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School Support Services | Arts Online Professional Development | Other Ministry of Education Arts links | Ngā Toi

School Support Services

The professional development for the arts in 2006 and beyond is in-depth and school-based. Experienced School Support Services facilitators are working on an individual basis with teachers to increase their content knowledge, competence, and confidence in teaching the arts.

This work is involving teachers and facilitators in an action/reflection model where they team teach, observe, plan, and discuss the work that is happening in the classroom. When a number of teachers in a school are working in-depth, there is a shift in school culture and students and communities reap the benefits of a rich and diverse arts programme.

For information about the professional development in each region, contact one of the following arts coordinators:

• Auckland/TEAM Solutions
  Barbara Wilson, bl.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
• Waikato
  Chris Graham, chris.graham@waikato.ac.nz
• Massey
  Jan Bolwell, jansun@paradise.net.nz
• Wellington
  Vicki Thorpe, vicki.thorpe@vuw.ac.nz
• Christchurch
  Helen Moore, helen.moore@cce.ac.nz
• Dunedin
  Chris Walsh, chris.walsh@dce.ac.nz

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The Arts Online Professional Development

Arts Online is the online professional development area for all primary and secondary arts educators.

This site is a professional hub for teachers of dance, drama, music and visual arts – a place to share and access teaching resources, discuss professional issues and foster collaboration. Facilities include discipline specific listservs, interactive unit and programme planners and access to professional readings, research and events.

Other Ministry of Education Arts links

See the Ministry of Education website for:

• The Arts Strategy
• The Arts Strategy: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
• "Like Writing off the Paper": Report on Student Learning in the Arts

Ngā Toi

The national facilitators Ngā Toi will be contacting teachers in immersion programmes to offer further professional development for Ngā Toi in 2005 and 2006. The professional development aims to increase teacher proficiency in te reo, and to develop teacher knowledge and skills in the teaching and learning of Ngā Toi.

For further details contact The National Coordinator Ngā Toi, Rawiri Hindle at Victoria University of Wellington College of Education, phone 04 463 9584, email Rawiri.Hindle@vuw.ac.nz

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