsh said ...
Stuff.co.nz
Principals are having their careers destroyed by frivolous complaints and the Education Ministry has been accused of failing to support those appointed to school boards. Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand president Patrick Walsh said ...
More than 90% of schools complete end-of-year process
URL: More than 90% of schools complete end-of-year process
More than 90 per cent of schools have now completed their end-of-year pay process, with the Ministry of Education continuing to support schools still finalising them.
More than 90 per cent of schools have now completed their end-of-year pay process, with the Ministry of Education continuing to support schools still finalising them.
Special Schools Co-Ed: Female Students 'At Risk... | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Special Schools Co-Ed: Female Students 'At Risk... | Stuff.co.nz
High-needs female students will be at risk of sexual abuse, including rape, if they attend a co-ed residential school for students with disabilities, a lawyer for Nelson's Salisbury School says. Education Minister Hekia Parata announced last ... six hours a day, but 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In an affidavit to the court, Parata said measures to ensure student safety at Halswell would include accommodating boys and girls in separate, secure, well-monitored villas.
High-needs female students will be at risk of sexual abuse, including rape, if they attend a co-ed residential school for students with disabilities, a lawyer for Nelson's Salisbury School says. Education Minister Hekia Parata announced last ... six hours a day, but 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In an affidavit to the court, Parata said measures to ensure student safety at Halswell would include accommodating boys and girls in separate, secure, well-monitored villas.
Calls out for limited statutory manager
URL: Calls out for limited statutory manager
The Christchurch Girls' High School board of trustees has asked the Education Ministry to intervene at the school before principal Prue Taylor returns.
The Christchurch Girls' High School board of trustees has asked the Education Ministry to intervene at the school before principal Prue Taylor returns.
Student enrolments down | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
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Student numbers at the University of Otago have taken another hit, with total enrolments for the year now expected to be 1.9% down on last year. ... The proposed budget for 2013 predicts the enrolments environment will stay flat next year, with a slight increase in domestic full-time students from 17,426 EFTS forecast this year to 17,638 next year. Full-fee paying international EFTS are forecast to fall for the second consecutive year from 1555 predicted this year to 1487 ...
Student numbers at the University of Otago have taken another hit, with total enrolments for the year now expected to be 1.9% down on last year. ... The proposed budget for 2013 predicts the enrolments environment will stay flat next year, with a slight increase in domestic full-time students from 17,426 EFTS forecast this year to 17,638 next year. Full-fee paying international EFTS are forecast to fall for the second consecutive year from 1555 predicted this year to 1487 ...
Tertiary Education Commission head resigns yet again - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Tertiary Education Commission head resigns yet again
Stuff.co.nz
Tertiary Education Commission head Belinda Clark has quit - her second abrupt resignation in almost two years. The TEC confirmed yesterday that Ms Clark would step down as chief executive in February, after just 18 months in the job. A statement said ...
Stuff.co.nz
Tertiary Education Commission head Belinda Clark has quit - her second abrupt resignation in almost two years. The TEC confirmed yesterday that Ms Clark would step down as chief executive in February, after just 18 months in the job. A statement said ...
Green goals a reality for schools - Voxy
URL: Green goals a reality for schools
Voxy
... away with the standard of entries this year, from schools right across the country. It was fantastic to see that both students and teachers are enthusiastic about environmental education and learning outdoors," says Andrew Clearwater, Chairman of ...
Voxy
... away with the standard of entries this year, from schools right across the country. It was fantastic to see that both students and teachers are enthusiastic about environmental education and learning outdoors," says Andrew Clearwater, Chairman of ...
Wasteland turned into thriving school vege garden - Voxy
URL: Wasteland turned into thriving school vege garden
Voxy
Footsteps' national team of home-based early childhood teachers and staff worked on the garden which is on Brookfield school property, alongside 10 children from the FYD's Project K programme who painted a mural of a Taurikara, the school's Maori ...
Voxy
Footsteps' national team of home-based early childhood teachers and staff worked on the garden which is on Brookfield school property, alongside 10 children from the FYD's Project K programme who painted a mural of a Taurikara, the school's Maori ...
Tauranga Boys set for sport-based learning - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Tauranga Boys set for sport-based learning
The Bay of Plenty Times
Sports Director at Tauranga Boys', Darrell Boyd, is overseeing the roles of three specialists in English, Mathematics and Physical Education who will then work with teachers in those areas at the eight schools. Boyd says the great thing ... One of the ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
Sports Director at Tauranga Boys', Darrell Boyd, is overseeing the roles of three specialists in English, Mathematics and Physical Education who will then work with teachers in those areas at the eight schools. Boyd says the great thing ... One of the ...
Gardening Grants Give Little Green Fingers A Boost
URL: Gardening Grants Give Little Green Fingers A Boost
Children at six North Island rural schools will be encouraged to get their hands dirty as they develop vegetable gardens and orchards after being selected as the lucky winners of $2000 gardening grants. Rural Women New Zealand and Farmlands will ...
Children at six North Island rural schools will be encouraged to get their hands dirty as they develop vegetable gardens and orchards after being selected as the lucky winners of $2000 gardening grants. Rural Women New Zealand and Farmlands will ...
Govt to help pay universities' rebuild bill
URL: Govt to help pay universities' rebuild bill
The Government has offered support to the University of Canterbury as it struggles under a hefty earthquake repair bill.
The Government has offered support to the University of Canterbury as it struggles under a hefty earthquake repair bill.
Quake-hit university to get help
URL: Quake-hit university to get help
The University of Canterbury says the Government has agreed to provide support to help ensure the tertiary institution remains financially viable in the medium to long term.
The University of Canterbury says the Government has agreed to provide support to help ensure the tertiary institution remains financially viable in the medium to long term.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Independent Novopay review welcomed
URL: Independent Novopay review welcomed
Craig Foss | Education
Associate Education Minister Craig Foss has welcomed confirmation that the Novopay payroll project will be the subject of an independent review. “While the Ministry of Education’s new payroll project is still in its early stages, the number of issues resulting from the payroll transition has been unacceptable. The review will be comprehensive and thorough,” says Mr Foss. The independent post implementation review will commence in early 2013...
Craig Foss | Education
Associate Education Minister Craig Foss has welcomed confirmation that the Novopay payroll project will be the subject of an independent review. “While the Ministry of Education’s new payroll project is still in its early stages, the number of issues resulting from the payroll transition has been unacceptable. The review will be comprehensive and thorough,” says Mr Foss. The independent post implementation review will commence in early 2013...
Key competencies in the classroom | New Zealand Council for ...
URL: Key competencies in the classroom | New Zealand Council for ...
This webpage provides information for educators to support the use of the NZCER teacher and student surveys: Key competencies in the classroom. This page provides links to information about the development of the surveys, and ideas ...
This webpage provides information for educators to support the use of the NZCER teacher and student surveys: Key competencies in the classroom. This page provides links to information about the development of the surveys, and ideas ...
Kawea te wairua o te kupu
URL: Kawea te wairua o te kupu
NZCER Press
Agnes McFarland (Ētita)
Ko te tuhituhi o te whakaritenga o te whakaar
NZCER Press
Agnes McFarland (Ētita)
Ko te tuhituhi o te whakaritenga o te whakaar
o o tēnei pukapuka he whakatakoto huarahi ki ngā kāinga kōrero i tipu i roto i ngā tau kia kaua e wareware kia kitea ō mātau, ō tātau kanohi ngā kaituhi, ēnei kaituhi ki ngā hapori reo o tōu whānau, hapū, iwi. Kai kona te tika, kai kona te ora, kai kona e hora ai te kupu kia kaua e noho noa ki runga i te whārangi kohokoho, maremare ai. Koia te kaupapa o tēnei tuhituhi kia tipu ngā momo whakataurite, te anga whakaputanga o ngā whakahoutanga o te whakaaro mā tātau katoa ngā kaituhi me te hunga kai te piki ake...
Vital connections: Why we need more than self-managing schools
URL: Vital connections: Why we need more than self-managing schools
NZCER Press
Publication type: Book
Author(s): Cathy Wylie
What was the real effect of the radical Tomorrow’s Schools reforms? Has New Zealand’s school system improved as a result? What changes are needed now to meet our expectations of schools?
This is the definitive and compelling story of New Zealand school self management over more than two decades. Cathy Wylie explores the paths taken and the growing tensions of a system that left too much to chance...
Partnership schools | Kura hourua
URL: Partnership schools | Kura hourua
Learn more about the Partnership Schools | Kura Hourua, the Working Group and the process and timeline for establishment.
Learn more about the Partnership Schools | Kura Hourua, the Working Group and the process and timeline for establishment.
