News tagged with "Curriculum"
National Standards: leadership links
03 February 2010
This page on Educational Leaders brings together links to information and tools that will support school leaders in the important task of implementing National Standards in 2010. Go to leadership links page
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Find out about a funded programme to support your language teachers
02 December 2009
The Teacher Professional Development Languages (TPDL) Years 7-10 programme supports teachers to acquire the skills they need to be effective language teachers. Language study is one component of this Ministry of Education-funded programme for secondary and pre-secondary teachers.As well as language study, teachers complete a graduate level university paper in...
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National standards released
23 October 2009
National Standards come into effect in 2010 for English-medium schools with students in Years 1 to 8. The standards set clear expectations that students need to meet in reading, writing and mathematics in the first eight years at school. The English-medium National Standards packs are being distributed to schools from...
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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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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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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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New Key Competencies website
09 July 2009
This new Ministry of Education website is designed to support principals, curriculum leaders, and teachers in introducing the key competencies as part of the New Zealand Curriculum. Visit the Key Competencies website.
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Consultation on EOTC Guidelines
03 July 2009
Consultation on the draft EOTC Guidelines – Bringing the Curriculum Alive takes place until 29 July 2009. Find out more.
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PPTA curriculum support days
06 May 2009
The PPTA is leading a series of curriculum support days from May until August 2009. Its website features important information about the days, and a map of the schedule and meeting places.The intent of the curriculum support days, and the resources developed from them, is to assist principals and teachers...
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Online curriculum support for secondary middle leaders
27 April 2009
This area of New Zealand Curriculum online contains resources, stories, and ideas to support secondary department heads in implementing the New Zealand Curriculum.
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