Tuesday, 8 October 2013

HR challenges not limited to business

A 2006 report by Ruth Kane and Mary Mallon found that the status of teachers in New Zealand was far too low. Morale is also dropping fast: The New Zealand Council for Education Research (NZCER) found that secondary-school teacher morale slipped from 70% in 2009 to 57% in 2012.

Minister welcomes New Zealand Initiative Report

Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata welcomes the New Zealand Initiative's Report 'World Class Education? - Why NZ must strengthen its teaching profession' as a further contribution to the Quality Teaching Agenda she has established. While the New Zealand education system performs well, with four out of five young people leaving with the qualifications they need, it is not performing for all. And there have been worrying signs for some time that it is becoming less and less competitive when benchmarked against other comparative international systems. ... 

School resources remain in safe hands

The Ministry of Education expects contracts to be finalised this month for new suppliers for the work currently being done by Learning Media Ltd. Deputy Secretary for Education, Andrew Hampton, says shortlisted suppliers for future work have been identified and ...

Unqualified maths teachers common

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Unqualified maths teachers common in NZ. JO MOIR ... Deputy secretary for studentachievement, Rowena Phair, said a new post-graduate level teaching qualification, available at three universities from next year, was a response to quality concerns ...

High schools failing at maths

One-third of students in their first year at high school are taught maths by a teacher who isn't qualified in the subject, a report released today says.

Teacher morale slumps, Labour blames govt

NZ City
"Rather than building on our strengths in the education system, National is importing failed ideological experiments from overseas like charter schools and national testing," he said. "The report notes we are losing talented teachers because government ...

Tribunal breaks tradition to name two teachers in criminal cases

In a rare move, the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal has named two teachers involved in high-profile criminal cases.The decision comes after a parliamentary select committee ruled in August that the Teachers Council's practice of... 

Up-skirt filming teacher first named

A Christchurch teacher is one of the first to be named by the Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal, after they saw it in the interests of the profession, the school and the public.

Schools miss the mark to teach effective communication

Students are challenged to communicate properly as schools are struggling to teach speech to a necessary standard, according to the Speech Communications Association (SCA) which will provide teachers with guidelines at their conference on October .. 

Gateway programme connects students with local businesses

Fraser High School delivers one of New Zealand’s largest Gateway programmes, which allows students to spend time in the workplace, like a real employee, as well as attending school and working towards NCEA.

Students enjoy financial trading room

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Associate professor Russell Gregory-Allen says it is a state-of-the-art facility that givesstudents real-life experience. "This is something I've wanted to make happen since joining Massey." Finance student Scott Gardner says to have access to ... 

UC bridge building pivotal for students and for engineering

Today’s bridge building competition at the University of Canterbury (UC) is important for students and for engineering businesses, a postgraduate engineering student says.