Profile and Trends 2011: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector
URL: Profile and Trends 2011: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector
This is edition 14 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector
This is edition 14 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector
John Langley: Radical change needed in schools - National - NZ Herald News - New Zealand Herald
URL: John Langley: Radical change needed in schools - National - NZ Herald News
New Zealand Herald
Grow and develop our educational leaders in a clear and systematic manner focusing on teaching and learning and the environments that enhance that. Always, without fail, see education as a team effort between children and young people, teachers, ...
New Zealand Herald
Grow and develop our educational leaders in a clear and systematic manner focusing on teaching and learning and the environments that enhance that. Always, without fail, see education as a team effort between children and young people, teachers, ...
Education boss grilled by committee - Otago Daily Times
 3News NZ | URL: Education boss grilled by committee Otago Daily Times Ms Moroney asked what had happened to savings from the failed class size policy, tagged to fund post-graduate teacher training. Ms Longstone said the money was no longer there, as a result of a backdown on changes to class size. "At the time I was ... |
Novopay will deliver benefits for schools - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Novopay will deliver benefits for schools Otago Daily Times That is why I and other teachers and education groups were invited on to the reference group. The ministry wanted the views of professionals who know the pressures on schools and who could give a straight-forward opinion, however uncomfortable it might ... |
Ministry will review school payroll introduction
URL: Ministry will review school payroll introduction
The Ministry of Education says school administrators were not to blame for any problems with the novopay pay system and is promising an independent review.
The Ministry of Education says school administrators were not to blame for any problems with the novopay pay system and is promising an independent review.
Teacher pay admission: Could have done better - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | URL: Teacher pay admission: Could have done better New Zealand Herald Photo / Mark Mitchell. Expand. Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone. Photo / Mark Mitchell. Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone has admitted she would introduced the Novopay school payroll system in a different way if she had a second chance. |
Can the results of student achievements be used to assess teachers and teaching?
URL: Can the results of student achievements be used to assess teachers and teaching?
You are invited to hear one of the world’s leading and experienced educational researchers discussing the problem of assessing teaching using value-added models based on student achievement.
The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education, Room A201, A Block (Level 2), Gate 3, 74 Epsom Ave, Epsom. (View map). Free parking available at Gate 2.
10 December 2012
You are invited to hear one of the world’s leading and experienced educational researchers discussing the problem of assessing teaching using value-added models based on student achievement.
The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education, Room A201, A Block (Level 2), Gate 3, 74 Epsom Ave, Epsom. (View map). Free parking available at Gate 2.
10 December 2012
Working relationships in schools need to be looked at
URL: Working relationships in schools need to be looked at
The School Trustees Association says the Ministry of Education is becoming too involved in the employment dispute at Christchurch Girls High, but it also says the board there should have sought advice earlier.
The School Trustees Association says the Ministry of Education is becoming too involved in the employment dispute at Christchurch Girls High, but it also says the board there should have sought advice earlier.
Evaluation of Literacy and Mathematics Additional Learning Programmes for Students 2011
URL: Evaluation of Literacy and Mathematics Additional Learning Programmes for Students 2011
This research report outlines the findings of an evaluation of the Literacy and Mathematics: Programmes for Students 2011, a Ministry of Education initiative to provide additional teacher time to enable selected schools to organise programmes for students who were assessed as ‘below’ or ‘well below’ the National Standards in mathematics, reading or writing.
This research report outlines the findings of an evaluation of the Literacy and Mathematics: Programmes for Students 2011, a Ministry of Education initiative to provide additional teacher time to enable selected schools to organise programmes for students who were assessed as ‘below’ or ‘well below’ the National Standards in mathematics, reading or writing.
Planning guidelines for secondary schools
URL: Planning guidelines for secondary schools
Guidance for boards of trustees and secondary school leaders undertaking annual planning, focusing on the school charter and annual target setting.
Guidance for boards of trustees and secondary school leaders undertaking annual planning, focusing on the school charter and annual target setting.
Govt agrees in principle to support Canterbury TEIs - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Govt agrees in principle to support Canterbury TEIs
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Cabinet has made an agreement in principle to provide capital support to Canterbury's three Tertiary Education Institutions for their earthquake rebuilding programme, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. “The University ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Cabinet has made an agreement in principle to provide capital support to Canterbury's three Tertiary Education Institutions for their earthquake rebuilding programme, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. “The University ...
Engaging Pasifika families - Owairaka School builds a fale
URL: Engaging Pasifika families - Owairaka School builds a fale
The staff at Owairaka School have explored ways to build deep connections and partnerships with the many cultural groups and families at their school. Principal Diana Tregoweth and her staff went on a professional development trip to Samoa to help them to understand the culture of their Samoan students. This story tells how the community subsequently worked together to bring an element of Samoan culture to the school in the construction of a traditional fale.
The staff at Owairaka School have explored ways to build deep connections and partnerships with the many cultural groups and families at their school. Principal Diana Tregoweth and her staff went on a professional development trip to Samoa to help them to understand the culture of their Samoan students. This story tells how the community subsequently worked together to bring an element of Samoan culture to the school in the construction of a traditional fale.
Growing school to be secondary - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Growing school to be secondary Stuff.co.nz The school - located in Rototuna, Hamilton - will also build two new classrooms to cater for the growing number of students. Principal Marianne Spiller said the roll had grown by about 60 children over the past four to five years and she expected to ... |
Colleges stay suspended until new year - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Colleges stay suspended until new year New Zealand Herald "The suspension will not be lifted on any of the four PTEs until there is full compliance with their obligations under the Education Act 1989 and the Immigration Act 2009," said the acting head of Immigration NZ, Steven McGill. "Prosecution action is ... |
Sponsors get new school off to good start - New Zealand Herald
URL: Sponsors get new school off to good start
New Zealand Herald
"It's about making that transition and giving that quality education to those kids without making it a hardship and ensuring for them the ability to be present in our school, to look smart and a big thing is to have pride in their appearance and hence ...
New Zealand Herald
"It's about making that transition and giving that quality education to those kids without making it a hardship and ensuring for them the ability to be present in our school, to look smart and a big thing is to have pride in their appearance and hence ...
Single-sex site share for schools mooted - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Single-sex site share for schools mooted
Stuff.co.nz
The Education Ministry mooted closing two single-sex high schools and moving Christchurch Girls' High School to the Christchurch Boys' High School site as part of its education overhaul in the region. However, the ministry says no options have been ...
Stuff.co.nz
The Education Ministry mooted closing two single-sex high schools and moving Christchurch Girls' High School to the Christchurch Boys' High School site as part of its education overhaul in the region. However, the ministry says no options have been ...
Hard calls for Salisbury parents - Stuff.co.nz
 The Nelson Mail | URL: Hard calls for Salisbury parents Stuff.co.nz The school's board is seeking a judicial review of Minister of Education Hekia Parata's decision to close the school, with the case heard in the High Court at Wellington yesterday. Justice Robert Dobson has reserved his decision. If the closure goes ... |
John Hinchcliff: Universities need to branch out to meet needs - New Zealand Herald
URL: John Hinchcliff: Universities need to branch out to meet needs
New Zealand Herald
The president of Stanford said there was a tsunami changing the face of university education as lectures are being replaced by imaginative, creative and interactive experiences. Professor Mitchell Dunier of Princeton University, teaching sociology to a ...
New Zealand Herald
The president of Stanford said there was a tsunami changing the face of university education as lectures are being replaced by imaginative, creative and interactive experiences. Professor Mitchell Dunier of Princeton University, teaching sociology to a ...
NZ ranks eighth in global education league table - Otago Daily Times
URL: NZ ranks eighth in global education league table
Otago Daily Times
The test compares the performance of 50 'developed world' countries in cognitive skills and education attainment, drawing on existing data from the international OECD-Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), The Trends in International ...
Otago Daily Times
The test compares the performance of 50 'developed world' countries in cognitive skills and education attainment, drawing on existing data from the international OECD-Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), The Trends in International ...
Learning Media scoops 3 awards for educational publishing
URL: Learning Media scoops 3 awards for educational publishing
Learning Media has won three out of six awards at the recent CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards:
Learning Media has won three out of six awards at the recent CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards:
BSCITO and Careerforce merger makes progress - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: BSCITO and Careerforce merger makes progress
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
BSCITO and Careerforce merger makes progress 28 November 2012 Plans to merge industry training organisations Building Services Contractors ITO (BSCITO) and Careerforce are making good progress. BSCITO and Careerforce merger makes progress ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
BSCITO and Careerforce merger makes progress 28 November 2012 Plans to merge industry training organisations Building Services Contractors ITO (BSCITO) and Careerforce are making good progress. BSCITO and Careerforce merger makes progress ...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
beehive.govt.nz - Education Minister welcomes He Kai Kei Aku ...
URL: beehive.govt.nz - Education Minister welcomes He Kai Kei Aku ...
