Notices

Vanuatu Sponsored Teachers Famil 2020

Listed by: Edventuretours Travel

Come and visit Vanuatu in 2020!

We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific . We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.

Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz

Samoa Sponsored Teachers Famil 2020

Listed by: Edventuretours Travel

Talofa – Come and visit Samoa in 2020!

We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific. We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.

Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz

Tonga Sponsored Teachers Famil 2020

Listed by: Edventuretours Travel

We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific – Tonga and perhaps Vavau. We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.

Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz

Expressions of Interest to Join Review of Achievement Standards Expert Groups

Listed by: Review of Achievement Standards

The Ministry of Education is about to begin the review of all achievement standards and assessment resources. 

We need people to join subject expert groups for all existing New Zealand Curriculum subjects, and are seeking expressions of interest. These groups will first work with the Ministry to consider how the subject fits within NCEA Level 1, and then how the subject might be assessed through achievement standards for Levels 1–3. 

Go to: conversation.education.govt.nz/conversations/ncea-review/review-of-achievement-standards for details and how to apply.

Kiwi Kapers Concert with Dust Palace Circus Group

Listed by: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

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Auckland

23 October 2019 – 23 October 2019

China Experience for Science and Technology Teachers

Listed by: Asia New Zealand Foundation

Asia New Zealand Foundation is offering up to 12 places to science and digital technology teachers from New Zealand to take part in a professional development opportunity in China, between 21 March to 28 March 2020.

The purpose of the trip is to provide teachers with first-hand experience of the rapidly growing science and digital technology industry in China as well as the economy, history, culture, and customs. 

Applicants must be NZ citizens and NZ registered primary teachers with a STEM focus or secondary teachers of science, digital technologies or robotics. 

Applications close 6 November.

More information: www.asianz.org.nz/education.

 

Principals' Delegation to China 2020

Listed by: Confucius Institute at Victoria University

The Confucius Institute at Victoria University is calling for applications to join their Principals’ tours to China. Targeted for schools currently offering, or considering offering, Chinese as part of their curriculum, this is an opportunity for principals to experience Chinese culture, schools and contemporary Chinese society first-hand.

All expenses in China, including domestic travel, food and accommodation, are covered. Airfares, visa, travel insurance and personal expenses will be the responsibility of the individual.

For principals from the Bay of Plenty south to Wellington

Tour date: 4–18 April 2020 (TBC).
Application deadline: 1 November.

For more information contact: yezhu.zhao@vuw.ac.nz

New Zealand (nationwide)

04 April 2020 – 18 April 2020

Free Online Advocate Training for High School Students

Listed by: Sticks 'n Stones

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The Sticks ‘n Stones Online Advocates programme empowers young people from high schools and colleges around the country who are empowered & supported to create positive social change.

It is an augmented training approach powered by Facebook and Instagram combining full-day in-person Activator workshops with ongoing support through Power Up modules delivered in our online platform; monthly webinars and a collaborative space.

This is provided at no cost to 40 schools in 2019 and is a fantastic opportunity to develop leadership skills for your compassionate and empathetic students.

Visit www.sticksnstones.co.nz/courses/fb to check out our info pack and sign up.

Otago

24 September 2019 – 24 September 2019

Southland

26 September 2019 – 26 September 2019

Waikato

17 October 2019 – 17 October 2019

Auckland

18 October 2019 – 18 September 2019

Auckland

22 October 2019 – 22 October 2019