He Taonga Te Tamaiti - Draft Strategic Plan for Early Learning
The Draft Strategic Plan is now open for consultation and we invite everyone to have their say through the Education Conversation website.
In addition to being able to submit your feedback online, there are a number of regional hui about the Strategic Plan. These consultation hui will be taking place all over the country over the next few months. We encourage you to register to attend to get your voice heard. For further information and to register to attend, please see the Education Conversation website.
Education Conversation website.
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Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy
From now until December, the Government wants to hear from as many people as possible to help ensure New Zealand is the best place to be a child. The Prime Minister and her Government have made this one of their top priorities.
A Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy is being developed and will set out actions the Government will take to improve the wellbeing of all New Zealand children and young people.
Find out more on our website.
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ERO’s Engaging with Te Whāriki (2017) report
The Education Review Office (ERO) has released their latest evaluation report Engaging with Te Whāriki (2017).
The report is the second in a series of evaluation reports the ERO is releasing on the implementation of Te Whāriki (2017). The first report, Awareness and confidence to work with Te Whāriki (2017), was published in July and explored the awareness and confidence level of leaders and kaiako when beginning to implement the updated curriculum document.
Awareness and confidence to work with Te Whāriki (2017)
Engaging with Te Whāriki (2017) is the second report in this series, which considers the steps leaders and kaiako are taking to review their local curriculum and work with Te Whāriki’s 20 learning outcomes.
A total of 167 early learning services and six governing organisations participated in the evaluation.
The full report is available here on the ERO’s website.
Engaging with Te Whāriki (2017)
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Teacher-led Innovation Fund (TLIF) Round 5 is now open
The Teacher-led Innovation Fund (TLIF) supports teams of teachers to collaboratively develop innovative practices that improve learning outcomes.
The next TLIF funding round is now open. In Round 5 we are particularly interested in how the design of local curriculum can support rich learning opportunities and new teacher practices that will engage, motivate and impact positively on learner outcomes. Application materials are available on the TLIF section of the Ministry’s website.
Teacher-led Innovation Fund (TLIF)
All proposals are due by 27 February 2019.
For more information email: teacherled.innovfund@education.govt.nz.
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The Healthy Heart Award
After 16 years the Heart Foundation’s Healthy Heart Award for Early Childhood Education Tohu Manawa Ora – Kōhungahunga is still going strong. Around 20% of early learning services in New Zealand take part in the programme, reaching around 49,000 little hearts every year!
The Healthy Heart Award encourages healthy eating and physical activity in under-fives and offers three progressive award levels.
Find out more on education.govt.nz.
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Teaching Council elections – have your say
Nominations are now open for the Teaching Council elections next March.
This is a chance for teachers to have a say in who represents them on their professional body.
Voters working in 7 sectors will elect board members: one teacher and one leader from the early learning sector, one teacher and one principal from the primary and secondary sectors, and one teacher educator.
To find out more information go to our website.
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Royal Commission on abuse in state care update
The Government has announced the full establishment of the Royal Commission into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-Based Institutions, following final decisions agreed by Cabinet on 12 November.
The announcement by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Internal Affairs at a press conference with the Chair of the Royal Commission, the Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, also confirmed the expansion of the Inquiry’s terms of reference to include care in faith-based institutions and also in educational settings, including schools and early childhood education facilities.
Read more on education.govt.nz.
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Issue no. 43 | 27 November 2018