Ms Parata reconfirmed the Government's commitment to raising educational achievement for young people, especially for priority groups such as Māori, Pasifika, learners with special education needs, and those from low income backgrounds. “ We have set Better Public Service targets of 98 per cent of all schools entrants having participated in early childhood education by 2016 and 85 per cent of all 18 years olds having achieved NCEA Level 2 or an equivalent ...
Ms Parata reconfirmed the Government's commitment to raising educational achievement for young people, especially for priority groups such as Māori, Pasifika, learners with special education needs, and those from low income backgrounds. “ We have set Better Public Service targets of 98 per cent of all schools entrants having participated in early childhood education by 2016 and 85 per cent of all 18 years olds having achieved NCEA Level 2 or an equivalent ...
Spotlight on school sector TLRI Research
URL: Spotlight on school sector TLRI Research
Over the past two years the TLRI advisory board has commissioned a series of reviews looking at the contribution of the TLRI to knowledge building about teaching and learning. Previous reviews have looked at research in the early years and in the tertiary sector.
Charter schools unlikely to hurt state schools
URL: Charter schools unlikely to hurt state schools
The evidence from overseas does not back up concerns about charter schools harming the state school system. Maxim Institute Senior Researcher Steve Thomas has just completed a review of the best studies available on the impact which charter schools ...
The evidence from overseas does not back up concerns about charter schools harming the state school system. Maxim Institute Senior Researcher Steve Thomas has just completed a review of the best studies available on the impact which charter schools ...
Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement ...
URL: Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement ...
It embraces Government's education and Pacific Island priorities to drive measureable gain in Pasifika education participation and achievement from early childhood [89 per cent – 98 per cent in 2016] to NCEA 2 [63 per cent ...
It embraces Government's education and Pacific Island priorities to drive measureable gain in Pasifika education participation and achievement from early childhood [89 per cent – 98 per cent in 2016] to NCEA 2 [63 per cent ...
Pasifika Education Plan 2013–2017
URL: Pasifika Education Plan 2013–2017
The Pasifika Education Plan 2013–2017 (PEP) is aimed at raising Pasifika learners’ participation, engagement, and achievement from early learning through to tertiary education.
The Pasifika Education Plan 2013–2017 (PEP) is aimed at raising Pasifika learners’ participation, engagement, and achievement from early learning through to tertiary education.
Identity necessary to feel at home in world - The Daily Post
URL: Identity necessary to feel at home in world
The Daily Post
If we were to talk about kohanga reo, kura kaupapa Maori, Maori television and radio as well as Maori trusts and waka ama, Cathy would also be referred to - such is the extent of her work. We acknowledge her for receiving this most ultimate of awards ...
The Daily Post
If we were to talk about kohanga reo, kura kaupapa Maori, Maori television and radio as well as Maori trusts and waka ama, Cathy would also be referred to - such is the extent of her work. We acknowledge her for receiving this most ultimate of awards ...
Cyber-bullying: education and narrow focus critical - Voxy
 Voxy | URL: Cyber-bullying: education and narrow focus critical Voxy InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) is calling for education and a narrow focus on cyber-bullying as Government considers the Law Commission's recent Ministerial Briefing, 'Harmful Digital Communications: The adequacy of the current sanctions and ... |
Call to train teachers on cyberbullies
URL: Call to train teachers on cyberbullies
Admitting to being the victim of cyber-bullying can be the worst thing you can do in some schools, an education researcher says.
Admitting to being the victim of cyber-bullying can be the worst thing you can do in some schools, an education researcher says.
Pupils' mobile devices test proposed | Otago Daily Times Online ...
URL: Pupils' mobile devices test proposed | Otago Daily Times Online ...
At least one in five New Zealand high school pupils have reported being victims of cyber-bullying. "I argue that these devices are not dissimilar to cars, and all students need to reach a certain level of proficiency, as they would ...
At least one in five New Zealand high school pupils have reported being victims of cyber-bullying. "I argue that these devices are not dissimilar to cars, and all students need to reach a certain level of proficiency, as they would ...
High School board chairman quits role - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: High School board chairman quits role Stuff.co.nz Margaritis stood down as chair of the Board of Trustees at the board meeting yesterday. A notice on the school's website said he would remain a member of the board until elections were held next year. Deputy chair Robyn Burgess, who was acting chair at ... |
Ministry postpones payroll unit job cuts as staff put in long hours
URL: Ministry postpones payroll unit job cuts as staff put in long hours
The Education Ministry has delayed a review of its payroll unit after criticism that it was "insensitive" in informing staff of job cuts while they are putting in long hours dealing with the botched Novopay system.
The Education Ministry has delayed a review of its payroll unit after criticism that it was "insensitive" in informing staff of job cuts while they are putting in long hours dealing with the botched Novopay system.
Student Makes Science Training cut | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Student Makes Science Training cut | Stuff.co.nz
James Hargest College year 12 student Jennifer Muhl achieved in the top 25 per cent of the Chemistry Olympiad exam and has been selected for the national training team. Each year between 30 and 35 students are chosen ...
James Hargest College year 12 student Jennifer Muhl achieved in the top 25 per cent of the Chemistry Olympiad exam and has been selected for the national training team. Each year between 30 and 35 students are chosen ...
Crown Institute of Studies students securing jobs
URL: Crown Institute of Studies students securing jobs
In less than 24 hours, ten Crown Institute of Studies students secured interviews with some Aucklands leading businesses and several have secured jobs before graduating!
In less than 24 hours, ten Crown Institute of Studies students secured interviews with some Aucklands leading businesses and several have secured jobs before graduating!
Schools do their bit to cut crime - New Zealand Herald
URL: Schools do their bit to cut crime
New Zealand Herald
Education Ministry figures show that school suspension rates have been declining for at least 12 years, from 7.9 for every 1000 students in 2000 to 5.2 last year. The decline has been most dramatic for Maori students - down from almost 20 to under 12 ...
New Zealand Herald
Education Ministry figures show that school suspension rates have been declining for at least 12 years, from 7.9 for every 1000 students in 2000 to 5.2 last year. The decline has been most dramatic for Maori students - down from almost 20 to under 12 ...
High-needs female students 'at risk of abuse'
URL: High-needs female students 'at risk of abuse'
High-needs female students will be at risk of sexual abuse, including rape, if they attend a co-ed residential school for students with disabilities, a lawyer for Nelson's Salisbury School says...
High-needs female students will be at risk of sexual abuse, including rape, if they attend a co-ed residential school for students with disabilities, a lawyer for Nelson's Salisbury School says...
Special-needs plan a 'cruel' change
URL: Special-needs plan a 'cruel' change
Twice a week, hundreds of autistic, disabled or intellectually impaired schoolchildren are taken out of their classrooms and given one-on-one tuition for an hour.The 175 teachers who run this service are credited with transforming...
Twice a week, hundreds of autistic, disabled or intellectually impaired schoolchildren are taken out of their classrooms and given one-on-one tuition for an hour.The 175 teachers who run this service are credited with transforming...
Special-needs plan a 'cruel' change - New Zealand Herald
URL: Special-needs plan a 'cruel' change
New Zealand Herald
Ms Roy's policy rethink placed much greater emphasis on mainstream schools doing more for special education students. But some educators felt the changes amounted to a one-size-fits-all resolution that did not suit the complex needs of special ...
New Zealand Herald
Ms Roy's policy rethink placed much greater emphasis on mainstream schools doing more for special education students. But some educators felt the changes amounted to a one-size-fits-all resolution that did not suit the complex needs of special ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
New era begins for National Library
URL: New era begins for National Library
Chris Tremain | Internal Affairs
The reopening of the National Library heralds a new era in connecting New Zealanders with the documentary heritage of their country, says Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain. The National Library building on Molesworth Street was officially reopened by Prime Minister John Key early this morning. “The National Library has undergone an amazing transformation. It’s a state of the art space which embraces technology – it’s an exciting and vibrant place to spend time in,” says Mr Tremain...
Chris Tremain | Internal Affairs
The reopening of the National Library heralds a new era in connecting New Zealanders with the documentary heritage of their country, says Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain. The National Library building on Molesworth Street was officially reopened by Prime Minister John Key early this morning. “The National Library has undergone an amazing transformation. It’s a state of the art space which embraces technology – it’s an exciting and vibrant place to spend time in,” says Mr Tremain...
NetHui South
URL: NetHui South
Amy Adams | Communications and Information Technology
Good afternoon. It's certainly a pleasure to be invited to speak here at the first NetHui South and I'd like to begin by acknowledging InternetNZ for organising this event, and for their on-going work in ensuring that key issues affecting the development of our digital future continue to be prominently and actively debated. It's definitely refreshing to see a gathering of this type in the South and focusing on rural and provincial New Zealand...
