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Update on He Kākano
30 July 2010
In partnership, the University of Waikato and Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi have been contracted to provide He Kākano to 100 secondary schools across the country. Professor Russell Bishop is directing the programme and Paora Howe and Hine Waitere are the programme managers. The He Kākano team is undertaking school...
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Principals' sabbatical reports recently added
23 July 2010
Principals' sabbatical reports added to Educational Leaders in June and July 2010 look at: the range and effectiveness of career services offered to secondary students. (Rob Burrough, Linwood High School) transition programmes across Auckland for Year 6 students moving to intermediate school and for Year 8 students moving to secondary...
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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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Free legal literacy workshops for Auckland schools
21 July 2010
YouthLaw is a nationwide legal centre for under 25-year-olds.The centre is currently offering free legally-focused professional development workshops to Auckland principals and teachers across these areas: The right to an education and the rights of others. School discipline and Section 14. Searches, confiscations and freedom of expression. Relevant legislation in...
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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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Principals' sabbatical reports recently added
11 June 2010
Principals' sabbatical reports added to Educational Leaders in May 2010 look at: virtues education in action in Canadian schools. (Nevan Bridge, Nelson Park School) listening programmes currently in used in primary schools and ascertaining those that are effective in increasing listening skills. (Shirley Hardcastle, Devonport School) how a trans-disciplinary curriculum...
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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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Download the Secondary Update newsletter
28 May 2010
Secondary Update is a new quarterly newsletter just sent out to all secondary principals and subject associations. It contains "need to know" secondary information. The first newsletter contains details about: changed achievement standards changed literacy and numeracy requirements literacy and numeracy unit standards guides for designing New Zealand Curriculum-aligned senior...
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Report released on Teacher Professional Development Languages (TPDL)
24 May 2010
This recently released report aimed to inform the Ministry of Education about Teacher Professional Development Languages (TPDL). The purpose of TLPD was to build capacity in teachers of language working across years 7 to 10. This initiative had three components: opportunities for teachers to gain a language qualification, an opportunity...
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