Support Staff

• Links with the Support Staff Workforce Strategy Report findings
• The role of Kaiarahi i te reo in promoting Te Reo Māori
• The links between Te Ara Kokiri and support staff supporting student learning
• The professional relationship between teachers and support staff and the wider community
• Support staff contribution to student participation, engagement and  achievement
• Attending a professional conference in New Zealand or overseas, eg WIPC World Indigenous Conference
• Completing a research project
• Investigation of student literature or reading through the use of library
• The role of support staff in a diverse cultural context
• Analysis of the evolving role of administrative staff in schools
• The provision of health professional support in the education sector
• Analysis of international best practice and employment of support staff in schools
• Completing a qualification
• Evidence based practice for support staff with links to the workforce strategy
• Research roles and/or professional development for teacher aides and administration staff
• Research systems that are unique to schools i.e. enrol and or pay systems.

Early Childhood Education Teachers

• Supports the ECE Campaign Goals
• Leadership: building capacity; exemplars of leadership models; communities of learning/learners, the changing face of leadership
• Value of public provision of services
• Infants and toddlers, issues regarding qualified teachers and best practice
• Addressing Māori and Pasifika teacher supply
• Human rights in an early childhood education context
• ‘Real’ cost of ECE funding cuts and the impact on practice
• The links between the New Zealand Curriculum key competencies and Te Whāriki
• Whānau/Family - Centre relationships
• Using books for discussions about diverse families
• Looking at a specific learning disposition, examples and analysis within a centre
• Carrying out an action based research project
• Attending a professional conference in New Zealand or overseas
• Completing a qualification with a research component.