Amy Adams | Communications and Information Technology
Good afternoon. It's certainly a pleasure to be invited to speak here at the first NetHui South and I'd like to begin by acknowledging InternetNZ for organising this event, and for their on-going work in ensuring that key issues affecting the development of our digital future continue to be prominently and actively debated. It's definitely refreshing to see a gathering of this type in the South and focusing on rural and provincial New Zealand...
Editorial: National education reforms a disaster - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Editorial: National education reforms a disaster
The Bay of Plenty Times
National standards, charter schools and class sizes have been hotly debated since they were first proposed by the Government. It was interesting to note last week that most parents who had to pick up their children from school sided with teachers.
The Bay of Plenty Times
National standards, charter schools and class sizes have been hotly debated since they were first proposed by the Government. It was interesting to note last week that most parents who had to pick up their children from school sided with teachers.
National Library leads hi-tech field - Southland Times
URL: National Library leads hi-tech field
Southland Times
He sees the hi-tech, book-free ground floor as "not so much as an exhibition space but a project space, for educational projects, seminars and workshops, a space more attuned to the future than the past". "Collections are important, but it's what the ...
Southland Times
He sees the hi-tech, book-free ground floor as "not so much as an exhibition space but a project space, for educational projects, seminars and workshops, a space more attuned to the future than the past". "Collections are important, but it's what the ...
Exodus of young is a game changer - The Press
URL: Exodus of young is a game changer
The Press
To maintain a skilled workforce that is both engaged in ongoing education and is sufficient in numbers to meet demand, the region will need a highly connected tertiary sector and research infrastructure. At the very time we need it most, our tertiary ...
The Press
To maintain a skilled workforce that is both engaged in ongoing education and is sufficient in numbers to meet demand, the region will need a highly connected tertiary sector and research infrastructure. At the very time we need it most, our tertiary ...
Rakatahi Awards recognise Māori excellence - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Rakatahi Awards recognise Māori excellence
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The awards have been run by CPIT through Te Puna Wānaka and the Centre for Māori and Pasifika Achievement (CMPA), with support from the CPIT Foundation, since 2006. CPIT's vision of “whanau transformation through education” promotes individual ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The awards have been run by CPIT through Te Puna Wānaka and the Centre for Māori and Pasifika Achievement (CMPA), with support from the CPIT Foundation, since 2006. CPIT's vision of “whanau transformation through education” promotes individual ...
Ministry welcomes settlement
URL: Ministry welcomes settlement
The Ministry of Education has welcomed the signing of terms of settlement for the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement.
The Ministry of Education has welcomed the signing of terms of settlement for the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement.
Aligning the standards in English at St Hilda's Collegiate
URL: Aligning the standards in English at St Hilda's Collegiate
Judy Maw from St Hilda's Collegiate in Dunedin explains that taking the time to unpack the new curriculum and the aligned standards is essential. She discusses that it might seem like you are doing the same thing over and over, but it is really worthwhile pulling all the 'bits' apart and seeing how they all fit together.
Judy Maw from St Hilda's Collegiate in Dunedin explains that taking the time to unpack the new curriculum and the aligned standards is essential. She discusses that it might seem like you are doing the same thing over and over, but it is really worthwhile pulling all the 'bits' apart and seeing how they all fit together.
Home for teens set to reopen - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Home for teens set to reopen
Stuff.co.nz
The problems led to a meeting of representatives of Nelson City Council, Special Education Services, Department of Work and Income, CYF, police, Skill New Zealand, Whakatu Marae and a Nelson District Court judge to consider how to tackle the problem.
Stuff.co.nz
The problems led to a meeting of representatives of Nelson City Council, Special Education Services, Department of Work and Income, CYF, police, Skill New Zealand, Whakatu Marae and a Nelson District Court judge to consider how to tackle the problem.
Girls High school parents demanding Board resignations
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Furious parents of students at Christchurch Girls High School are demanding resignations from the school's board members who continue to fight against the recently re-instated principal, Prue Taylor.
Furious parents of students at Christchurch Girls High School are demanding resignations from the school's board members who continue to fight against the recently re-instated principal, Prue Taylor.
Test urged before kids use phones at school
URL: Test urged before kids use phones at school
A visiting cyber-bullying expert is urging New Zealand schools to make students take driver licence-style tests before they can take mobile phones and tablets to class.Adolescent psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg, a founding member...
A visiting cyber-bullying expert is urging New Zealand schools to make students take driver licence-style tests before they can take mobile phones and tablets to class.Adolescent psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg, a founding member...
iPad use in pre-schools sparks call for guidelines - New Zealand Herald
URL: iPad use in pre-schools sparks call for guidelines
New Zealand Herald
Instead, it was up to individual preschools to develop their own policies and guidelines, drawing on resources from groups like NetSafe and recommendations from the Ministry of Education. "We're hoping that there will be changes made and there will be ...
New Zealand Herald
Instead, it was up to individual preschools to develop their own policies and guidelines, drawing on resources from groups like NetSafe and recommendations from the Ministry of Education. "We're hoping that there will be changes made and there will be ...
Girls' High Board of Trustees statement - The Press
 The Press | URL: Girls' High Board of Trustees statement The Press In the determination, the Board has been given the responsibility to manage the timing of Mrs Taylor's interim reinstatement and the Board is working with the Ministry of Education to identify what support can be provided to ensure that this is done ... |
Local Hero award for dedicated tutor - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Local Hero award for dedicated tutor Stuff.co.nz It was incredibly rewarding when one of his 36 students gained their NCEA qualifications, and realised the doors to university or polytech were now open to them. "You just go home feeling rapt." When he first heard he had won a Local Hero award, ... |
Monday, November 26, 2012
1000 more engineering places in 2013
URL: 1000 more engineering places in 2013
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
There will be 1000 more engineering places available at universities and institutes of technology in 2013, Tertiary Education Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced today. The Government is directly funding 700 extra places for engineering students, while institutions are re-prioritising a further 300 places to meet additional engineering demand Mr Joyce says. “New Zealand has an undersupply of engineers. Historically the number we have been training is about half the OECD average,” Mr Joyce says...
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
There will be 1000 more engineering places available at universities and institutes of technology in 2013, Tertiary Education Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced today. The Government is directly funding 700 extra places for engineering students, while institutions are re-prioritising a further 300 places to meet additional engineering demand Mr Joyce says. “New Zealand has an undersupply of engineers. Historically the number we have been training is about half the OECD average,” Mr Joyce says...
Early childhood education 'brings social drawbacks' | Voxy.co.nz
URL: Early childhood education 'brings social drawbacks' | Voxy.co.nz
... author of the 2008 paper "Assessing the evidence on early childhood education/childcare" says, "In September 2002 the government released a 10 year plan for ECE and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research ...
... author of the 2008 paper "Assessing the evidence on early childhood education/childcare" says, "In September 2002 the government released a 10 year plan for ECE and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research ...
The business side of charter schools - The Press
URL: The business side of charter schools
The Press
The business case for setting up a "for-profit" charter school is strong, but private business won't be among those opening schools in the first wave of the education revolution National and ACT are planning. Legislation is being developed to create ...
The Press
The business case for setting up a "for-profit" charter school is strong, but private business won't be among those opening schools in the first wave of the education revolution National and ACT are planning. Legislation is being developed to create ...
Minister of Pacific Island Affairs fails Pacific education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Minister of Pacific Island Affairs fails Pacific education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Le Afioga Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin has today resigned as a member of the Pacific Advisory Council to Hekia Parata in protest over the meaningless 2012 Pacific Language Framework strategy and the Pasifika Education Plan 2013 – 2017 hastily ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Le Afioga Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin has today resigned as a member of the Pacific Advisory Council to Hekia Parata in protest over the meaningless 2012 Pacific Language Framework strategy and the Pasifika Education Plan 2013 – 2017 hastily ...
Pacific adviser resigns over school languages policy - Radio New Zealand
 Radio New Zealand International | URL: Pacific adviser resigns over school languages policy Radio New Zealand Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin, a senior lecturer in Samoan at Victoria University, says he is frustrated that the latest Pasifika Education Plan ignores what Pacific communities want. His protest follows the Raise Pasifika coalition's decision to remove ... |
Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement
URL: Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement
It embraces Government's education and Pacific Island priorities to drive measureable gain in Pasifika education participation and achievement from early childhood [89 per cent – 98 per cent in 2016] to NCEA 2 [63 per cent ...
It embraces Government's education and Pacific Island priorities to drive measureable gain in Pasifika education participation and achievement from early childhood [89 per cent – 98 per cent in 2016] to NCEA 2 [63 per cent ...
National Library moves into future - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: National Library moves into future The Dominion Post He sees the high-tech, book-free ground floor as ''not so much as an exhibition space but a project space, for educational projects, seminars and workshops, a space more attuned to the future than the past''. ''Collections are important but it's what ... |
Tertiary sector needs big shakeup - The Press
URL: Tertiary sector needs big shakeup
The Press
Instead of condemning Joyce, New Zealand should be encouraging the minister to go much further in reforming New Zealand's tertiary education. To amalgamate institutions, require them to offer more undergraduate courses through extra-mural and distance ...
