Teachers’ Desk
Teacher’s Desk uncovers valuable resources, strategies, and expert advice to help you excel in your profession.
Unlock your potential as an educator and embark on a journey of self-reflection and development. Explore the Teacher’s Desk and discover the limitless possibilities for growth and success in your teaching career.
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Nov- 2023 -6 November
Demonstrating lifelong learning: PLD opportunities in 2024
Regular PLD is essential for all school staff to keep their skills up to date, and ensure they are implementing…
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Aug- 2023 -21 August
Prioritising student and educator wellbeing
We explore the link between student and educator wellbeing, and suggest strategies to make wellbeing a whole of school priority.
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Nov- 2022 -15 November
Investigate postgrad pathways for school staff
Distinct from professional learning development opportunities that focus on gaining specific skills, formal postgraduate study focuses on gaining new qualifications.…
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1 November
Is your school de-streaming yet?
Overturning the streaming system across Aotearoa will be a mammoth effort requiring a cultural shift as the practice has been…
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Oct- 2022 -25 October
Stress Busting Tips for Surviving the Silly Season
On top of an action-packed school and social calendar, colleagues, parents, and students are exhausted and irritable, turning what is…
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Sep- 2022 -19 September
What happens when your classmates keep leaving? The impact of school transience on pupils ‘left behind’
Non-transient children attending highly transient schools struggle to forge healthy social relationships, feel connected to their peers or schools, behave…
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13 September
CASE STUDY: Valued HPE curriculum results in school-wide engagement with physical activity
When students at Papakura’s Edmund Hilary School went into lockdown again in August 2021, take-home play packs and gutter boards…
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Aug- 2022 -22 August
Keep well, schools and kura
Continued professional development and community buy-in is essential; especially if schools want to provide equitable access to services, foster pandemic…
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9 August
Cultural competency essential for supporting the resilience and wellbeing of Pasifika Youth
Teachers are not solely responsible for improving outcomes, but it is important for schools to develop culturally competent teaching practices…
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1 August
Rarer than relief teachers: support staff drought
Mainstream media has described relief teachers as unicorns but have failed to mention the much more elusive – in fact…
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Jun- 2022 -28 June
Op-Ed: Where digital technology meets the traditional classroom
Tips to empower educators with hybrid learning models and a rich understanding of digital technologies to create tomorrow's inventors who…
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May- 2022 -24 May
Insights from the staffroom: Be the light in the dark
"Teachers being encouraged to look at their colleagues for inspiration; teachers being each other's role models - the excitement was…
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Mar- 2022 -7 March
Voting initiative for Years 7 -10 launched ahead of local elections
A new Youth Voting Initiative aims to replicate, in classrooms, the local authority elections taking place across the motu this…
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Feb- 2022 -22 February
Secondary teachers set to decide new collective agreement
"COVID-19 has resulted in huge changes to how teachers work," says PPTA President Melanie Webber ahead of paid teachers' union…
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15 February
Hybrid learning – free webinars
The Te Ako ā-Mangarau series aims to help you prepare for this type of teaching, and to develop a resilience…
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Nov- 2021 -22 November
Beam a Kiwi author into your classroom
Perhaps having an exciting Kiwi author / illustrator beaming into your classroom via livestream for a chat could be one…
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22 November
Major improvements to education data for iwi
A new dashboard features the ability to see patterns and trends for learners, making the data more effective at forecasting…
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16 November
Tools for Literacy
Waiting for a student to fail and then trying to ‘fix’ them is an approach with such negative consequences for…
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15 November
Next-gen growers sought for HortNZ scholarships
Undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship applicants sought to fund careers in 'growing' industry.
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8 November
Lots of schools are moving to ‘hot desking’. Is there any benefit for my child?
Do flexible learning spaces improve students’ ability to work together, as well as their learning overall?
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Aug- 2021 -17 August
New mental health resources launched following teacher survey
We Bounce Back was unveiled this week as the latest campaign from The Voices of Hope mental health charity, led…
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Jun- 2021 -29 June
Calling all ‘Creatives in Schools’!
More creative input in classrooms is incoming as applications open for the third round of the Creatives in Schools programme.
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28 June
‘You’re the best!’
We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence.
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8 June
Empowering teachers, expanding knowledge
Supplying teaching staff with access to quality professional learning development is a responsibility schools can ill afford to renege on.
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May- 2021 -4 May
Schools urged to back Bullying-Free NZ Week
This year, Bullying-Free NZ Week (BFNZ Week) will run from Monday 17 to Friday 21 May and schools are urged…
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