News in July 2009

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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Tags: Curriculum

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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Tags: Systems and Policy

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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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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Leadership events in July

08 July 2009

Visit this link in the Leadership development area of Educational Leaders to find information about leadership events in July. If you would like your leadership event considered for addition to this calendar, send the details to leadership@tki.org.nz.

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