Wednesday 25 February 2015

25-26 February 2015


School-whānau relationships report released 

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed a report by the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) into relationships between schools and Māori whānau. The Education for Māori: Relationships between schools and Māori whānau report released today says that good relationships between whānau and schools can have an important influence on Māori student achievement. ...

Kōhanga consultation plan pleasing

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata says she is pleased that Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board will begin consulting with kōhanga whānau next month about a new governance structure. Ms Parata and Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell met the board last night to discuss its progress reviewing and transforming its governance structure. ...

Nominations open for new education profession body

Hekia Parata | EducationEducation Minister Hekia Parata today announced that nominations are now open for the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (EDUCANZ). EDUCANZ is the new independent professional body that will replace the New Zealand Teachers Council later this year. “EDUCANZ is a quantum step for the New Zealand education profession. It will act in the interests of teachers, principals and educators across the education system from early childhood through to senior secondary,” says Ms Parata. ...

Report says schools' relationships with whānau are important

Māori Television
A report on the relationships between schools and Māori families by the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) has been praised by Education Minister Hekia Parata. The Education for Māori: Relationships between schools and Māori whānau report released ...

Support Needed for Maori Education Relationships

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“The Auditor-General's report on Māori education released yesterday confirms that Boards of Trustees need more support from the Ministry to build relationships between schools and whanau,” says New Zealand First Spokesperson for Māori Affairs Pita ...

Northland charter school shouldn't have opened – Labour

3News NZ
... failures in performance that have seen declining numbers of kids enrolled, sporadic school attendance and the knock-on effect on educational performance," she said. Whangaruru was one of the first five charter schools to open at the beginning of ...

Education Ministry guillotine hangs over troubled Northland charter school

A troubled charter school is under pressure to sack its leadership team or face closure.The Ministry of Education has signalled Northland's Te Pumanawa o te Wairua School could be terminated as early as May if "appropriate and experienced"...

ERO lacks confidence in charter school

Northern Advocate
Located on a 81ha farm about 65km north of Whangarei, it was set up as a secondary school particularly targeting Maori students on the margins of mainstream education. On Friday Minister of Education Hekia Parata issued the kura with 28 days to address ...

Poor leadership at Northland charter school, ERO says

Stuff.co.nz
Today the ministry published the Education Review Office readiness review for Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru, which was held back when the reports for other charter schools were released late last year. Its release comes only days after Education ...

Charter school's managers in firing line

A charter school under threat of closure has indicated the school leaders may be sacked after public warnings from the education ministry.Trustees at troubled Te Pumanawa O Te Wairua school, in Whangaruru, told the Herald there...

Charter school victims deserve Minister's personal help

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“These kids were used and abused by the Education Minister who needed a range ofschools for the first round of her charters experiment,” Green Party education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said. “That charter school experiment is failing and the ...

How ICT links families and early education

Educators NZ
The development of information and communication technology (ICT) has expanded the opportunities for families and those in early education to share information and encourages greater engagement, says the Ministry of Education. The Ministry says ...

What higher education will look like in 2020

Educators NZ
The BYOD trend is gaining popularity in New Zealand and across Asia Pacific, and the region will continue to witness strong growth driven by burgeoning consumer demand for smartphone and tablet. Mobile devices utilised under the BYOD model accounted ...

Digital guidelines for schools target cyber bullies

New digital guidelines for schools allow teachers to crack down on students with harmful content on their mobile devices.

Northern solidarity as negotiations imminent

Staff at tertiary institutions in the top half of the North Island are uniting today to support each other in their employment negotiations this year. Union members from institutes including the University of Auckland, Manukau Institute of Technology, NorthTec, AUT, AIS, Unitec, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Awanuiārangi, Waiariki, and Wintec all plan to support each …

School kids taught 'God created everything'

Stuff.co.nz
The provider "believes strongly in informed-consent" and gave brochures to parents and schools summarising the curriculum being taught, he said. Ministry acting deputy secretary of student achievement Lesley Hoskin said state schools were self ...

Harold the Giraffe embraces the digital age

Educators NZ
Harold the Giraffe has a newly outfitted mobile classroom that is designed to utilise modern technology. Life Education, the non-profit organisation behind Harold the Giraffe, teaches health to 245,000 primary and intermediate school children every year.

Students get bootcamp treatment

Stuff.co.nz
At Fairfield College, about 60 students from Year 10-13 are involved in the academy. They'll be under the tutelage of Papa Wharewera - who has played Super Rugby for the Manawatu Turbos and served in the NZ Army. He'll lead Year 10 students in a ...

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