Blueprint for National Standards
14/12/10
Mary Chamberlain, group manager, Curriculum Teaching and Learning – Design, shares more about the model used to develop National Standards.
News of January 2010
Illustrations of the mathematics standards
02/12/10
These illustrations are available to support planning, teaching, and judgments about students’ progress and achievement. Currently there are six mathematical tasks, which provide 14 illustrations of student work achieving 'at' a mathematical standard. Further illustrations will be added next year.
Literacy and numeracy resources for parents, families, and whānau
25/11/10
These resources show parents how to help children learn and achieve in reading, writing, and mathematics.
Working with the National Standards - Interim ERO report
18/11/10
This is an interim report of findings from 80 schools reviewed in Term 3, 2010. As part of the review process, ERO asked specific questions about each school's use of National Standards, its preparedness for these and how well school leaders, teachers and trustees understood the National Standards.
Illustrations of the literacy standards
17/11/10
The reading and writing standards illustrations on Literacy Online demonstrate the literacy demands of the texts and tasks students will be engaging with across the curriculum. These illustrations support planning, teaching, and judgments about students’ progress and achievement. Currently this section includes the twenty two illustrations found in the Reading and Writing Standards document and five new illustrations. Three more reading illustrations will be added early in December. Further illustrations will be added in April and June 2011.
National Standards: School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project
29/10/10
This is the first report from the National Standards School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project 2010-2013, a 3 year monitoring and evaluation project on National Standards implementation in a representative sample of schools
Boards of Trustees webinar series
29/10/10
The Ministry of Education is delivering two series of webinars during November to directly support Boards of Trustees. Starting November 1, a series titled "What Made a Difference?" looks at school planning and reporting, and how Boards can work with the principals and staff to make a positive and sustainable difference to student progress and achievement. Another webinar series will start on November 15 and will cover school charters 2011 and will provide guidance to incorporate National Standards.
For more on webinars, to watch past webinars and for webinar resources, check out the Ministry's website at www.minedu.govt.nz/boards
Moderation professional learning modules for teachers of years 1 to 8
23/09/10
This is a series of professional learning modules which will support teachers to develop shared expectations and understanding of student learning and progress through the process of moderation. The modules are designed to inform and promote professional discussions between individual teachers and in staff meetings. They can be used as stand-alone or as a full series.
Variation in school entry dates
23/09/10
Because children are able to commence school from their 5th birthday onwards, school entry dates vary. This has implications for the timing of overall teacher judgments (OTJs) and consequent reporting in the initial years of schooling.
Accelerating writing progress in years 7 and 8
10/09/10
At level 4, students need to confidently and independently use a wide range of writing strategies and skills to meet the demands of specific learning purposes across the curriculum. This resource is designed to support you to accelerate the writing achievement of your year 7 and 8 students so that they can meet these demands.