School Leadership and School Autonomy - Des Griffin
A major study by Dr. Cathy Wylie, Chief Researcher, New Zealand Council for Educational Research was recently published as Vital Connections. Why we need more than self-managed schools..][3] The school-based ...Changes proposed to strengthen university & wānanga governance
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Proposed changes to university councils will help New Zealand universities remain internationally competitive, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. “New Zealand universities have been performing very well in a world context, with all eight of our universities now listed in the Top 500 in the world", Mr Joyce says. ...
Minister Steven Joyce today released the Draft Tertiary Education Strategy (2014-2019) that seeks to improve the way tertiary education supports achievement, industry, innovation, and economic growth. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are consulting with the education and business sectors on the draft strategy, which will set the direction of tertiary education for the next five years. ...
Launch of Draft Tertiary Education Strategy and proposed changes to university and wānanga governance
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Introduction Can I thank Pat and Victoria University for hosting me here today. Today I would like to outline the government’s new Tertiary Education Strategy. It will chart the direction for the tertiary sector over the next five years, a direction that will ensure we stay up with the world’s best, and deliver on the needs of our students in the 21st century. ...
Speech to NZ Post Primary Teachers’ Association Te Wehengarua Annual Conference
Nikki Kaye | Education
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, rau rangatira ma, tēnā koutou katoa. I’m delighted to be here with you today. I would like to acknowledge the kaumātua for their welcome. I would also like to acknowledge the PPTA executive including your president Angela Roberts. We are all here because we believe in improving the lives of young New Zealanders. Every day I meet so many people who are passionate about education and the ability of our education system to improve the lives of young New Zealanders. ...
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced a change in how schools can use their capital funding to support building bicycle or fitness tracks at schools. “We know that cycle tracks have numerous benefits, including helping to develop safe cycling habits and building up confidence and fitness,” Ms Kaye says. “I want to make it easy for schools that want to promote exercise to engage students in lifelong healthy habits that also help with their learning. ...
Teachers council overhaul a major assault on the profession
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Issues like class size, non-contact time to implement NCEA and beginning teacher time allowances are all examples of issues that have both industrial and professional elements. “It's time to stand up against these changes which seek to remove teacher ...
Industry Training Fed welcomes Tertiary Education Strategy
The Industry Training Federation welcomes the acknowledgement of vocational education and training in the government’s Tertiary Education Strategy, released today.Changes to University Councils No Surprise
Stephen Joyce took the opportunity this morning at Victoria University of Wellington where he released the draft Tertiary Education Strategy for 2014-2019 to also announce the much-rumoured proposals to alter the composition of university councils.University councils face massive changes
Newstalk ZBTertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has released a strategy for the sector for the next five years. It has six priorities around boosting achievement of Maori and Pasifika, getting at risk young people into a career and strengthening research. But ...
Documents reveal Min of Ed doubts over charter school goals
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“The Government is clearly planning to spend way more money per student on privately run charter schools than it is prepared to put into providing quality public education for all students. “Charter schools will be an expensive use of taxpayer money ...
Why teachers need to see life through Pasifika eyes
Massey News (press release)Jodie Hunter, a specialist in Pasifika education issues, says enabling teachers to understand life from Pasifika perspectives and incorporating this into lessons can dramatically improve achievement. She coordinates two new papers at Massey's Institute
School health centre hubs 'will help fight poverty'
Free healthcare for pupils and their families in low-decile secondary schools is being praised by a teachers' union as the answer to keeping communities above the poverty line.Hundreds of teachers chasing jobs
Hundreds of teachers are out of work as graduates fight for vacancies which can attract as many as 100 applications each.A new Ministry of Education report on teacher supply shows jobs remain hard to come by.Aucklander Rebecca...
NZEI supports properly funded early childhood education
Teachers and school support staff have overwhelmingly endorsed the call for the Government to properly fund the early childhood education sector. The call came at the NZEI Te Riu Roa Annual Meeting being held in Rotorua this week.9000 'too many places' in Chch schools
Auckland stuff.co.nzMany of Phillipstown School's pupils travel past another state school each day, and the Education Ministry always anticipated many parents would not choose the proposed ''merged'' Woolston school. Decile one school, Phillipstown, continues its fight ...
Prestigious fellowships for future science leaders
Rutherford Discovery Fellowships for top young researchers have been awarded to Dr Craig Radford and Dr Jonathan Sperry from the University of Auckland, and will bring Dr Suresh Muthukumaraswamy back to the university from the United Kingdom.Rally Today For A Debt-Free And Democratic University
Auckland University Students’ Association (AUSA) and Tertiary Education Union (TEU) are rallying today to send a strong message to government and the University of Auckland. The organisations, representing staff and students, condemn the continued underfunding ...Money literacy sparks students' interest
Stuff.co.nzLast year the school was gifted Mr Remmerswaal's book, The Tale of Tortoise Buffett, in partnership with Robobank and this year the students used them throughout Money Week. Teacher Maureen Agnew says the books were a great way to get the ball rolling ...
School on the farm
Auckland stuff.co.nzThe aim is to sign pupils up from year 9 and keep them focused throughout their college education and into the tertiary sector. The school already has its own ... It would also consider scholarships for students showing strong potential. Assistant vice ...
School going back to self-government
Auckland stuff.co.nzFour appointed trustees, put forward to the ministry by the reference group of community members who have worked closely with the school for the past year, two parent trustees, nominated by the community and a teacher and a student are to make up the ...
Massey will offer expertise in three of its core disciplines of Agriculture, Emergency Management and Indigenous Studies when its first open online courses go live next week.
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