URL: Collaboration underway to resolve relief staffing admin error
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata today announced that the Government is working with representatives of the education sector to resolve a long-standing administrative error that has meant some schools have received more short-term relief staffing entitlement than others...
Monday, August 27, 2012
Release of Primary School Data Disingenuous & Deluded - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Release of Primary School Data Disingenuous & Deluded
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
All this will impact heavily on the published achievement data, as it will be in the form of raw rather than 'value-added' figures. There will be a regional and national comparison and based on present practices with the NCEA the media will probably ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
All this will impact heavily on the published achievement data, as it will be in the form of raw rather than 'value-added' figures. There will be a regional and national comparison and based on present practices with the NCEA the media will probably ...
Head says parents back action - The Daily Post
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The Daily Post
Westbrook School principal Colin Watkins was among parents and teachers attending the New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) Stand Up For Kids meeting at the Novotel on Thursday night which lobbied against national standards, school league tables, ...
The Daily Post
Westbrook School principal Colin Watkins was among parents and teachers attending the New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) Stand Up For Kids meeting at the Novotel on Thursday night which lobbied against national standards, school league tables, ...
Better information to help lift student achievement - CHESTER ...
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National is focused on raising educational achievement for everyone. We all know people ... Having robust, quality information that helps us all to understand and support a student's learning is one of the ways we are working to achieve this. National Standards ... It also includes targets that work towards our Better Public Services target of 85 per cent of 18-year-olds achieving NCEA Level 2 or better in 2017, and support tools and services to help schools. National ...
National is focused on raising educational achievement for everyone. We all know people ... Having robust, quality information that helps us all to understand and support a student's learning is one of the ways we are working to achieve this. National Standards ... It also includes targets that work towards our Better Public Services target of 85 per cent of 18-year-olds achieving NCEA Level 2 or better in 2017, and support tools and services to help schools. National ...
Minister for looking silly carries day - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | URL: Minister for looking silly carries day New Zealand Herald Parata stressed the data was only one source of "public achievement information", the others being Education Review Office reports, schools' annual reports and NCEA data. Essentially, National has won the battle over national standards. It will do ... |
Education shouldn't stand still - Parata - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Education shouldn't stand still - Parata
Stuff.co.nz
She also discussed National Standards, saying the data should form the basis of a conversation about the learning of a child, and be contextualised with other information. One of the characteristics of high-performing education systems around the world ...
Stuff.co.nz
She also discussed National Standards, saying the data should form the basis of a conversation about the learning of a child, and be contextualised with other information. One of the characteristics of high-performing education systems around the world ...
The trouble with decile ratings - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Editorial: Hiding deciles bad answer to a fair question · Decile ratings dumped from ERO school reports · Name, shame cyber-bullies - report (+video) · Website plan for national standards data. Previous Posts. Shelley Bridgeman: Are pet owners barking mad?
New Zealand Herald
Editorial: Hiding deciles bad answer to a fair question · Decile ratings dumped from ERO school reports · Name, shame cyber-bullies - report (+video) · Website plan for national standards data. Previous Posts. Shelley Bridgeman: Are pet owners barking mad?
Education Minister reveals $68m error - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
"Schools have made really good use of the entitlement to fund relief teachers so they could release staff for professional development and special programmes for children." Despite the error, Mr Drummond said principals were grateful the minister was ...
Otago Daily Times
"Schools have made really good use of the entitlement to fund relief teachers so they could release staff for professional development and special programmes for children." Despite the error, Mr Drummond said principals were grateful the minister was ...
Alison Jones: conversations on paper
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Professor in the faculty of education at the University of Auckland, and the author, with Kuni Jenkins, of He Korero - Words Between Us: First Maori-Pakeha Conversations on Paper.
Professor in the faculty of education at the University of Auckland, and the author, with Kuni Jenkins, of He Korero - Words Between Us: First Maori-Pakeha Conversations on Paper.
Your Business: NZ's Little School eyes big export future - New Zealand Herald
URL: Your Business: NZ's Little School eyes big export future
New Zealand Herald
She has been asked to do teacher training as well. "The good thing about going to China is they will be providing a lot of the buildings and resources. I am bringing the IP [intellectual property]. In China it has to be a JV [joint venture]," says ...
New Zealand Herald
She has been asked to do teacher training as well. "The good thing about going to China is they will be providing a lot of the buildings and resources. I am bringing the IP [intellectual property]. In China it has to be a JV [joint venture]," says ...
'Difficult' boys more likely to be bullied - study - Voxy
URL: 'Difficult' boys more likely to be bullied - study
Voxy
Most of the boys believed that they were victims of bullying in mainstream schools, and to a lesser extent at the residential school, and they described their negative responses to this and their desire for revenge and protection,'' Brown Hajdukova ...
Voxy
Most of the boys believed that they were victims of bullying in mainstream schools, and to a lesser extent at the residential school, and they described their negative responses to this and their desire for revenge and protection,'' Brown Hajdukova ...
Q+A: Interview with Deborah Morris-Travers - TVNZ
URL: Q+A: Interview with Deborah Morris-Travers
TVNZ
Those children need to be in warm houses and have their nutritional and educational needs met. SHANE Can I just ask you about another recommendation we understand to be in the report, and that is around meals in schools? Is that something else that you ...
