News tagged with "Systems and policy"
We've refreshed Educational Leaders!
27 May 2011
You will see that the home page of Educational Leaders is looking a bit different! The website is now two years old so we wanted to refresh its look and add in some new features and functions. We hope these improvements will make the site even more useful for you....
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Missed our May e-newsletter?
17 May 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 May 17th.If you've missed this, or any other e-newsletter, click...
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New school support staff resources
10 May 2011
Support staff make up almost a third of New Zealand’s schooling workforce. They include teacher aides, librarians, ICT managers and staff, administrative staff, and student and whānau support workers. This new page on Educational Leaders contains the report School Support Staff: Collectively Making Resources Count commissioned by the Support Staff...
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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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