The Press
Instead of condemning Joyce, New Zealand should be encouraging the minister to go much further in reforming New Zealand's tertiary education. To amalgamate institutions, require them to offer more undergraduate courses through extra-mural and distance ...
2013 PLD info / News / Home - Educational Leaders
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This PLD is focused on The New Zealand Curriculum, Literacy (including English Language Learners), Mathematics, Science, Leadership and Assessment, Senior Secondary student achievement and Secondary English for Speakers of Other ... For example, PRT/OTT (provisionally registered teachers/overseas trained teachers), Aspiring Principals, First Time Principals and Secondary Student Achievement (NCEA) for all secondary school middle leaders. Contact ...
This PLD is focused on The New Zealand Curriculum, Literacy (including English Language Learners), Mathematics, Science, Leadership and Assessment, Senior Secondary student achievement and Secondary English for Speakers of Other ... For example, PRT/OTT (provisionally registered teachers/overseas trained teachers), Aspiring Principals, First Time Principals and Secondary Student Achievement (NCEA) for all secondary school middle leaders. Contact ...
Maori Education: Fears For Te Kotahitanga Project... | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Maori Education: Fears For Te Kotahitanga Project... | Stuff.co.nz
Negotiations are under way over the future of an education project helping to lift the achievement of Maori students. ... The project, which was started in 2001, is aimed at improving Maori achievement at secondary level. It has been implemented at six Waikato schools ... The rate of students achieving NCEA level 2 at Hamilton's Melville High School has increased from 20 to 73 per cent, and level 3 from 0 to 35 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Ministry of Education ...
Negotiations are under way over the future of an education project helping to lift the achievement of Maori students. ... The project, which was started in 2001, is aimed at improving Maori achievement at secondary level. It has been implemented at six Waikato schools ... The rate of students achieving NCEA level 2 at Hamilton's Melville High School has increased from 20 to 73 per cent, and level 3 from 0 to 35 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Ministry of Education ...
IWI CALL FOR INCREASED PROVISION OF MAORI MEDIUM EDUCATION - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
 TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views | URL: IWI CALL FOR INCREASED PROVISION OF MAORI MEDIUM EDUCATION TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views “If raising educational outcomes for Maori students is a government priority, then here is a ready-made solution. The recent Waitangi Tribunal Report on the kohanga reo claim clearly states that the Government has not properly supported kohanga reo ... |
Iwi want bigger say on Maori pupils - Radio New Zealand
URL: Iwi want bigger say on Maori pupils
Radio New Zealand
Iwi around the country are calling on the Government to let them have a say to improve educational outcomes for Maori students. A group appointed by 57 iwi education partners is voicing its concerns following a national conference in Auckland on Tuesday.
Radio New Zealand
Iwi around the country are calling on the Government to let them have a say to improve educational outcomes for Maori students. A group appointed by 57 iwi education partners is voicing its concerns following a national conference in Auckland on Tuesday.
Curran sceptical of Govt handling N4L - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Curran sceptical of Govt handling N4L Stuff.co.nz Labour communications spokeswoman Clare Curran says she has concerns about the Government's ability to oversee its flagship education technology initiative, the Network for Learning, given the Novopay school payroll debacle. N4L, the new Crown-owned ... |
A “Heck No, Hekia!” from Young Pacific Rep - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: A “Heck No, Hekia!” from Young Pacific Rep
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“They are raising the university entrance prerequisites, making student loans and allowances harder to access and financially, Pasifika education and resources are on the downwards slope. As the future and growing face of New Zealand, we deserve better ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“They are raising the university entrance prerequisites, making student loans and allowances harder to access and financially, Pasifika education and resources are on the downwards slope. As the future and growing face of New Zealand, we deserve better ...
Classrooms for the next generation? - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Classrooms for the next generation? Stuff.co.nz A three-year project with 400 eight to 10-year olds found that using interactive "smart" desks can have benefits over doing maths on paper, and that pupils are able to improve their fluency and flexibility in maths by working together. "Our aim was to ... |
'Star-Trek' desks boost maths skills, scientists say - TVNZ
URL: 'Star-Trek' desks boost maths skills, scientists say
TVNZ
A three-year project with 400 eight to 10-year olds found that using interactive "smart" desks can have benefits over doing maths on paper, and that pupils are able to improve their fluency and flexibility in maths by working together. "Our aim was to ...
TVNZ
A three-year project with 400 eight to 10-year olds found that using interactive "smart" desks can have benefits over doing maths on paper, and that pupils are able to improve their fluency and flexibility in maths by working together. "Our aim was to ...
Bring students to town - Parker - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Bring students to town - Parker Stuff.co.nz Parker has called for an urgent forum with the Government, education leaders and the council to discuss bringing students back to the central city and preventing Christchurch from becoming a "sleepy hollow". Current plans were not bold enough. |
UCOL confirms programmes
URL: UCOL confirms programmes
There is some good news for UCOL staff and future students as four popular programmes will now be offered next year after they were proposed for closure in order to meet reduced funding levels. The programmes are the Certificate in Fashion and Beauty ...
There is some good news for UCOL staff and future students as four popular programmes will now be offered next year after they were proposed for closure in order to meet reduced funding levels. The programmes are the Certificate in Fashion and Beauty ...
More than 1,500 schools called to provide additional support
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Media release 23 November 2012 More than 1,500 schools called to provide additional support More than 1,500 schools have been called this week by the Ministry of Education to provide additional support for end of year payroll reports. Group Manager, Rebecca ...
Media release 23 November 2012 More than 1,500 schools called to provide additional support More than 1,500 schools have been called this week by the Ministry of Education to provide additional support for end of year payroll reports. Group Manager, Rebecca ...
Ministry of Education CEO on Novopay payroll system debacle
URL: Ministry of Education CEO on Novopay payroll system debacle
With Lesley Longstone - Education Secretary talking about the Ministry's troubled Novopay payroll system, which has seen many teachers not get paid.
With Lesley Longstone - Education Secretary talking about the Ministry's troubled Novopay payroll system, which has seen many teachers not get paid.
Special needs school closure
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A parent speaks out about the devastating impact of the Government's decision to shut her 14 year old's residential special needs school.
A parent speaks out about the devastating impact of the Government's decision to shut her 14 year old's residential special needs school.
Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub opens - Invest in NZ
URL: Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub opens
Invest in NZ
Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub opens. The Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub is now open and available to help employers looking for workers for the Canterbury rebuild, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced ...
Invest in NZ
Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub opens. The Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub is now open and available to help employers looking for workers for the Canterbury rebuild, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced ...
Massey to offer extra positions - Stuff.co.nz
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Massey to offer extra positions Stuff.co.nz Massey spokesman James Gardiner said the university planned to offer about 100 extra Equivalent Fulltime Student places (EFTS) for engineering students at its Manawatu and Albany campuses over the next two years. "We are pleased to see this support ... |
U-Skills students’ success tops 83 percent
URL: U-Skills students’ success tops 83 percent
Proud friends and families, school teachers and UCOL staff gathered at UCOL yesterday to celebrate the graduation of 67 students from throughout the region. The secondary school age students were the first graduates of one of the Government’s new trade’s ...
Proud friends and families, school teachers and UCOL staff gathered at UCOL yesterday to celebrate the graduation of 67 students from throughout the region. The secondary school age students were the first graduates of one of the Government’s new trade’s ...
principal's career 'damaged' - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: principal's career 'damaged' Stuff.co.nz Prue Taylor's reputation and career as a high school principal in New Zealand could have been "damaged beyond repair" by her dismissal, an Employment Relations Authority (ERA) report says. Further details of the damning report into the sacking of the ... |
Staff key to success, says Hooker - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Staff key to success, says Hooker Taranaki Daily News Hooker Pacific was active in the community sponsoring Duffy Books in Schools for PukeTapu School, Womad, Life Education Trust and Taranaki Rugby Football Union to name just a few. Until recently Hooker Pacific had flown below the radar in the transport ... |
Papa Don't Preach: Teacher's pay 'a national disgrace'
URL: Papa Don't Preach: Teacher's pay 'a national disgrace'
Given the fine job school teachers do, it's a national disgrace that they are not being paid properly - if at all - because of the debacle over their dodgy payroll system.The Ministry of Education should dump the shoddy Australian...
Given the fine job school teachers do, it's a national disgrace that they are not being paid properly - if at all - because of the debacle over their dodgy payroll system.The Ministry of Education should dump the shoddy Australian...
