Industry Voices
- Feb- 2020 -25 February
MoE reveals planned changes for next 5 years
"More than 50 subject expert groups may be convened, involving more than 400 senior secondary teachers and representatives from the…
Read More » - 18 February
Creative toolbox helps teachers and children after Australian bush fires
The Banksia Initiative met in Sydney, with a practical arts-based workshop on the second day for around 50 teachers. A webinar for…
Read More » - 10 February
Growing future Māori leaders the focus of new programme
“Students will realise an in-depth level of mātauranga Māori, a high level of te reo Māori and strong leadership skills.…
Read More » - 10 February
Secondary students can now compete for prestigious literary mentorship
Applications have opened for four New Zealand teenagers to be mentored by a professional writer in order to develop their…
Read More » - 4 February
Teaching kids how to make guitars can get them hooked on engineering
When kids make guitars, they learn the math and science, but also the importance of mechanical precision, the design process…
Read More » - 3 February
Vocational education to take centre stage in schools
343 schools will receive $3000 each to run trades-based events for their students.
Read More » - 3 February
Are maintenance costs jeopardising school swimming lessons?
Public schools are not building new pools and many of those already in existence may be decades old and need…
Read More » - Jan- 2020 -28 January
New youth vaping study splits opinion
While there's no 'epidemic' in NZ, Māori health advocates remain concerned and have called for government action.
Read More » - 21 January
Education workforce: What does NZ need?
What about the valuable pool of older, talented teachers who could be encouraged to return but have been put off…
Read More » - Dec- 2019 -10 December
Teacher aides welcome pay equity negotiations
"These negotiations will give us the opportunity to build on the offer last week of a Living Wage as the…
Read More » - Nov- 2019 -26 November
Voices from the Pacific – Lost in translation
What role as educators do we have in acknowledging the culture of our learners?
Read More » - 26 November
Cutting edge technology preps for life
Amid a huge technological shakeup, NZ schools are responding to the world’s rapidly changing workforce landscape.
Read More » - 26 November
Case study: Acoustic treatments for Westmount School MLE
Westmount School refurbished its Kaipara campus to include a new learning centre designed around modern learning and flexible learning spaces.
Read More » - 12 November
Case study: Cutting technology at Auroa School
“Our DPE program is based around the concept of reverse engineering, where we provide students with a variety of projects…
Read More » - 12 November
Future-proofing new leaders: overseas tour magic
To explore what tours are now possible and uncover how far ahead schools should plan, we interviewed two...
Read More » - 12 November
One teacher at a time – overcoming a crisis in STEM
Year 8 teacher Tina McKenzie has taught 12-year olds how to extract DNA from a tomato and how craft can…
Read More » - 12 November
School support staff to demand fair pay in week of action
Ally Kemplen, an Auckland teacher aide on the NZEI Te Riu Roa pay equity negotiation team, said the mood amongst…
Read More » - 4 November
Free literacy programme brings blogging to schools
Blogging at least twice a week has completely eliminated the summer literacy slump for the children who took part in…
Read More » - 4 November
More work needed on workload to fix teacher shortage
There is still likely to be a shortfall of 1,020 teachers in 2020
Read More » - Oct- 2019 -29 October
The perks of outsourcing school accounting
Worrying about the finances can keep principals and school leaders from investing in the passions of their learners and learning…
Read More » - 22 October
School support staff begin union meetings over pay equity and collective agreements
90% of teacher aides earn less than the Living Wage of $21.15 an hour and have very insecure employment, sometimes…
Read More » - 8 October
Lessons from uLearn ahead of 2020
We are at the conference to report back on key takeaways!
Read More » - Sep- 2019 -24 September
School deciles gone in two years, says Education Minister
Bold words from Chris Hipkins this week that accompany a huge school funding shake-up!
Read More » - 24 September
Teacher aides deserve higher earnings, unions pressure gov
"Teacher aides are highly skilled and have significant responsibilities for students' learning and often their physical care and safety as…
Read More » - 17 September
Make the switch to water (and plain milk) only
Schools that have moved to being water and plain milk only have seen that it benefits behaviour and achievement as…
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