Professional Development
Study Awards and Sabbaticals:
Study Awards/Sabbaticals
Ministry of Education funded Study Awards, Sabbaticals and Study Support Grants are now open for applications. Make the most of these wonderful professional development opportunities.
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Training Videos:
Courses:
Teacher Refresher Courses
The Teachers' Refresher Course Committee (TRCC) was set up education visionary Dr Clarence Beeby back in in 1946. The aim is to :
- Improve the quality of teaching and learning in New Zealand education.
- Provide quality professional development for all New Zealand educators.
- Deliver national courses ‘for teachers by teachers’.
- Take account of research, and model best practice in education, in course planning.
Teachers Refresher Course Committee (www.trcc.org.nz)
Nā te moa I takahi te rata
This course is for infant and toddler kaiako, teachers and caregivers who will be encouraged to embrace the treaty-based context of Aotearoa New Zealand and the early childhood curriculum document Te Whāriki.
6—9 July, 2010, Auckland.
 Nā te moa I takahi te rata (0.2mb pdf)
Charting Pacific Waters
Explore the significant ways that Pacific educators can make a difference to student achievement. Find out more about effective practices to engage students; what it means to be a professional Pacific educator; and explore pathways to management roles.
4–6 October 2010, Auckland.
Charting Pacific Waters (www.trcc.org.nz)
HETTANZ Conference 2010
This conference will cover:
- Activating competencies
- Emotional well-being and cognitive resilience
- Curriculum and teaching ideas
- Resiliency and adolescents
- Practical workshops and up-skilling
- Resourcing and networking
4-7 July 2010, Auckland.
HETTANZ Conference 2010 (www.trcc.org.nz)
Whaia te Ara Angitu o Te Reo Matatini
E ngā mana e ngā reo, e ngā kārangatanga maha, tēnā koutou katoa. Nau mai haere mai ki tēnei Hui Whakangungu kaiwhakaako i roto i te Mātauranga Reo. Rātau kua wehe atu ki tua o te ārai, whakangaro atu rā. Tātau kua whakarerea mai nei, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātau katoa. He wānanga tēnei mō ngā kaiwhakaako e hiahia ana ki te whakapakari i ō rātau mōhiotanga, mātauranga me ō rātau pūkenga whakaako e hāngai ana ki ēnei mea te Pānui, te Tuhituhi me te Kōrero, i roto i te reo Maori.
In this course you will have opportunities to hear one of NZ’s foremost experts in the field of Maori Medium Literacy, namely Cath Rau. You will also participate in Reading, Writing and Oral Language Workshops; engage with keynote speakers who are experts in their particular field; interact with current classroom practitioners; network and have fun.
12 to 16 July 2010, Rotorua.
Whaia te Ara Angitu o Te Reo Matatini (www.trcc.org.nz)
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Classroom Release Time / CRT
Classroom Release Time or CRT has been available to full time classroom teachers from Term 4 2005. It was negotiated as part of the NZEI Collective Agreement for teachers in 2004. Schools will be provided with staffing to cover the release time. Read more about CRT here.
BES (Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis) Programme
BES is a collaborative knowledge building strategy designed to strengthen the evidence base that informs education policy and practice in New Zealand. NZEI supports this Ministry of Education programme which is designed to be a catalyst for systemic improvement and sustainable development in education.
Education Counts BES Programme (www.educationcounts.govt.nz)
Guidelines on Physical Contact with Children
NZEI has released its new guidelines on physical contact with children, to assist its members who work as teachers and support staff in schools and early childhood education centres.
Physical Contact with Children (0.2mb pdf) |
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Unit Guidelines
Unit Guidelines Booklet
The New Zealand Curriculum
The New Zealand Curriculum 2007-2011 is the culmination of several years work with input from a wide range of education sector groups, and has the potential to change the face of education for the 21st century.
Connected Curriculum
(NZEI video)
MOE on the Curriculum
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