URL: PM unveils Youth Mental Health package
John Key | Prime Minister
Prime Minister John Key today unveiled a package of initiatives to ensure young people with mental health problems receive better, faster, and more modern help. In a speech in Wellington, Mr Key said the $62 million package was the result of intensive work led by his own department, following an important report from Chief Science Advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman. “I’m proud the National-led Government has taken several steps to improve the opportunities available to young people in this country over the past three years,” Mr Key said...
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Tackling youth mental health in schools
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Hekia Parata | Education
Secondary schools will be better equipped to identify and deal with students who have mental health problems under the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, will put more nurses and youth workers into schools and make changes so that young people learn in a safe and supportive environment...
Hekia Parata | Education
Secondary schools will be better equipped to identify and deal with students who have mental health problems under the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, will put more nurses and youth workers into schools and make changes so that young people learn in a safe and supportive environment...
Better support for youth mental illness
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Paula Bennett | Social Development
Youth workers trained to recognise mental health issues will be put into selected secondary schools and Youth One Stop Shops as part of the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, will significantly improve the way the Government deals with young people who have mental health problems. “I am delighted to be putting specially-trained youth workers into schools to work alongside nurses to help our young people,” says Ms Bennett...
Paula Bennett | Social Development
Youth workers trained to recognise mental health issues will be put into selected secondary schools and Youth One Stop Shops as part of the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, will significantly improve the way the Government deals with young people who have mental health problems. “I am delighted to be putting specially-trained youth workers into schools to work alongside nurses to help our young people,” says Ms Bennett...
Better youth mental health services
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Tony Ryall | Health
Young New Zealanders with mental health issues will receive better, faster, more youth-friendly care through the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, says Health Minister Tony Ryall.
The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, is designed to provide significantly better, earlier and more modern help for young people suffering from mental illness. “We know that if young people with mental health issues receive early intervention then the long-term outcome is much better,” says Mr Ryall...
Tony Ryall | Health
Young New Zealanders with mental health issues will receive better, faster, more youth-friendly care through the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, says Health Minister Tony Ryall.
The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, is designed to provide significantly better, earlier and more modern help for young people suffering from mental illness. “We know that if young people with mental health issues receive early intervention then the long-term outcome is much better,” says Mr Ryall...
Ministerial Inquiry to be extended
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Hekia Parata | Education
The Ministerial Inquiry into the employment of a convicted sex offender in the education sector will now report back on 15 June 2012, Education Minister, Hekia Parata, said today. The inquiry was to report back to Ms Parata by 30 April 2012 however with the case before the court it has been difficult for inquiry head, Mel Smith, to speak to key witnesses prompting him to seek an extension...
Hekia Parata | Education
The Ministerial Inquiry into the employment of a convicted sex offender in the education sector will now report back on 15 June 2012, Education Minister, Hekia Parata, said today. The inquiry was to report back to Ms Parata by 30 April 2012 however with the case before the court it has been difficult for inquiry head, Mel Smith, to speak to key witnesses prompting him to seek an extension...
What does knowledge-creation look like in the classroom?
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Shifting Thinking
In this video NZCER chief researcher Rose Hipkins says getting students to participate in and contribute to the creation of new knowledge is something she has long seen as a dilemma, since she was a classroom teacher. She talks about the entry point session at the 2012 Shifting Thinking Workshop. Read more about this session [...]
Shifting Thinking
In this video NZCER chief researcher Rose Hipkins says getting students to participate in and contribute to the creation of new knowledge is something she has long seen as a dilemma, since she was a classroom teacher. She talks about the entry point session at the 2012 Shifting Thinking Workshop. Read more about this session [...]
Playing the Whole Game
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Shifting Thinking
Work in the field of 21st century learning talks of the need for students to not just ‘receive’ knowledge but to produce it. As an ex- primary school teacher I am curious about what providing students with opportunities to produce knowledge actually means in practice. How do we provide opportunities for seven-year-olds, for example, to [...]
