e-Learning Teacher Fellowships
The e-Learning Teacher Fellowship programme reflects the New Zealand Ministry of Education’s commitment to quality teaching and increasing the use of effective e-learning strategies in schools and early childhood centres.
Due to a reprioritisation of resources and support for schools, the programme will not continue after the end of 2009. The 2009 e-fellows will complete their fellowship and the research team (CORE Education with NZCER) will submit their completed research report in January 2010.
e-Fellows 2009
The Ministry of Education has announced ten e-fellows for 2009:
- Claire Amos, Auckland Girls’ Grammar School
- Tia Fraser, Hira School, Nelson
- Robyn Hurliman, Owhata School, Rotorua
- Marion Lumley, Otaki College, Waikanae
- Virginia Mitchell, Pekerau School, Ohaupo
- Helen Rennie-Younger, Sunnybrae Normal School, Auckland
- Deidre Senior, Oamaru Intermediate
- Marilyn Small, Manaia View School, Whangarei
- Sue Smith, Whangaparaoa College, Auckland
- Esmay Sutherland, Pine Hill School, Dunedin
The 2009 e-fellows, supported through the fellowship, will explore an aspect of their e-learning practice and share their findings with the teacher community. The theme for e-fellows’ projects in 2009 is literacy.
e-Fellows will receive individual, specialised support from researchers from CORE Education and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research to develop a short but in-depth classroom-based inquiry project. They will collaborate with other e-fellows in stimulating and supportive professional learning workshops and contribute to research investigating common themes across the e-fellows’ projects.
The fellowship will run over the first three terms of 2009. e-Fellows will receive 15 days of teacher release time, broadband at home for the period of the fellowship, and funding to attend a major national conference.
Guidelines for the e-learning teacher fellowship are on the Ministry of Education’s website.
e-Fellows 2008
Research reports from the 2008 e-fellows have been released and can be found on the 2008 eFellows page.