Kindergarten teacher one of the best - The Daily Post
URL: Kindergarten teacher one of the best
The Daily Post
Mr Boyle, from Hamurana, recently won a top national award - the National Excellence in Teaching (NEiTA) Education Programs Teaching Award - presented annually to five teachers across the country. The award followed the NEiTA regional awards ...
The Daily Post
Mr Boyle, from Hamurana, recently won a top national award - the National Excellence in Teaching (NEiTA) Education Programs Teaching Award - presented annually to five teachers across the country. The award followed the NEiTA regional awards ...
Action taken against four PTEs - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Action taken against four PTEs
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A joint New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and Immigration New Zealand (INZ) led operation has resulted in action being taken against four Private Training Establishments (PTEs) found to be non-compliant with their obligations in respect to ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A joint New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and Immigration New Zealand (INZ) led operation has resulted in action being taken against four Private Training Establishments (PTEs) found to be non-compliant with their obligations in respect to ...
Geoff O'Halloran: Novopay will deliver benefits to schools in the long term
URL: Geoff O'Halloran: Novopay will deliver benefits to schools in the long term
The introduction of Novopay has been difficult. I can't dispute that. There have been too many errors. But despite all of the difficulties, I am convinced the introduction of Novopay was a good decision and will achieve real benefits.As...
The introduction of Novopay has been difficult. I can't dispute that. There have been too many errors. But despite all of the difficulties, I am convinced the introduction of Novopay was a good decision and will achieve real benefits.As...
Novopay launch 'reckless' when trial showed system not ready
URL: Novopay launch 'reckless' when trial showed system not ready
The Education Ministry was warned Novopay was unusable just a fortnight before the school online payroll system's disastrous launch in August.
The Education Ministry was warned Novopay was unusable just a fortnight before the school online payroll system's disastrous launch in August.
$50,000 fine for school payroll faults 'not enough'
URL: $50,000 fine for school payroll faults 'not enough'
Australian company Talent2 faces a maximum penalty of $50,000 each time its Novopay payroll system botches teachers' fortnightly payroll cycle, according to a source with connections to the company.
Australian company Talent2 faces a maximum penalty of $50,000 each time its Novopay payroll system botches teachers' fortnightly payroll cycle, according to a source with connections to the company.
Novopay a $30m horror show
URL: Novopay a $30m horror show
Novopay is a horror show. A $30 million school payroll system due for completion in 2010 is finally rolled out in August 2012 with a price-tag closer to $100m. Thousands of staff are underpaid, overpaid or not paid at all.
Novopay is a horror show. A $30 million school payroll system due for completion in 2010 is finally rolled out in August 2012 with a price-tag closer to $100m. Thousands of staff are underpaid, overpaid or not paid at all.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement
URL: Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement
Steven Joyce | Education
A new initiative aimed at raising achievement among Pasifika students has been launched by the Government today in Auckland. The Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017, which has been developed by the Education and Pacific Island Affairs Ministries sets out how ministries can work together with other agencies, schools and communities to help raise achievement among Pasifika students...
Steven Joyce | Education
A new initiative aimed at raising achievement among Pasifika students has been launched by the Government today in Auckland. The Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017, which has been developed by the Education and Pacific Island Affairs Ministries sets out how ministries can work together with other agencies, schools and communities to help raise achievement among Pasifika students...
Early childhood education 'brings social drawbacks' - Voxy
URL: Early childhood education 'brings social drawbacks'
Voxy
... author of the 2008 paper "Assessing the evidence on early childhood education/childcare" says, "In September 2002 the government released a 10 year plan for ECE and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Competent Children, Competent ...
Voxy
... author of the 2008 paper "Assessing the evidence on early childhood education/childcare" says, "In September 2002 the government released a 10 year plan for ECE and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Competent Children, Competent ...
Media Release 12 – Early Childhood Education Brings Social ...
URL: Media Release 12 – Early Childhood Education Brings Social ...
... on early childhood education/childcare” says, “In September 2002 the government released a 10 year plan for ECE and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Competent Children, Competent Learners study ...
... on early childhood education/childcare” says, “In September 2002 the government released a 10 year plan for ECE and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Competent Children, Competent Learners study ...
Education plan called toothless and timid by co-author - Radio New Zealand
URL: Education plan called toothless and timid by co-author
Radio New Zealand
The Pasifika Education Plan for the next five years has been unveiled in Auckland by Education Minister Hekia Parata, who is also Pacific Island Affairs Minister. Raise Pasifika was invited to co-author the plan with the education ministry, but Radio ...
Radio New Zealand
The Pasifika Education Plan for the next five years has been unveiled in Auckland by Education Minister Hekia Parata, who is also Pacific Island Affairs Minister. Raise Pasifika was invited to co-author the plan with the education ministry, but Radio ...
Teachers angry over reforms - SunLive
URL: Teachers angry over reforms
SunLive
The union is campaigning against large class sizes, introducing league tables, performance pay for teachers, reforms to the board of trustees model and charter schools – which Rachel says international research has shown cut the quality of education.
SunLive
The union is campaigning against large class sizes, introducing league tables, performance pay for teachers, reforms to the board of trustees model and charter schools – which Rachel says international research has shown cut the quality of education.
Trouble in our schools - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Trouble in our schools
The Bay of Plenty Times
Mr Leckie said there was evidence the reform movement was creeping into New Zealand's education system through national standards, league tables and charter schools and proposals of performance pay for teachers. "These offers are not just an attack on ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
Mr Leckie said there was evidence the reform movement was creeping into New Zealand's education system through national standards, league tables and charter schools and proposals of performance pay for teachers. "These offers are not just an attack on ...
Editorial: Threats won't produce more engineers
URL: Editorial: Threats won't produce more engineers
Steven Joyce is not the first Tertiary Education Minister to be frustrated by the discrepancy between the courses offered by universities and what the country needs. Nor is he the first minister to threaten government coercion if...
Steven Joyce is not the first Tertiary Education Minister to be frustrated by the discrepancy between the courses offered by universities and what the country needs. Nor is he the first minister to threaten government coercion if...
Skills crisis: Government tells students to target skill shortages
URL: Skills crisis: Government tells students to target skill shortages
High percentages of students in their final year of study are planning to seek employment in industries where there are already too many workers and not enough jobs.The Government says their expectations need to be adjusted if we...
High percentages of students in their final year of study are planning to seek employment in industries where there are already too many workers and not enough jobs.The Government says their expectations need to be adjusted if we...
Skills Crisis: Little work for graduate
URL: Skills Crisis: Little work for graduate
A year after graduating with a fine arts degree, Aaron Wilson is still working at Whitcoulls as he struggles to afford materials to submit artwork to galleries.Worried he may not get a job after four years of study, the 33-year-old...
A year after graduating with a fine arts degree, Aaron Wilson is still working at Whitcoulls as he struggles to afford materials to submit artwork to galleries.Worried he may not get a job after four years of study, the 33-year-old...
Bilingual language exclusion won't go unnoticed - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Bilingual language exclusion won't go unnoticed
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“As a Te Reo speaker, Hekia Parata should understand the importance of our Māori and Pacific students learning their heritage language. Her exclusion of bilingual education resources from the Pacific Education Plan for another three years suggests ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“As a Te Reo speaker, Hekia Parata should understand the importance of our Māori and Pacific students learning their heritage language. Her exclusion of bilingual education resources from the Pacific Education Plan for another three years suggests ...
Don't put our disadvantaged at risk - The Nelson Mail
URL: Don't put our disadvantaged at risk
The Nelson Mail
It is very keen to deal with "the long tail of underachievement" and has enacted legislation to establish special charter schools where communities feel they are being short- changed. Salisbury School is a dedicated national resource established to ...
The Nelson Mail
It is very keen to deal with "the long tail of underachievement" and has enacted legislation to establish special charter schools where communities feel they are being short- changed. Salisbury School is a dedicated national resource established to ...
Māori Party Celebrates Research Excellence - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Māori Party Celebrates Research Excellence
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Professor Smith has led kaupapa Maori education research for nearly a generation, to establish a philosophical and theoretical basis for evaluating education from a Māori cultural perspective,” said Dr Sharples. “She has enabled us to consider the ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Professor Smith has led kaupapa Maori education research for nearly a generation, to establish a philosophical and theoretical basis for evaluating education from a Māori cultural perspective,” said Dr Sharples. “She has enabled us to consider the ...
Slow start to Maori economic renaissance - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Slow start to Maori economic renaissance
Stuff.co.nz
It sets ambitious goals to boost education, workforce skills, financial literacy, use of natural resource, and exports. It pays to remember Maori were consummate traders way back. In the report, Maori Economic Development Panel chair Ngahiwi Tomoana ...
Stuff.co.nz
It sets ambitious goals to boost education, workforce skills, financial literacy, use of natural resource, and exports. It pays to remember Maori were consummate traders way back. In the report, Maori Economic Development Panel chair Ngahiwi Tomoana ...