TVNZ
Those children need to be in warm houses and have their nutritional and educational needs met. SHANE Can I just ask you about another recommendation we understand to be in the report, and that is around meals in schools? Is that something else that you ...
Effective communication for learners with special education needs
URL: Effective communication for learners with special education needs
Juanita Corbett from Arohanui Special School discusses communication as a vital tool that we use with our students every day. She challenges us to take a step back and think about how we communicate with our students and how we support our students with special education needs to communicate with us.
Juanita Corbett from Arohanui Special School discusses communication as a vital tool that we use with our students every day. She challenges us to take a step back and think about how we communicate with our students and how we support our students with special education needs to communicate with us.
Miriama Ketu-Mackenzie: education
URL: Miriama Ketu-Mackenzie: education
Doctorate student in clinical psychology at Massey University in Albany, and one of three recipients of 2012 postgraduate Maori scholarships from the Rose Hellaby Maori Education Fund.
Doctorate student in clinical psychology at Massey University in Albany, and one of three recipients of 2012 postgraduate Maori scholarships from the Rose Hellaby Maori Education Fund.
UFB blows students away with its speed | Stuff.co.nz
URL: UFB blows students away with its speed | Stuff.co.nz
Southland Girls' High School has been "blazing the trail" when it comes to tapping into ultrafast broadband, with staff and students embracing the speedy technology early.
Southland Girls' High School has been "blazing the trail" when it comes to tapping into ultrafast broadband, with staff and students embracing the speedy technology early.
Teachers rely on kids for tech advice - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
This is no surprise to Secondary Schools Principals' Association president Patrick Walsh, who says many older teachers struggle with technology. "They have gone through training college without that technology. Teachers have got used to whiteboards ...
Stuff.co.nz
This is no surprise to Secondary Schools Principals' Association president Patrick Walsh, who says many older teachers struggle with technology. "They have gone through training college without that technology. Teachers have got used to whiteboards ...
Secret list red-flags high-risk teachers
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The Teachers Council has revealed it has a secret list of "high risk", potentially predatory teachers, which is hidden from schools and parents.
The Teachers Council has revealed it has a secret list of "high risk", potentially predatory teachers, which is hidden from schools and parents.
Going green: The future of NZ's office buildings - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Going green: The future of NZ's office buildings New Zealand Herald According to Cutler, over 600,000m2 across the country have already been certified with their matrix and all schools are now required to get a 5 Green Star rating. Ms Cutler says that international research shows improving the quality of the workplace ... |
iPads bridge kindy generation gap
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Preschool pupils outclass teachers with their grasp of new technology. Kristiana Denford-Deck is meant to be the one teaching preschoolers, but these days she often finds the roles reversed, with her young pupils showing her how...
Preschool pupils outclass teachers with their grasp of new technology. Kristiana Denford-Deck is meant to be the one teaching preschoolers, but these days she often finds the roles reversed, with her young pupils showing her how...
Low-decile e-learning project a world leader - New Zealand Herald
URL: Low-decile e-learning project a world leader
New Zealand Herald
Two-thirds of the students are from Pasifika families where often the main language at home is not English. Another quarter are Maori. They start school two years behind the national average but at Pt England School, the first to use the new technology ...
New Zealand Herald
Two-thirds of the students are from Pasifika families where often the main language at home is not English. Another quarter are Maori. They start school two years behind the national average but at Pt England School, the first to use the new technology ...
Tim Watkin: It's time to talk about child poverty again - TVNZ
URL: Tim Watkin: It's time to talk about child poverty again
TVNZ
Second, it'll call for meals to be provided more widely in schools. Some, such as Deborah Morris-Travers from Every Child Counts says that's a no-brainer. Children need food if they're to learn and deal with the social demands of school. Some are less ...
TVNZ
Second, it'll call for meals to be provided more widely in schools. Some, such as Deborah Morris-Travers from Every Child Counts says that's a no-brainer. Children need food if they're to learn and deal with the social demands of school. Some are less ...
Schools Energy Programme to be piloted in Christchurch - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Schools Energy Programme to be piloted in Christchurch
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
I believe that the lessons that pupils will learn from this programme will encourage energy efficient behaviours at home and throughout their lives,' said EECA Chief Executive Mike Underhill. Ministry of Education spokesperson, Jerome Sheppard said ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
I believe that the lessons that pupils will learn from this programme will encourage energy efficient behaviours at home and throughout their lives,' said EECA Chief Executive Mike Underhill. Ministry of Education spokesperson, Jerome Sheppard said ...
Sour note in school music - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Sour note in school music New Zealand Herald In a week where thousands of Auckland secondary school music students have competed in the KBB Music Festival, King's has taken out on-air ads during a top rating breakfast show promoting the school's music department. And they took out a full page ... |
School lifejackets in case of tsunami - Stuff.co.nz
URL: School lifejackets in case of tsunami
Stuff.co.nz
Two families had withdrawn their children from the school when the life jackets were introduced, but Bockett said the majority of parents applauded the school's initiative. Wendy McLintock, a parent of two children at the school, was hesitant about the ...
Stuff.co.nz
Two families had withdrawn their children from the school when the life jackets were introduced, but Bockett said the majority of parents applauded the school's initiative. Wendy McLintock, a parent of two children at the school, was hesitant about the ...
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