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Open to all staff and employees in education. If you have a staff band we would love you to enter.
Strictly no students. Invite your whole staff for a great night out – this one's for us.
When: 7.30pm, Saturday 23 September.
Where: Galatos Night Club, 17 Galatos St, Auckland.
For competition rules and to register your band visit http://facultyrocks.nz
Here at REACH it knocks three times! Choose from mid-year or start-of-the-year enrolment in our highly regarded online course for teachers, or opt into our comprehensive PLD package for your school or CoL (eligible for Ministry funding). Our MoE accredited facilitators have indepth research knowledge, years of hands-on experience in supporting teachers and offer exceptional individual guidance.
Want to know more?
Check the teachers’ page on www.giftedreach.org.nz
Email: reacheducation@xtra.co.nz
Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is New Zealand's largest and most experienced volunteering agency working in international development. Our Kiwi volunteers share their skills with people in the wider Pacific to help them build a better future.
On return, the volunteers are happy to talk to schools, community and professional groups. If you would like your students to hear their powerful and well-presented stories please contact Madeline McNamara mmcnamara@vsa.org.nz .
Professor Guy Claxton, the expert on Building Learning Power returns to NZ October visiting Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland whereby presenting a full day workshop in each location focused on 'Designing the Learning Power Classroom' where you will learn how to switch on the learning power within your class for everyone.
Contact Suzie info@learningnetwork.ac.nz.
Students interested in exploring careers in music or tourism will enjoy our two new Career View issues in these areas. The Music Career View introduces students to the ever-growing range of possibilities in music and related fields as the communication, confidence, creativity and innovation of music graduates give them an edge.
The Tourism Career View explores this dynamic growth area, where there is a demand for research, leadership, management and marketing as the tourism sector grows and becomes more complex. www.victoria.ac.nz/st_services/careers/resources/career_publications/index
Help for the Tough Times is a pocket guide to four New Zealand websites for teens coping with mental health issues. The guide was co-developed by teens for teens. Resource packs were distributed to secondary schools late March.
Secondary school guidance counsellors and pastoral care staff can order additional copies of the teen pocket guide; email toughtimes@hpa.org.nz stating the number of teen guides required, and the school’s courier address.
The second book from Education Futures 21C is now available by sending an email to educationfutures21c@gmail.com.
'Theory and practice of Engagement, Learning and Assessment aligned to the NZ Curriculum'.
Smokefree at School is a new sub-section in the Smokefree Environments section of www.smokefree.org.nz . The site contains information, tools, and resources to support schools to embrace the smokefree kaupapa.
The Staying Smokefree teachers’ guide contains background information and suggested learning activities, audio stories, story cards, and new, colour interactive PDF student activities to engage Y7–8 students through a range of curriculum areas.
See our website www.smokefreeschools.org.nz
The recently published book, ‘In Pursuit of Success – Overcoming Underachievement’ by Dr Leonard Restall, a teacher with 40 years of experience, contains a comprehensive study of causes of underachievement together with explicit principles and strategies to prevent, reduce and overcome this problem affecting all schools, and improve achievement. This book is based upon my educational research, and many years of teaching and is a useful book for teachers, students, and parents and would be a good starter for 2017.
More details can be obtained from the author: email restall@xtra.co.nz
