Happyzine » Ako-a-Rongo – Join the 3-day-open-space-conference ...

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The conference offers a variety of workshops and seminars with international and national presenters and speakers such as Ally Bull of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), Yaacov Hecht (democratic ...

Trust's working party first step toward charter schools - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
Charter schools will allow private companies as well as not-for- profit groups, religious groups and iwi or Pasifika groups to compete with existing schools for students and funding. Cognition Education, which is New Zealand's largest educational ...

Ministry of Education carries out intervention threat - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Mr Simpson says he knows of at least two schools which have now been assigned what are being termed specialist advisors to make sure the national standards are implemented. The ministry says it has appointed a specialist advisor to one school, ...

Investment in skills and training advocated - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Investment in skills and training advocated Otago Daily Times By Dene Mackenzie on Sat, 14 Jan 2012 Labour skills and training spokesman Grant Robertson wants a skills strategy established. Photo by Jane Dawber. New Zealand desperately needed to invest in skills to develop the sort of economy that would allow ...

NZ has best value for money education in the world « The Standard

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Danyl at Dimpost first posted this graph comparing the educational achievement to teachers' salaries. The broader lesson of the graph is that societies that value teaching (as reflected by teachers' pay) have better educational ...

Literacy skills vital for increasing productivity at work - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The quality of literacy and numeracy teaching for adults is a salient issue in the country's tertiary sector because few vocational educators and trainers know how to build literacy and numeracy skills into vocational training. ...

Workplace Literacy: Final reports ~ Tertiary Education Commission

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Organisations that received Workplace Literacy (WPL) and/or Intensive Literacy and Numeracy Funding (ILN) in 2011 must submit a final report. The final ILN & WPL reports are due by January 31 2012.

Christchurch pupils achieve best results - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Christchurch pupils had the best National Certificate of Educational Achievement results in the country, but not because of the special derived grades process, early results show. New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) chief executive Karen ...

Maori immersion school step closer - Nelson Mail

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Nelson Mail
The hunt for a principal has ended for the top of the south's first te reo Maori immersion school, with the appointment of a teacher from Christchurch. The school, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tuia te Matangi, is expected to open to students in term three, ...

UCOL BLOG » Wairarapa teenagers offered free fees and transport ...

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Secondary students now have a great opportunity to earn a trades or technology qualification while they are still at school – at no cost. ... In partnerships with local schools, places are available to Wairarapa students in years 12-13 who [...]

Student among the world's best - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Student among the world's best Stuff.co.nz Former Kristin student Carla Boniolo, 18, last week found out she scored a perfect mark of 45 for her International Baccalaureate (IB) exams - an alternative to NCEA. The qualification, which is offered by more than 2000 schools worldwide, ...

Ex-principal putting skills to new test - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Ex-principal putting skills to new test Otago Daily Times Leaving a life based in a classroom after 35 years as a teacher won't be easy. Fortunately for former College Street School principal Gary Tenbeth, his new job won't be far removed from the career he has loved from day one. Mr Tenbeth has effectively ...

Online survey used to capture feelings on replacement principal - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
By John Lewis on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 In an unusual step, the board of trustees at Kaikorai Valley College has set up an online survey which will allow the school's staff and pupils' parents to have a say about what qualities they would like to see in ...

Tutoring business plan makes matches online - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Tutoring business plan makes matches online Otago Daily Times What she found out through her own tutoring was that students needed to know that their tutor could be trusted. A tutor had to be able to adapt to each student and she was also looking for people who were approachable and friendly. She had met students ...

Aftershocks hit uni rolls - Stuff.co.nz

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Vice-Chancellor Dr Rod Carr told the Star-Times that in its 2012 budget the University Council had made assumptions about student numbers. "There is nothing yet to indicate that the number of students enrolling is materially different from the forecast ...

Schoolyard injuries cost ACC $18m - The Press

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The Press
The cost of treating schoolyard injuries climbed to $18 million last year, despite a drop in the number of pupils being hurt. Figures released by the ACC to The Press under the Official Information Act show that the total number of injuries to pupils ...

Destiny Church may get funding for new school - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Destiny Church may get funding for new school Auckland stuff.co.nz New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) national secretary Paul Goulter says as a charter school, Destiny's school could run as it did privately but with funding from the public rather than parents. The controversial plan for charter schools to be set ...

Students flock to U-Skills - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
UCOL's new U-Skills Central School Academy opens this year with courses for year 12 and 13 students in fashion and beauty, electrical engineering, joinery and mechanical engineering. The last of those courses is being hosted at Awatapu College, ...

Ryan relaxed as Bay students get NCEA marks - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
NZQA Chief Executive Dr Karen Poutasi said the 2011 results were the first to include course endorsement, which recognised students' high achievement in individual courses. New Zealand is the only country in the world to return marked examination ...