Shifting Thinking
Work in the field of 21st century learning talks of the need for students to not just ‘receive’ knowledge but to produce it. As an ex- primary school teacher I am curious about what providing students with opportunities to produce knowledge actually means in practice. How do we provide opportunities for seven-year-olds, for example, to [...]
What do people want from a Workshop?
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Shifting Thinking
What do people want from a workshop? We have thought long and hard about this question. Listen as Jennifer Garvey Berger describes how this question has influenced the design of the Shifting Thinking Workshop 2012 You can also hear Rachel talking about the challenges for our team to “think differently” about the Workshop’s design in [...]
Shifting Thinking
What do people want from a workshop? We have thought long and hard about this question. Listen as Jennifer Garvey Berger describes how this question has influenced the design of the Shifting Thinking Workshop 2012 You can also hear Rachel talking about the challenges for our team to “think differently” about the Workshop’s design in [...]
ITO Update 3 April 2012 ~ Tertiary Education Commission
URL: ITO Update 3 April 2012 ~ Tertiary Education Commission
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has identified an issue with the status webpage that reports on the availability of the Industry Training Register (the ITR) production system in real time. The status webpage for the ...
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has identified an issue with the status webpage that reports on the availability of the Industry Training Register (the ITR) production system in real time. The status webpage for the ...
School Children to Benefit from Auckland Conference - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Family Works Northern is hosting the conference for Social Workers in Schools from across New Zealand. Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) is a school-based community social work service, that places a social worker right in the school grounds, ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Family Works Northern is hosting the conference for Social Workers in Schools from across New Zealand. Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) is a school-based community social work service, that places a social worker right in the school grounds, ...
Tackling youth mental health in schools - Parata - Voxy
 The Dominion Post | URL: Tackling youth mental health in schools - Parata Voxy Secondary schools will be better equipped to identify and deal with students who have mental health problems under the National-led Government's youth mental health package, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. The package, announced today by Prime ... |
'E-therapies' part of $62m health package - Stuff.co.nz
The Dominion Post | URL: 'E-therapies' part of $62m health package Stuff.co.nz Schools would be required to "take more responsibility" for the wellbeing of their students, with the Education Review Office measuring things like curbing bullying, Mr Key said. Nurses already in decile one and two schools would start working in ... |
'E-therapies' part of $62m health package
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"E-therapies" and more youth workers and nurses in schools will be rolled out as part of a $62 million package announced by Prime Minister John Key.
"E-therapies" and more youth workers and nurses in schools will be rolled out as part of a $62 million package announced by Prime Minister John Key.
Initiative to boost child mental health services
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Nurses and specially-trained youth workers will be employed at low decile schools as part package of new initiatives aimed at better mental health services for young people, Prime Minister John Key has announced.
Nurses and specially-trained youth workers will be employed at low decile schools as part package of new initiatives aimed at better mental health services for young people, Prime Minister John Key has announced.
New e-therapy counselling for youth
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The government is introducing an online counselling service, called e-therapy to help youth at risk of suicide.
The government is introducing an online counselling service, called e-therapy to help youth at risk of suicide.
Time for govt to front up over teacher cuts - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Time for govt to front up over teacher cuts
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Kiwis did not vote for cutting frontline teachers from our schools, they did not vote for teachers to be taken from our students' classrooms and they did not vote for an increase in class size.” Cuts to frontline teaching staff would mean less time for ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Kiwis did not vote for cutting frontline teachers from our schools, they did not vote for teachers to be taken from our students' classrooms and they did not vote for an increase in class size.” Cuts to frontline teaching staff would mean less time for ...
NCEA results pleasing - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Marlborough secondary schools achieved NCEA level 1 passes at higher than the national rate last year, but slipped below the national average on the higher level achievements. The authority's deputy chief executive qualifications, Richard Thornton, ...
