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Symposium on Assessment and Learner Outcomes 2011
8/2/2011
A Symposium on Assessment and Learner Outcomes will be held at Rutherford House in central Wellington from 1-3 September 2011.
This international, evidence-based conference on assessment is co-sponsored by Victoria University, the University of Auckland, the New Zealand Ministry of Education, and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
The symposium will highlight research, policy development, challenges, and evidence-based practice in the assessment of learner outcomes.
Information on the website includes an overview of conference plans, information about keynote speakers, and making submissions for presentations. The deadline for proposals is 1 March 2011.
Software for Learning wiki
4/2/2011
Explore resources and support material in this wiki to help build your knowledge and understanding of effective use of software for learning.
Find out how teachers are using software to engage students in learning activities by going to e-Stories, and Teacher & Student Voice, and find out how you can share your own Snapshots of learning.
Content within the wiki changes regularly in response to teachers' needs and contributions.
You can receive an email update when new content appears on this wiki by going to notify me, and take part in discussions by joining the wiki.
NZ Transport Agency: Stay safe resources
4/2/2011
Take a look at these New Zealand Transport Agency resources, and related links that you can use to help promote road safety.
You can share them with parents and students and use them in the classroom.
There are information sheets for parents and students, printed resources on a variety of road and rail safety topics, videos, and links to other safety education resources.
Science Online: New and updated material
3/2/2011
See Science Online's new section on science teaching strategies, a selection of professional development readings about the learning and teaching of science.
Includes using models, investigation, and enquiry, and a discussion about the ‘school science - working science’ continuum.
Take a look also at the reviewed and updated support material for the Building Science Concepts, with links to Assessment Resources, and the Nature of Science teaching activities that provide examples for how other activities might be adapted to meet the aims of the Nature of Science strand.
Accessing PLD for 2011
1/2/2011
The Ministry is strengthening its Professional Learning and Development (PLD) to provide consistent and high quality professional development for teachers and school leaders across the country.
You can find out how to access PLD for 2011 from this page. This information has been updated
Censorship in New Zealand: Information for students
28/1/2011
Find out about this new website for students from the Office of Film & Literature Classification, designed to help NCEA Media Studies students with their assignments on censorship.
The Censor's Log has censorship related news from New Zealand and around the world to stimulate debate.
Case Studies explore interesting classification decisions or highlight different aspects of the censorship system, and new research in 2010 looks at how young people use entertainment mediums.
There's also a timeline of key moments in New Zealand censorship history, FAQs about the censorship system and links to many other resources for teachers and students.
Techlink: Teaching Snapshots
27/1/2011
Take a look at Techlink's Teaching Snapshots where teachers share ideas they have used successfully in their classroom practice.
These may be strategies for delivering the Technology curriculum, activities that have engaged student interest, resources used in the classroom, interaction with the wider community, or promotion of technology education subject areas.
See Junior, Years 1-6, Middle, years 7-10, Senior, year 11 and Senior, years 12-13.
NZCER 2010 Primary & Intermediate National Survey
26/1/2011
A snapshot of overall patterns and findings related to National Standards.
Find out the results of a survey conducted in July 2010, in a random sample of 350 schools. It includes the views of principals, teachers, boards of trustees, and parents on a range of issues. The report provides a snapshot of the overall patterns, and findings from questions about the implementation of National Standards.
This is a revised version of the report that was first issued in October 2011.
ERO: Working with the National Standards
26/1/2011
Interim Findings Term 3, 2010
Read about the implementation of the National Standards in 80 schools reviewed by ERO (Education Review Office) in Term 3, 2010.
As part of the review process, ERO asked specific questions about each school's use of National Standards, its preparedness for these, and how well school leaders, teachers, and trustees understood the National Standards.
This is an interim report. Findings from Term 3 and 4 will be aggregated and published as a national evaluation report in early 2011.
New English Online units
25/1/2011
New and revised teaching and learning sequences and units provide models that can help teachers in their planning to support learners and meet the requirements of the New Zealand Curriculum.
Some units include curriculum objectives for other learning areas as well as English.
Earth under pressure and Sound, are examples of a units of that include learning outcomes for science as well as literacy.