Waikato Uni joins Maori savings initiative - Voxy
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Voxy
The National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, Tukua Kia Rere, at the University of Waikato will join Russell Investments, the Federation of MÄ ori Authorities, the National Urban MÄ ori Authority, the MÄ ori Trustee and NgÄ i Tahu to help ...
Voxy
The National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, Tukua Kia Rere, at the University of Waikato will join Russell Investments, the Federation of MÄ ori Authorities, the National Urban MÄ ori Authority, the MÄ ori Trustee and NgÄ i Tahu to help ...
University backs boost to Maori financial literacy - The Bay of Plenty Times
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The Bay of Plenty Times
The National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, Tukua Kia Rere, at the University of Waikato will join several interested organisations to help create plans and strategies and to complement existing work in designing Maori-specific savings ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
The National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, Tukua Kia Rere, at the University of Waikato will join several interested organisations to help create plans and strategies and to complement existing work in designing Maori-specific savings ...
Government seeks more Pasifika teachers - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
The drive to improve educational outcomes for Pacific peoples includes lifting the participation rate of Pasifika children in early childhood education from 86.2 per cent to 98 per cent. The plan, by the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs and the ...
New Zealand Herald
The drive to improve educational outcomes for Pacific peoples includes lifting the participation rate of Pasifika children in early childhood education from 86.2 per cent to 98 per cent. The plan, by the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs and the ...
Weltec funding cut prompts protests - Stuff.co.nz
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About 20 Tertiary Education Union (TEU) members, including tutors from the trade academies likely to be affected, protested at WelTec's Petone campus yesterday with the cutting of a red-iced cake as part of protests across 14 polytechnics around the ...
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About 20 Tertiary Education Union (TEU) members, including tutors from the trade academies likely to be affected, protested at WelTec's Petone campus yesterday with the cutting of a red-iced cake as part of protests across 14 polytechnics around the ...
Teachers reject employment agreement proposal - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter said there was strong concern among members about the Government laying a base for the introduction of performance-based pay. He said it could result in teachers' pay being linked to their students' National ...
New Zealand Herald
NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter said there was strong concern among members about the Government laying a base for the introduction of performance-based pay. He said it could result in teachers' pay being linked to their students' National ...
Domino effect in Novopay debacle
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NZEI Te Riu Roa remains unconvinced that the problems with the Novopay payroll system for school staff will be ironed out before the next payroll period and it is becoming apparent that the problems are having effects way beyond schools and their staff salaries.
NZEI Te Riu Roa remains unconvinced that the problems with the Novopay payroll system for school staff will be ironed out before the next payroll period and it is becoming apparent that the problems are having effects way beyond schools and their staff salaries.
Novopay pushes school to the edge - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Novopay pushes school to the edge New Zealand Herald Solway Primary School principal Gail Marshall said she was dealing with pay errors every day alongside her office manager and spending up to 10 hours a week correcting mistakes despite Ministry of Education assurances the system was working. |
Talent2 Statement on Novopay implementation - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In our experience Talent2 is a professional and capable organisation that sticks to its commitments.” Don Sykes, CEO of New Zealand based software Development Company Asparona, added, “We have worked with Talent2 on developing the Novopay ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In our experience Talent2 is a professional and capable organisation that sticks to its commitments.” Don Sykes, CEO of New Zealand based software Development Company Asparona, added, “We have worked with Talent2 on developing the Novopay ...
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Education Minister welcomes He Kai Kei Aku Ringa Action Plan
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Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed the He Kai Kei Aku Ringa report from the Māori Economic Development Panel saying it is very consistent with her own approach to improving Māori outcomes in the education system. “He Kai Kei Aku Ringa is a very helpful piece of work. It makes clear, quality education, skills and training are cornerstones of a productive and thriving economy, and I look forward to the work already under way in the education portfolio contributing to the Government’s Māori Economic Development agenda.’’...
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed the He Kai Kei Aku Ringa report from the Māori Economic Development Panel saying it is very consistent with her own approach to improving Māori outcomes in the education system. “He Kai Kei Aku Ringa is a very helpful piece of work. It makes clear, quality education, skills and training are cornerstones of a productive and thriving economy, and I look forward to the work already under way in the education portfolio contributing to the Government’s Māori Economic Development agenda.’’...
More Kiwis satisfied with education system
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Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata says the Government’s unrelenting focus on raising achievement for all children has played a key role in the increase in New Zealanders satisfied with the New Zealand education system. The latest Kiwis Count survey, released today by the State Services Commission, shows an improvement in the number of people satisfied with the education system...
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata says the Government’s unrelenting focus on raising achievement for all children has played a key role in the increase in New Zealanders satisfied with the New Zealand education system. The latest Kiwis Count survey, released today by the State Services Commission, shows an improvement in the number of people satisfied with the education system...
Minister announces advisory support for education renewal in greater Christchurch
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Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the appointment of Karen Sewell as an advisor and the membership of the three advisory boards, who will continue to engage with greater Christchurch on the Government’s education renewal programme. Former principal and Secretary for Education Karen Sewell will work directly with school communities to ensure their concerns and aspirations are being heard...
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the appointment of Karen Sewell as an advisor and the membership of the three advisory boards, who will continue to engage with greater Christchurch on the Government’s education renewal programme. Former principal and Secretary for Education Karen Sewell will work directly with school communities to ensure their concerns and aspirations are being heard...
Minister thanks school communities
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Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata would like to thank the 35 school communities in greater Christchurch who took the time to meet with her over the last two weeks. Ms Parata visited 35 of the 37 schools proposed for closure or merger as part of the Government’s Education Renewal Plan. “I would like to thank those schools’ communities for their engagement, generosity of spirit, and commitment to their children’s educational future. I got a real sense of each community and their hopes and plans for their children’s education...
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata would like to thank the 35 school communities in greater Christchurch who took the time to meet with her over the last two weeks. Ms Parata visited 35 of the 37 schools proposed for closure or merger as part of the Government’s Education Renewal Plan. “I would like to thank those schools’ communities for their engagement, generosity of spirit, and commitment to their children’s educational future. I got a real sense of each community and their hopes and plans for their children’s education...
Education Minister welcomes He Kai Kei Aku Ringa Action Plan - Voxy
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Voxy
Ms Parata reconfirmed the Government's commitment to raising educational achievement for young people, especially for priority groups such as MÄ ori, Pasifika, learners with special education needs, and those from low income backgrounds. "We have set ...
Voxy
Ms Parata reconfirmed the Government's commitment to raising educational achievement for young people, especially for priority groups such as MÄ ori, Pasifika, learners with special education needs, and those from low income backgrounds. "We have set ...
Opposition grows to National Standards and Charter Schools
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NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the unanimous support of delegates at this weekend's Labour Party Annual conference to remove National Standards and charter schools.
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the unanimous support of delegates at this weekend's Labour Party Annual conference to remove National Standards and charter schools.
Minister Must Back Homegrown Education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Minister Must Back Homegrown Education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says the Government has poured millions of dollars into this homegrown programme, which is helping to close the achievement gap between Maori, Pasifika and Pakeha students. The rate of students achieving NCEA ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says the Government has poured millions of dollars into this homegrown programme, which is helping to close the achievement gap between Maori, Pasifika and Pakeha students. The rate of students achieving NCEA ...
private trainers beat polytechs to funding - New Zealand Herald
 Otago Daily Times | URL: private trainers beat polytechs to funding New Zealand Herald Tutors at 14 polytechnics are protesting today to coincide with a board meeting of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) which will decide on funding for all other polytechnic courses for next year. Today's decisions may mean further cuts for some ... |
Hekia Parata 'spouting patronising platitudes' - The Press
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The Press
The minister of education's gone publical. She's written an open letter to the principals and teachers of Christchurch. A cynic may wonder why the minister didn't just send out the letter with each teacher's pay. But the cynic has forgotten that with ...
The Press
The minister of education's gone publical. She's written an open letter to the principals and teachers of Christchurch. A cynic may wonder why the minister didn't just send out the letter with each teacher's pay. But the cynic has forgotten that with ...
Exploring contribution to Kiwi society - The Daily Post
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The Daily Post
There are a whole host of businesses, organisations and institutions which are distinctive to Maori communities such as kohanga reo, Maori radio and Maori-based tourism businesses." He said the symposium would discuss how these activities could be ...
The Daily Post
There are a whole host of businesses, organisations and institutions which are distinctive to Maori communities such as kohanga reo, Maori radio and Maori-based tourism businesses." He said the symposium would discuss how these activities could be ...
Scheme targets taste of work for all youth - Hawke's Bay Today
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Hawke's Bay Today
A pilot programme which put students into work experience roles will continue in 2013 with the long-term goal of having 100 per cent of Hawke's Bay's young people in education, training and employment. The Youth Futures Advisory ... Hastings District ...