Stuff.co.nz
Marlborough secondary schools achieved NCEA level 1 passes at higher than the national rate last year, but slipped below the national average on the higher level achievements. The authority's deputy chief executive qualifications, Richard Thornton, ...
Speech: World Autism Awareness Day - Hon Tariana Turia - Voxy
URL: Speech: World Autism Awareness Day - Hon Tariana Turia
Voxy
Yet, he was constantly sent home from school; stood down; suspended and excluded, on the basis of the behaviour he was demonstrating. I believe that behaviour should never become an excuse for a lack of educational provision for children with special ...
Voxy
Yet, he was constantly sent home from school; stood down; suspended and excluded, on the basis of the behaviour he was demonstrating. I believe that behaviour should never become an excuse for a lack of educational provision for children with special ...
Parents of disabled children stressed about school choices
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Dozens of parents with disabled children believe they are not welcome at their local schools, even though the law supports their right to be there.
Dozens of parents with disabled children believe they are not welcome at their local schools, even though the law supports their right to be there.
More nurses in schools welcome - Voxy
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Voxy
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the announcement today that the Government is increasing investment in school-based health services by $10 million over four years. Decile three secondary schools will now have a nurse in every school ...
Voxy
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the announcement today that the Government is increasing investment in school-based health services by $10 million over four years. Decile three secondary schools will now have a nurse in every school ...
Launching Leaders Conference
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Speech to the Launching Leaders Conference, Scots College, Wellington
3 Apr 2012... "Each of the students attending this conference is here because of the status that you hold at your school and presumably your standing within your peer group... This “Launching Leaders Conference” then seeks to inspire and challenge you to think about your leadership, what it means to you personally, what it might mean to others and how you can apply the wisdoms gained during the course of today in your everyday life."
Fighting truancy problem a 'community issue' - TVNZ
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TVNZ
The whole community has a responsibility to stop children from skipping school every day, an experienced truancy worker says. The Government committed two years ago to spending an extra $4 million on combating truancy but a Ministry of Education survey ...
TVNZ
The whole community has a responsibility to stop children from skipping school every day, an experienced truancy worker says. The Government committed two years ago to spending an extra $4 million on combating truancy but a Ministry of Education survey ...
Making the most of their people - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Fun, problem-solving activities that involve untangling string are part of a foundation skills course called Stepping Up Together that Stevenson Group has tailor-made for its staff. Chief executive Mark Franklin's philosophy in life is that people are ...
New Zealand Herald
Fun, problem-solving activities that involve untangling string are part of a foundation skills course called Stepping Up Together that Stevenson Group has tailor-made for its staff. Chief executive Mark Franklin's philosophy in life is that people are ...
Pinched private schools ponder integration - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Pinched private schools ponder integration
Stuff.co.nz
It made the impending introduction of charter schools even more of a worry, he said. "It is evidence that `choice' in education costs. It does raise real concerns about the introduction of and need for charter schools, if private schools are now ...
Stuff.co.nz
It made the impending introduction of charter schools even more of a worry, he said. "It is evidence that `choice' in education costs. It does raise real concerns about the introduction of and need for charter schools, if private schools are now ...
Teacher bows out after 52 years in the classroom - The Press
 The Press | URL: Teacher bows out after 52 years in the classroom The Press She has seen big changes during her time in the classroom, notably the introduction of the national standards. The Government's tightening grip on education had not changed her expectations of pupils, she said. "At this school, the change has not been ... |
Commercialisation of university research
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This occasional paper uses new data from the University Commercialisation Offices of New Zealand to look at trends in the commercialisation of university research in New Zealand. The paper discusses the importance of research to innovation and hence, to economic growth. If also discusses aspects of the current university research funding system and looks at business investment in research in New Zealand.
This occasional paper uses new data from the University Commercialisation Offices of New Zealand to look at trends in the commercialisation of university research in New Zealand. The paper discusses the importance of research to innovation and hence, to economic growth. If also discusses aspects of the current university research funding system and looks at business investment in research in New Zealand.
