25 June 2013

Ngāti Whakaue to head Rotorua education initiative: Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Akehas been appointed as the local community lead for a two year initiative to develop healthy, safe, well educated children and young people in Rotorua.

Call for inquiry into Te Wananga o Aotearoa appointments
Voxy
"What the council has done is shocking and simply not good enough for a publically funded organisation," said Willie Te Aho, who has written to the Maori Affairs Minister, Education Minister and the chairs of various Parliament select committees to ...

Digital literacy key focus of expert group
Techday NZ
“This group will be tasked with exploring ways to provide every student and educator, in both rural and urban New Zealand, with the knowledge, skills and abilities required for the 21st century,” says associate education minister Nikki Kaye. “I will be ...

Schools need to lead creative computing
Techday NZ
It is vitally important that creative computing becomes an essential part of the school curriculum and tertiary education programmes, according to a leading New Zealand technology expert. ... Hosted by Manukau Institute of Technology, more than 120 ...

Are school guidance counselors struggling to cope?: Sarah Maindonald is a guidance counselor at Hillmorton School in Christchurch, and on the board of the NZ Association of Counselors.

School gets an A for effort
Northland Independent Community
The report highlights the school's emphasis on educational success for Maori as Maori, with kaumatua advising on support. But it raises concerns about the declining roll, which has resulted in the loss of a "considerable number" of experienced teachers ...

Canterbury schools praised for resilience: Canterbury schools' response to the earthquakes is to form a template for those dealing with future disasters.

Pupils' hard work pays off in parade win | Otago Daily Times Online ...: A Queenstown Primary choir led the way on foot, with the float following behind with about 40 students onboard the bus. Teacher Muireann ... Each year the school enters the parade with artwork from pupils. Bungy adventure ...

NZTC's Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) revamped for 2013
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
NZTC's Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) revamped for 2013. New Zealand Tertiary College (NZTC), the specialists in early childhood teacher education, is to launch a fully reviewed and updated Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) program on the ...

UCOL drives recruitment campaign: Starting today, UCOL is taking the enrolment process out into the community, to make it easier for people to enrol for programmes with mid-year start dates.