News tagged with "Systems and Policy"
New process for submitting school charters
04 February 2011
There is a new process for sending your school charter to the Ministry of Education. From now on, please email your charter to your local Ministry of Education office using the appropriate email address below:. Charters.whangarei@minedu.govt.nz Charters.auckland@minedu.govt.nz Charters.hamilton@minedu.govt.nz Charters.rotorua@minedu.govt.nz Charters.napier@minedu.govt.nz Charters.lowerhutt@minedu.govt.nz Charters.whanganui@minedu.govt.nz Charters.nelson@minedu.govt.nz Charters.christchurch@minedu.govt.nz Charters.dunedin@minedu.govt.nz Charters.invercargill@minedu.govt.nz Visit this website...
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Missed our e-newsletter?
17 February 2011
We send out an e-newsletter every couple of months to keep you up-to-date with what's new on Educational Leaders and give you other pieces of leadership information that might support you in your leadership role. Our latest e-newsletter went out on February 17th.If you've missed this, or any other e-newsletter,...
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New framework for cybersafety
29 October 2010
Preparing young people for the new opportunities and challenges of ultra-fast broadband requires a new framework for cybersafety. Launched by NetSafe and the Ministry of Education the new Learn, Guide, Protect approach provides schools with resources to build student-centered cybersafety programmes that fit your own school context.Visit the Learn, Guide,...
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Fibre drop funding for schools
28 October 2010
On October 28, 2010 the Ministers of Education and Information and Communications Technology announced the Government’s decision to wholly fund fibre drops (the fibre that connects your school to the fibre in the street) for state and state-integrated schools under the Ultra-fast Broadband and Rural Broadband Initiatives taking place over...
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Did you miss the ultra-fast broadband in schools seminars?
24 September 2010
In August and September 2010, the Ministry of Education held 22 seminars around New Zealand to update school leaders on the planned rollout of ultra-fast broadband. If you missed these Learning Without Limits seminars videos of the presentation and supporting materials are now available from this page. Go to Learning...
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Important information about redesigned professional development
06 September 2010
The Ministry is strengthening its Professional Learning and Development (PLD) to provide consistent and high quality professional development for teachers and school leaders across the country.PLD will focus on improving outcomes for students through effective professional learning, specifically: accelerating the learning of students who are traditionally underserved building school capacity...
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Reminder about concurrence
22 July 2010
Concurrence refers to the process of agreement to pay additional remuneration to employees for duties performed beyond their normal responsibilities.Under the State Sector Act 1988 the State Services Commissioner has delegated the authority to the Secretary for Education to agree (grant “concurrence”) to a board of trustees paying an employee...
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News about ultra-fast broadband seminars for schools
09 July 2010
The Ministry of Education is holding Learning without Limits seminars in August and September 2010 to update schools on ultra-fast broadband. Seminars include: an update on progress with the Government’s fibre rollout latest developments on relevant initiatives such as the School Network Upgrade Project, the National Education Network trial extension,...
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Online survey for principals about attendance
22 June 2010
Principals are being invited to take part in a survey about schools’ attendance management strategies. Feedback is particularly invited from principals in schools that do not use, or rarely use, District Truancy Services. A link to the survey will be emailed to all principals soon.The results of the survey will...
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New governance resource available
03 June 2010
Principals might like to alert their new boards to this recently released resource about effective governance. Effective Governance - working in partnership has been developed to help school boards of trustees understand their governance role and responsibilities. You can download a copy of the resource from this link. Go to...
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