Education Article by Secretary to the Treasury, Gabriel Makhlouf

URL: Education Article by Secretary to the Treasury, Gabriel Makhlouf
Released 27 Mar 2012. The Dominion Post today published an article by Gabriel Makhlouf, Secretary to the Treasury. The Treasury has made the article available on its website to supplement material published with a recent speech by the Secretary that addressed student achievement in New Zealand.

Editorial: Lessons to be learnt on class size issue - The Dominion Post

URL: Editorial: Lessons to be learnt on class size issue
The Dominion Post
However, what Mr Makhlouf is advocating is a marginal increase in class sizes, with the resulting savings ploughed back into improving teacher training and professional development. Implicit in that is a pay system that better rewards good teachers and ...

Funding for more ECE places in North Canterbury

URL: Funding for more ECE places in North Canterbury
The Ministry of Education has announced funding to enable more under 5’s to attend the Swannanoa Pre-school in North Canterbury...

'No time for gloom' in early childhood education - Voxy

URL: 'No time for gloom' in early childhood education
Voxy
It is not all gloom in early childhood education services as the recent Early Childhood Council (ECC) employers lobby group survey of business confidence amongst its members has made it out to be, ChildForum says. "Children are still enrolling and ...

UK school study uses Kiwi behavioural tool - Voxy

URL: UK school study uses Kiwi behavioural tool
Voxy
TetraMap, the innovative Kiwi behavioural model, is being used in a new UK study of 250 students and young apprentices to determine a link between personality type and future education and career choices. The study, which commenced last week at Thomas ...

Teachers offered social media coaching - Southland Times

URL: Teachers offered social media coaching
Southland Times
Essential Resources wanted teachers to connect with each other, and planned to hold a breakfast and workshop each term because it was a fantastic professional development opportunity, Ms Issa said. E-portfolios, working with digital technologies to ...

Lessons to learn from bilingual units - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: Lessons to learn from bilingual units Auckland stuff.co.nz SCHOLAR AGAIN: Jacqueline Tutavake, deputy principal of Henderson South School, is researching the effectiveness of Samoan bilingual units. Jacqueline Tutavake isn't Samoan but she knows the impact the culture has on schools in New Zealand.

Other digital classrooms wanted - Taranaki Daily News

Taranaki Daily News

URL: Other digital classrooms wanted Taranaki Daily News At the start of this year the classroom went digital, which means that most of the lessons are computer based. "We look more at using computers more often than not rather than using the traditional pen and paper approach," says teacher Wade Scott.

$60k of training grants available - Stuff.co.nz

URL: $60k of training grants available
Stuff.co.nz
Up to $60000 of training is on offer for South Canterbury businesses, money they may not know exists. Aoraki Development Business and Tourism (ADBT) is aiming to change this with the launch of its Primary Produce Innovation Cluster at DB Brewery at ...

Report reveals continuing problems at Fairfield - New Zealand Herald

URL: Report reveals continuing problems at Fairfield
New Zealand Herald
By Nikki Preston A ministerial report on one of Waikato's largest schools has revealed party-pill use, falling teacher numbers caused by a drop in the school's roll, and significant overspending. According to the report, dated December 1 and released ...

School of second chances - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: School of second chances Auckland stuff.co.nz They had no school to go to last year and no plans until a friend told them about a course at Target Education in Panmure. "In the beginning it was difficult. We were slacking off. Tash the manager put us in our place," Filimone says.... Gateway programme...

Celebrating the roles of Men in Early Childhood Education

URL: Celebrating the roles of Men in Early Childhood Education
From 16th –18 th March another extraordinary event in education – The 6th Summit on Men in Early childhood: EC-MENZ (Men in Early Childhood Network of New Zealand) was hosted in Whanganui by Born & Raised Pasifika Early Childhood Centre and ...

Primary Schools Get Set Go! - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Primary Schools Get Set Go!
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The sports centre will be host to the launch of Athletic New Zealand's KiwiSport funded project 'Get Set Go', which will give participating schools an opportunity to have a taster of their new school-based programme. Get Set Go is a programme that ...

Launching Leaders to be held at Scots College - Voxy

URL: Launching Leaders to be held at Scots College
Voxy
On Tuesday 3 April, 180 students aged 17-18 years from throughout the Wellington region will gather at Scots College for the second annual Launching Leaders Conference. Throughout the day 37 speakers from a wide variety of industries and professions, ...