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Building School and Teacher Capability |
| The National Certificate of Educational Achievement |
Strategic planning for the delivery of NCEA professional development in 2002 and 2003 is underway, in consultation with the New Zealand Post-Primary Teachers' Association and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. This will be regionally organised, but will follow national guidelines and targets, and will be primarily directed at NCEA Levels 2 and 3 in successive years.
The Ministry will retain the functions of setting national targets, disseminating models or examples of best practice, monitoring progress, and providing support, including the signalling of clear expectations of outcomes. Other implementation decisions will be made regionally in consultation with the Ministry.
Further information regarding the regional delivery of workshop five (term 2 2002) and workshop six (term 3 2002) will be available later this year. In addition, the School Support Services will provide targeted, ongoing support to schools for the implementation of the NCEA Level 1 during terms 3 and 4 2001, and term 1 2002. Contact your closest School Support Services for further details.
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| Assessment Policy Implementation |
An increased number of programmes will be available to support assessment for learning in 2002.
Programmes will focus on the development of teachers' assessment literacy as a key factor in improving teaching and learning and in school improvement. Assessment literacy requires teachers to apply and integrate knowledge and skills related to curriculum, assessment, and pedagogical practice. Assessment literacy includes:
- knowledge about the content or substance of what is to be learned;
- knowledge about learners and learning;
- skills in devising assessment tasks;
- knowledge of assessment criteria and appropriate standards;
- skills in the analysis and use of assessment information;
- expertise in giving appropriate, targeted feedback.
Programmes will include support for the use of exemplars and the new literacy and numeracy assessment tools for teaching and learning (asTTle). The six School Support Services, Multi Serve Education Trust (Auckland), Learning Media Limited (Wellington), and Evaluation Services (Auckland) will be involved in the assessment professional development projects in 2002. Further details about the 2002 programmes will be announced later this year.
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| Special Education |
A resource is currently being researched and developed that will be distributed to all schools in 2002 to help them provide induction and introductory training to newly appointed teacher aides. The resource will also be used as the basis for the delivery of a Ministry of Education funded professional development programme for schools identified as having unqualified teacher aides in 2002. Further information about the delivery of this course will be published in the Education Gazette later in the year.
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| Values Education |
The current pilot projects will continue until February 2002. These are coordinated by the Living Values Trust and Quality Public Education Coalition (QPEC). An evaluation of both projects will determine the way forward for values education beyond February 2002. |
| Recognition and Management of Young People at Risk of Suicide |
Support for guidance counsellors and other teachers fulfilling a pastoral role in schools will continue next year. |
School Leadership
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| Principals' Induction
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In the 2001 Budget, the government announced initiatives to develop principals' leadership and management capabilities. One of these initiatives is an induction programme that will be available to all first-time principals to support them during the initial year of their appointment.
The first programme is planned to start at the beginning of 2002. Design work will be undertaken over the next few months. Contracts for the provision of the programme will be let to one or more providers. It is envisaged that advertisements for providers of the 2002 programme will be published in the Education Gazette this term.
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| Principals' Development Centres |
A second initiative involves the establishment of development centres for principals. These centres will provide principals and their boards with detailed feedback on the type of professional development likely to be most effective in meeting their individual needs as principals.
The development centres will be introduced progressively over the next four years. A pilot programme for the first development centres, involving approximately fifty principals, is likely to begin in the first half of 2002. Further information will be published late this year or in early 2002.
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| Electronic Network for Principals |
A third initiative is for the design and development of an electronic network for principals, with the aim of establishing effective, online communities of practice through facilitated discussions. Online facilitators will seed the site with relevant information, provide examples of good leadership and management practice, and establish conversations. They will also help principals to network with people with similar issues and/or interests.