Cream of NCEA art and design on show - Massey News (press release)
 Massey News (press release) | URL: Cream of NCEA art and design on show Massey News (press release) The exhibition tours work by students who achieved excellence in NCEA level 3 for their Visual Art portfolio. It covers all five streams: design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. In the past, half the work has toured the upper North ... |
Student loan holiday time cut - Otago Daily Times
URL: Student loan holiday time cut
Otago Daily Times
Those people with student loans going on their big OE will have to start repaying their loans after just one year and provide Inland Revenue with a contact in New Zealand to help track them down. The change took place when the Student Loan Amendment ...
Otago Daily Times
Those people with student loans going on their big OE will have to start repaying their loans after just one year and provide Inland Revenue with a contact in New Zealand to help track them down. The change took place when the Student Loan Amendment ...
Journal of a son's journey - The Aucklander
URL: Journal of a son's journey
The Aucklander
IHC took evidence of discrimination from 81 families and 18 schools to the commission over equality of educational opportunity in 2008. It took three years for Crown Law to respond after the complaint was referred to the Education Ministry and the ...
The Aucklander
IHC took evidence of discrimination from 81 families and 18 schools to the commission over equality of educational opportunity in 2008. It took three years for Crown Law to respond after the complaint was referred to the Education Ministry and the ...
$170K for Wellington school play area - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: $170K for Wellington school play area The Dominion Post The playground is a partnership project between the Ministry of Education, the school's board of trustees and Wellington City Council, which shares a border with the school. Community Facilities Portfolio Leader, Councillor Justin Lester, ... |
Free milk improves punctuality at school - Radio New Zealand
URL: Free milk improves punctuality at school
Radio New Zealand
The introduction of free milk in low-decile Northland schools has had an unexpected spin-off: it's improved punctuality in at least one school. Fonterra began providing free milk drinks last month for more than 100 schools in Tai Tokerau.
Radio New Zealand
The introduction of free milk in low-decile Northland schools has had an unexpected spin-off: it's improved punctuality in at least one school. Fonterra began providing free milk drinks last month for more than 100 schools in Tai Tokerau.
Fighting truancy problem a 'community issue' - TVNZ
URL: Fighting truancy problem a 'community issue'
TVNZ
The whole community has a responsibility to stop children from skipping school every day, an experienced truancy worker says. The Government committed two years ago to spending an extra $4 million on combating truancy but a Ministry of Education survey ...
TVNZ
The whole community has a responsibility to stop children from skipping school every day, an experienced truancy worker says. The Government committed two years ago to spending an extra $4 million on combating truancy but a Ministry of Education survey ...
Wi-Fi, videoconferencing receive InternetNZ quake funds
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InternetNZ has announced funding for four Christchurch rebuild projects, including school videoconferencing services and free public Wi-Fi.
InternetNZ has announced funding for four Christchurch rebuild projects, including school videoconferencing services and free public Wi-Fi.
Most favour extending govt’s internet filter
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But a majority also want to decide for themselves whether they're covered by Internal Affairs' censorship technology, according to an InternetNZ survey. PLUS: The ISPs who have chosen to use the govt's website filter.
But a majority also want to decide for themselves whether they're covered by Internal Affairs' censorship technology, according to an InternetNZ survey. PLUS: The ISPs who have chosen to use the govt's website filter.
JCI Christchurch Launches as Christchurch Rebuilds - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: JCI Christchurch Launches as Christchurch Rebuilds
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
JCI Christchurch is a local chapter of Junior Chamber International (JCI); a worldwide non-profit organisation dedicated to giving young people between the ages of 18-40 personal and professional development opportunities, empowering them to create ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
JCI Christchurch is a local chapter of Junior Chamber International (JCI); a worldwide non-profit organisation dedicated to giving young people between the ages of 18-40 personal and professional development opportunities, empowering them to create ...
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