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Minister welcomes Ministry-NZEI agreement 

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed an agreement between the Ministry of Education and NZEI to jointly work on ways to help raise educational outcomes. Ms Parata says there will be focus on communities of learning, greater collaboration, improved transition through the education system for children, and better career pathways for early childhood and primary teachers. “I have consistently said the door remained open to NZEI after it withdrew from the work around our $359 million Investing in Educational Success initiative. ...

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The president of NZEI, Judith Nowotarksi

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Minister welcomes Ministry-NZEI agreement

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“What we're doing with IES is making sure all kids have their very best shot at success by improving the quality of teaching and leadership across all classrooms and having schools work together on shared goals. “I'm delighted we've had such strong ...

Compromise reached on $359m education programme

Stuff.co.nz
The $359 million dollar Investing in Educational Success policy, aimed at improving student achievement by fostering collaboration between schools and getting top teachers to coach others, was rejected by teachers' union New Zealand Educational ...

Back-down on expert teacher plan welcomed

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“It's particularly good to see the definition of educational success has been widened beyond narrow national standards targets to embrace the whole curriculum. A more comprehensive approach based on evidence and research is now going to be possible.

Research in using apps in primary school mathematics

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The outline will then support teacher professional learning and development in mathematics pedagogy. The main outcome aims at identifying the best practice which then can be introduced to schools and teachers initially in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato ...

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Massey News (press release)
This year the Ministry of Education allocated $1.5m to enable her to continue refining the model, evaluate its success and to provide professional development to 140 more teachers in 16 South Auckland schools. Her aim is to see teachers in low decile ...

Mentoring programme helps boost Hato Petera students

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Ray, of Māori heritage, is studying towards becoming a podiatrist at AUT University and, as an ex-boarding student, he understands the demands students face today. “My job is to help them build a positive outlook on education and create a focussed and ...

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
4> Schools are effectively sowing the seeds with Enviro and Sustainable School programmes, Life Educational programmes, Garden programmes and Health programmes, thus providing the right environment for every child in NZ to learn and participate in a ...

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