Curriculum stories
School stories
Our school stories this month come from Te Kura o Hiruharama where, through the partnership of students, whānau, and staff, key priorities have been identified and translated into school and classroom practice.
Developing whānau priorities
Striving for personal excellence
A culturally connected curriculum
School snapshot
Student voice at Tawa Intermediate
'Have you ever wondered what’s going through the minds of the students sitting in front of you each day in your classroom?'
Ministry of Education seminar series
These clips from an Albany Senior High School presentation are the first in a series of seminars convened by The Ministry of Education:
Vision and values and how they fit with the use of eportfolios
Curriculum structure and how it fits with the use of eportfolios
The three step process of constructing a student eportfolio
National Standards
Mathematics poster
A PDF version of this poster is available online, with information on how to obtain a hard copy.
Professional development schedules
Dates, times and venues for National Standards professional development.
Background papers
Two Ministry of Education papers outline the development of the mathematics and reading and writing standards.
Key Competencies Online
Teaching as inquiry and the key competencies This month's discussion tool prompts attention to the key competencies through the inquiry process.
Sabbatical report – William Adams William Adams, Principal of Havelock North High School, investigates the implications of introducing key competencies into junior secondary school classes.
KC Kids at West Melton School
Julia Cider, West Melton School, wanted a way to make the key competencies more meaningful to her students – so she introduced the 'KC Kids'.
Key competencies with learning support students
Learning support teachers at Wellington Girls' College explain how they are integrating the key competencies into their programme, with very pleasing results.
NZC resource bank
In the effective pedagogy section, we have included a Youtube video of Dr Robert Marzano explaining the power of a common language of instruction (3:57).
In the future focused themes section you will find an online module being run by the ICT PD national support services facilitators on digital citizenship.
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Published on: 27 Oct 2010
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