SSM award recipients 2019

  1. Abraham-Harris, Robyn

    Opotiki College

    Investigate Māori boys engagement and wellbeing, through professional reading and visits to schools.

    Download: Full report (PDF 69 kB)

  2. Burnett, Nicola

    Baradene College

    Research the introduction and implementation of a community of inquiry programme which is integrated into all curriculum areas.

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  3. Cleary, Alison

    Rangiora High School

    Research innovative curriculum models in four or five schools to develop an innovative model of curriculum redesign and assessment for our year 12 and 13 learners.

  4. Dobric, Karen

    Papatoetoe High School

    Visit schools and organisations to look at different ways of managing the curriculum to ensure good secondary to tertiary or work transitions, and identify what contributes to making them successful.

    Download: Full report (PDF 332 kB)

  5. Forsyth, Bryan

    Buller High School

    Research whānau engagement, specifically how to enhance this in the 21st century using the range of technologies now available, by visiting schools that have high parent and whānau engagement and involvement, and attending two conferences.

  6. Frank, Erika

    Ormiston Senior College

    The challenges of overseas-trained teachers and their understandings of te ao Māori.

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  7. Grant, Sarah

    Gisborne Girls' High School

    Investigate the effectiveness and sustainability of positive education programmes to improve the wellbeing of ākonga in secondary school contexts and kāhui ako in our Resource Teacher Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) Potaka ki Mohaka: Ngati Porou East Coast - Gisborne - Wairoa cluster.

    Download: Full report (PDF 4 MB)

  8. Larkin, Nick

    Hutt Valley High School

    Investigate strategies and pedagogical approaches to prepare the diverse learners in our Supported Learning Centre to transition from high school to the workforce or another learning pathway.

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  9. Mohi-Maxwell , Hayley

    Rotorua Girls High

    A leadership focused project that examines the contextual shifts required to craft future leaders in a modern school environment and the possible range of strategies that arise from women who are the change agents in a single sex learning environment.

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  10. Stewart, Margaret

    Freyberg High School

    Complete the final 10 weeks of a te reo Māori course and the first 10 weeks of a Te Wānanga o Raukawa course. Walk alongside Māori RTLB staff as they support students and their kaiako in the kura and wharekura.