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New curriculum implementation resource
01 September 2009
Check out The Connected Curriculum, a new implementation resource from NZEI. It has been sent to primary schools in print and DVD formats, and can also be downloaded from the NZEI website. It features: short videos of school principals discussing the New Zealand Curriculum short videos of Lester Flockton discussing...
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Leadership events in September
30 August 2009
Use this Leadership Events link to find information about what's happening in September. If you would like your leadership event considered for addition to this calendar, send the details to contact@educationalleaders.govt.nz.
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Ministry confirms software agreements
25 August 2009
The Ministry of Education has signed contracts to provide schools with computer operating systems, office suites, and anti-virus and web-filtering software for the next 3 years.Renaissance, Novell and Datacom will provide applications and support for Apple, Novell, Symantec, and Microsoft software to schools, while Telecom and Watchdog will provide web-filtering...
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New survey tool for leadership practice
24 August 2009
As part of the Professional Leadership Plan (PLP), a new survey tool is being developed that will provide principals with a 'snapshot' of where their school sits, across a range of leadership dimensions. Currently undergoing a small-scale trial, the tool has been developed by Professor Viviane Robinson (University of Auckland)...
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Principals' sabbatical reports added in August
06 August 2009
Principals' sabbatical reports added to Educational Leaders in August look at: establishing an effective model of leadership development within a school setting through a combination of reviewing current school practice, literature research, and school visits (Peter Gall, Papatoetoe High School) international trends in technology that will assist technological practices and...
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NZCER student engagement conference in September
30 July 2009
Improving learning involves engaging the minds, hearts, and imaginations of young people. It means building on what they already know, believe, care about, and hope for in the future, so that they become active and committed life-long learners. This mix of behaviour, emotion, and cognition is known as student engagement.A...
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Leadership events in August
27 July 2009
Use this link in the Leadership development area of Educational Leaders to find information about leadership events in August. If you would like your leadership event considered for addition to this calendar, send the details to contact@educationalleaders.govt.nz.
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Feedback on National Standards consultation
23 July 2009
Consultation on the Literacy and Numeracy National Standards in English-medium settings for students in years 1 to 8 finished on 3 July 2009. More than 4500 parents, whānau, teachers, principals, and trustees took part and in excess of 2000 submissions were received. The final report is still under development, but...
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Education and the law: A new area of this website
14 July 2009
This extensive new area of the Educational Leaders website gives comprehensive coverage of New Zealand law as it applies to education, using case studies of actual school situations. Visit Education and the law.
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Principals' sabbatical reports added in July
10 July 2009
Principals' sabbatical reports added to Educational Leaders in July look at: liaising with other schools in the Creating a Magnificent School programme and reporting on the impact their involvement has had on the culture of those schools (Derek Friend, Mountainview High School) emotional intelligence and academic achievement (Grant Manley, Royal...
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