Hawke's Bay Today
A pilot programme which put students into work experience roles will continue in 2013 with the long-term goal of having 100 per cent of Hawke's Bay's young people in education, training and employment. The Youth Futures Advisory ... Hastings District ...
Ministry praises schools for excellent end-of-year effort
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More than two-thirds of schools have now provided their end-of-year payroll reports to the Ministry of Education.
More than two-thirds of schools have now provided their end-of-year payroll reports to the Ministry of Education.
Skills crisis: Courses getting jobs for young - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Skills crisis: Courses getting jobs for young New Zealand Herald Yet not only have levels 1-3 students dwindled, but adult and community education was halved and $94 million over four years was cut from literacy and numeracy education in the recession Budget of 2009. Specific funding to train tutors in how to teach ... |
Closing schools means hefty tab - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Last month, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced two of those schools, McKenzie Residential School in Yaldhurst and Salisbury Residential School, in Nelson, would close. Salisbury school has taken action to fight the closure in the High Court ...
Stuff.co.nz
Last month, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced two of those schools, McKenzie Residential School in Yaldhurst and Salisbury Residential School, in Nelson, would close. Salisbury school has taken action to fight the closure in the High Court ...
Schools set positive rules - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Schools set positive rules Stuff.co.nz Eleven Southland schools are signed up for the Education Ministry's Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) programme, with three more expected to join next year, a spokesman said. Aurora College principal Robyn Hickman said focusing on three main ... |
Payroll boss says sorry to teachers, staff
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Developers of the Novopay school payroll system have apologised over the ongoing pay problems that have pushed schools and their staff to breaking point.Talent2 chief executive John Rawlinson apologised after a meeting with Secretary...
Developers of the Novopay school payroll system have apologised over the ongoing pay problems that have pushed schools and their staff to breaking point.Talent2 chief executive John Rawlinson apologised after a meeting with Secretary...
Schools say thousands of unsolved payroll errors
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There is still no clarity about the number of payroll mistakes that have yet to be corrected and schools suspect there might be thousands of under payments, over payments and non payments still to be fixed.
There is still no clarity about the number of payroll mistakes that have yet to be corrected and schools suspect there might be thousands of under payments, over payments and non payments still to be fixed.
Staff 'not to blame for Novopay shambles' say schools
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Schools are reacting angrily to comments by the Australian company behind Novopay, which broke a four month silence on pay problems yesterday, only to blame many of the failings on school staff.
Schools are reacting angrily to comments by the Australian company behind Novopay, which broke a four month silence on pay problems yesterday, only to blame many of the failings on school staff.
Payroll boss says sorry to teachers, staff - New Zealand Herald
 The Australian Financial Review | URL: Payroll boss says sorry to teachers, staff New Zealand Herald Talent2 chief executive John Rawlinson apologised after a meeting with Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone, the NZ Schools Trustees Association, unions, the Principals Federation, and other stakeholders. "Talent2 apologises for the inconvenience ... |
Novapay firm blames 'teething issues' - Stuff.co.nz
The Australian Financial Review | URL: Novapay firm blames 'teething issues' Stuff.co.nz Australian payroll company Talent2 has apologised for the problems that have beset its Novopay payroll system, saying the errors in teachers' pay since the system was introduced in August were "teething issues". The Education Ministry said last week ... |
Talent2 stands behind Novopay - Stuff.co.nz
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Talent2 stands behind Novopay Stuff.co.nz The Australian company behind the Education Ministry's troubled Novopay payroll system says its technology is "rock solid", saying school administrators haven't fully embraced it. Talent2 chief executive John Rawlinson has today fronted up to the media ... |
Teachers shine amid Novopay crisis - Stuff.co.nz (blog)
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Stuff.co.nz (blog)
From the planned increase in class sizes and the ridiculously simplistic national standards concept, to accusations of incompetence and the deliberately destabilising promise of charter schools, Key and his todgers haven't tried to disguise their ...
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
From the planned increase in class sizes and the ridiculously simplistic national standards concept, to accusations of incompetence and the deliberately destabilising promise of charter schools, Key and his todgers haven't tried to disguise their ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Key competencies in the classroom | New Zealand Council for ...
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Shifting the frame: Exploring integration of the Key Competencies at six Normal Schools. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Dingle, R., & Boyd, S. (2009). A focus on opportunities to learn and student engagement.
Shifting the frame: Exploring integration of the Key Competencies at six Normal Schools. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Dingle, R., & Boyd, S. (2009). A focus on opportunities to learn and student engagement.
'Crisis' policies attacked - Wanganui Chronicle
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Wanganui Chronicle
"A crisis like the national standards and when that's done, they create a new one and another after that." Mr Oliver said the National-led Government was in league with right-wing governments throughout the world with a plan to create a crisis in ...
Wanganui Chronicle
"A crisis like the national standards and when that's done, they create a new one and another after that." Mr Oliver said the National-led Government was in league with right-wing governments throughout the world with a plan to create a crisis in ...
National Survey on State of Early Childhood Education Begins - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: National Survey on State of Early Childhood Education Begins
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Dr Farquhar says the turmoil the early childhood and care sector has faced over the last few years with reductions in funding for the employment of qualified teachers and other decisions such as increasing the proxy for class size allowing centre ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Dr Farquhar says the turmoil the early childhood and care sector has faced over the last few years with reductions in funding for the employment of qualified teachers and other decisions such as increasing the proxy for class size allowing centre ...
Turbulent times for teachers - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Turbulent times for teachers Stuff.co.nz Schools won the skirmish over class sizes, but controversy over national standards, the threat of performance-based pay and issues with the new education payroll Novopay are ongoing. The protest march followed a New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) ... |
Class action: Schools out early - SunLive
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SunLive
The NZEI is campaigning against large class sizes, introducing league tables, performance pay for teachers, reforms to the board of trustees model and charter schools – which Rachel says international research has shown cut the quality of education.
SunLive
The NZEI is campaigning against large class sizes, introducing league tables, performance pay for teachers, reforms to the board of trustees model and charter schools – which Rachel says international research has shown cut the quality of education.
Editorial: A difficult choice for parents - The Dominion Post
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The Dominion Post
A Waitangi Tribunal report last year warned that Te Reo was in danger of dying, with the proportion of Maori able to speak it well enough to hold a conversation declining and a big drop in rolls at kohanga reo language nests. Numbers peaked at 14,000 ...
The Dominion Post
A Waitangi Tribunal report last year warned that Te Reo was in danger of dying, with the proportion of Maori able to speak it well enough to hold a conversation declining and a big drop in rolls at kohanga reo language nests. Numbers peaked at 14,000 ...
Focus on Maori saving and financial literacy - Voxy
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Voxy
Professor Diana Coben, Director of the National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, University of Waikato, said the University's extensive historical ties with MÄ ori and its own work in the education sector and financial literacy would be ...
Voxy
Professor Diana Coben, Director of the National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, University of Waikato, said the University's extensive historical ties with MÄ ori and its own work in the education sector and financial literacy would be ...
New education plan - SunLive
 Te News | URL: New education plan SunLive Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed the He Kai Kei Aku Ringa report from the Māori Economic Development Panel saying it is very consistent with her own approach to improving Māori outcomes in the education system. “He Kai Kei Aku Ringa is a ... |
Waikato Uni joins Maori savings initiative - Voxy
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Voxy
Professor Coben, says the University of Waikato's historic ties with MÄ ori and its work in the education sector and financial literacy will contribute to developing the group's education stream of work. "No other university has our historic depth of ...
Voxy
Professor Coben, says the University of Waikato's historic ties with MÄ ori and its work in the education sector and financial literacy will contribute to developing the group's education stream of work. "No other university has our historic depth of ...
Editorial: A tale of long tails - New Zealand Listener
 New Zealand Listener | URL: Editorial: A tale of long tails New Zealand Listener As evidence of this, she cites the continuing under-achievement of Maori and Pasifika pupils in particular. That there is a worrying “tail” in our public education system is well known, but to claim that the blame for this lies squarely in the laps of ... |
Education minister should come out and say it - The Dominion Post
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The Dominion Post
The education minister's gone publical. She's written an open letter to the principals and teachers of Christchurch. A cynic may wonder why the minister didn't just send out the letter with each teacher's pay. But the cynic has forgotten that, with the ...
The Dominion Post
The education minister's gone publical. She's written an open letter to the principals and teachers of Christchurch. A cynic may wonder why the minister didn't just send out the letter with each teacher's pay. But the cynic has forgotten that, with the ...
Teachers told to foot bill for relievers - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Teachers told to foot bill for relievers Stuff.co.nz St Teresa's School staff say they have been left feeling upset, angry and undervalued after their board of trustees told them they were inconveniencing parents and pupils by attending yesterday's meeting of the New Zealand Educational Institute. The ... |
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