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| Education for the Gifted and Talented |
In 2002, the six School Support Services will again be provided with additional funding for advisers to continue the support for education programmes for the gifted and talented in schools that started in 2001. The advisers will support schools in the process of developing policies and education programmes for gifted and talented students. The advisers will:
- provide professional development to assist schools to review, develop, and implement appropriate policies and programmes for gifted and talented students, within the framework of the national curriculum statements and Gifted and Talented Students: Meeting their Needs in New Zealand Schools (available from Learning Media Customer Services, item 23872);
- help schools set up effective management systems and processes to ensure that these policies and programmes are regularly monitored and evaluated;
- facilitate professional development opportunities for teachers, based on their identified needs and current level of knowledge, so that these teachers gain increased confidence in their ability to cater for gifted students.
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Information and Communications Technology
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| ICT Professional Development Schools Programme |
Up to twenty-three new school clusters will be selected for this programme in 2002. A request for expressions of interest in participating in this programme was advertised in the 6 August Education Gazette and responses should be returned to the Ministry by 14 September 2001. |
| ICT Advisers |
Additional funding to the School Support Services will enable them to provide advisory support in ICT during 2001. This support is intended to:
- help implement ICT strategic plans, with particular emphasis on schools that lack capability to implement ICT plans;
- identify and prioritise each school's key ICT targets and provide the necessary long-term support to enable the school to meet those targets;
- provide professional development to increase teachers' confidence and capability in using ICT to enhance teaching and learning;
- increase the use of ICT in classrooms to meet learning outcomes across all curriculum areas;
- provide specific professional development on the use of TKI resources in classroom programmes.
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Te Kete Ipurangi
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The Ministry's online learning centre is constantly expanding, with new material being added daily. TKI provides advice on and examples of effective use of ICT in teaching and learning. The Ministry has let several contracts for the development of further online curriculum support materials for teachers in both mainstream and Māori-medium classes. Professional development and support for all curriculum areas will be provided through TKI. |
| Environmental Education |
The existing programme is to be expanded in 2002, in line with Budget announcements, to include more geographical areas supported by additional regional facilitators. The facilitators will provide two-day workshops that focus on developing school programmes to meet the philosophy of the Guidelines for Environmental Education in New Zealand Schools (available from Learning Media Customer Services, item 23692). A limited number of the schools that participate in the workshop programme will have the option of becoming pilot schools and receiving further support. The Ministry of Education's Online Learning Centre Æ Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) will also provide online materials to support environmental education programmes. |
| Mainstream Māori Pilot Project |
As part of the government's aim of reducing disparity, the 2000 Budget appropriated funding to "pilot new approaches to professional development to enhance teacher effectiveness for teachers working with Māori students in the mainstream of education". This pilot started in 2001 with twenty schools in ten clusters. The new approaches investigated in this pilot seek to develop innovative models of practice, based on sound research and pedagogy, that will enhance the effectiveness of teachers of Māori students. |
| School Community Iwi Liaison Project (SCIL) |
Funded since 1997, SCIL seeks to enhance the liaison between schools and Māori whānau, hapū, and iwi, to increase the literacy levels of Māori students, and to provide professional development for teachers of Māori students. There are nine clusters of schools taking part in the project nationwide. These will continue to be involved, and further clusters will be added later in 2002. |
Pasifika Education in Mainstream Settings
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| Pacific Nations Teacher Training Programme |
This programme aims to assist teachers from Pacific nations to increase their level of professional self-confidence and to attain senior management positions by helping them to examine their roles and responsibilities and build upon sound teaching practices. The programme will continue in 2002 in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. |
| Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison Project (PISCPL) |
This project will continue in 2002. Through its programmes, it aims to increase the academic achievement of Pacific nations students by fostering effective links between schools and Pacific communities. There are now six clusters nationwide, including those in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. |
| Home-School Partnership |
The Home-School Partnership programme is a key strand of the Pacific Literacy initiative. The programme and its supporting materials are currently being piloted in Auckland, Manurewa, Papakura, Lower Hutt, and Christchurch.
Schools with significant numbers of Pacific students are invited to contact Alana Madgwick, Pasifika Literacy Coordinator, for details about the proposed 2002 programme.
telephone: (09) 374 5479
email: alana.madgwick@minedu.govt.nz
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