| Long road to employment success
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Long road to employment turns
to success at Best Training
When Toeifiliga Ola left school at 16, she dreamed of having a job that would provide her with job satisfaction, security and a sense of pride.
But the path to her success today as a Course Director was not easy. At 25, she recalls being depressed as she struggled to provide for two children on her own with no qualifications and f . . . more
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| Author : Toeifiliga Ola
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Created : 31 Mar 2004
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| Supplemenatry Learning Support
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A new initiative for students with special education needs is being rolled-out in 2004.
The initiative, called Supplementary Learning Support (SLS), aims to better support students with special education needs including students with significant - and ongoing - learning needs.
Around 550 students will be supported by Supplementary Learning Support in 2004.
The initiative aims to better . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 10 Feb 2004
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| A Walking School Bus
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Walking School Buses have been established in a number of schools in Auckland and other parts of New Zealand. A Walking School Bus is a great way to get children to and from school safely and to help reduce chaos at the school gate. There is also funding available to help you start one up.
For more information on benefits and how to get one started go to Roadsafe Auckland.
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 02 Nov 2003
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| CHILDREN�S VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD IN HEALTH EDUCATION
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The views and opinions of children need to be considered more closely when developing health education for classroom teaching, says a Waikato University health education lecturer who has just completed a research study with primary and intermediate school children for her PhD.
Margaret Scratchley�s research was conducted at a primary school and involved children from Year 3 to Year 8. More th . . . more
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| Author : Stephen Ward- Media Relations Manager, The University of Waikato
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Created : 27 Oct 2003
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| Government launches Step Up Scholarships
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Around 500 students will be eligible next year for new Step Up tertiary scholarships as part of the government's moves to improve participation by
low income people in tertiary education and the retention of skilled graduates in New Zealand.
Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey and Health Minister Annette King announced the bonded scholarships scheme, worth as much . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 15 Sep 2003
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| ART THERAPY HELPS DRAW OUT THE PAIN INSIDE
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An introverted, quiet child draws threatening monsters. It turns out he�s being bullied at school. A depressed pensioner paints a weeping heart. She reveals she�s still mourning deeply for the loss of a child she adopted out years ago.
Producing these sorts of images, examples of what comes out in art therapy, can help people identify and express the causes of inner turmoil and begin the proces . . . more
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| Author : Waikato University
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Created : 11 Sep 2003
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| Adventure Education Extends its International Arm
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Adventure Education is New Zealand's outdoor industry expert providing training and qualifications for employment in the dive, outdoor recreation and adventure tourism industries. It is a Private Training Establishment (PTE), registered and accredited with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).
Specialising in action-based learning in scuba diving, sea kayaking, white-water rafting . . . more
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| Author : Adventure Education
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Created : 03 Sep 2003
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| New online learning 'The Hillary Challenge'
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Students demonstrate new online learning adventure 'The Hillary Challenge'
21 August 2003
What's new at UNITEC
Tuakau Primary School students were excited to be the first in New Zealand to relive their Hillary Challenge online adventures with Sir Edmund Hillary at a commemorative event hosted by the school in his honour.
Students demonstrated to Sir Edmund, who attended Tuakau Primary Sc . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 02 Sep 2003
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| Learning Net Comes to South Auckland
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| The �learning net� technology initiative is boosting learning and teaching opportunities in South Auckland. The South Auckland Schools New Educational Technologies Initiative or SAS-NET,is a joint project between The Tindall Foundation, Massey University (Albany) and Auckland College of Education. It focuses on ICT (Information Communication Technology) to encourage effective and innovative approa . . . more
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| Author : Media Release- Massey
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Created : 25 Aug 2003
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| Waikato helping �difficult� pupils
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Waikato helping �difficult� pupils
Waikato University�s School of Education is involved in developing a new British Open University course aimed at helping teachers internationally work smarter with pupils who have challenging behaviours.
Programmes at two New Zealand schools, Fairfield College in Hamilton and Clover Park Middle School in South Auckland, will be drawn on in the development o . . . more
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| Author : Stephen Ward
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Created : 18 Aug 2003
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| Language Learning is Child's Play
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| As knowledge of a foreign language is becoming more and more important, a new company in Auckland is setting out to make learning languages a fun and natural experience for children. "Fun Language Clubs" are giving 3 to 12 year olds the opportunity to learn French, German, Chinese, Spanish and English. Rather than struggling with lists of irregular verbs, children learn in an enjoyable, playful . . . more
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| Author : Maroussia & Alain
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Created : 10 Aug 2003
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| ESOL RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS
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30 January 2003
ESOL RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS
Associate Education Minister Lianne Dalziel has welcomed distribution of a resource to help schools provide high-quality English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programmes for international students.
The resource, developed by the Ministry of Education with the support of primary and secondary schools with leading ESOL programmes, prov . . . more
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| Author : Hon Lianne Dalziel
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Created : 10 Feb 2003
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| Minister welcomes settlement for start of new school year
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24 January 2003
Minister welcomes settlement for start of new school year
Education Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed the recommendations of the Alternative Disputes Resolution Panel on the issue of pay for non-degree teachers.
The panel has been considering which non-degree teachers should be able to access the new top pay step and salary increments which were part of last year�s . . . more
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| Author : Trevor Mallard
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Created : 29 Jan 2003
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| Intermediate schools receive a building boost
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Hon Trevor Mallard
17 December 2002
Intermediate schools receive a building boost
Intermediate schools will receive a property boost of about $49 million to help bring them up to standards set in a new property guide, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
�The new property guide replaces a 32 year old code that was well past its use by date,� Trevor Mallard said.
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| Author : Hon Trevor Mallard
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Created : 05 Jan 2003
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| Extra Early Childhood Places
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05 December 2002
Extra places for more than one thousand children.
Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today that 89 early childhood education centres across New Zealand will receive $8.8 million to extend, upgrade or develop their buildings, creating extra places for more than one thousand young children.
�This money will create an extra1343 new places for children i . . . more
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| Author : Hon Trevor Mallard
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Created : 09 Dec 2002
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| > Government backs Gifted and Talented Students.
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Hon Trevor Mallard
29 November 2002
> Government backs Gifted and Talented Students.
Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today that 17 programmes in schools, national and regional organisations will be funded to ensure New Zealand�s gifted and talented students have the opportunity to reach their full potential as New Zealand�s future leaders.
�Our Government is intent on . . . more
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| Author : Trevor Mallard
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Created : 30 Nov 2002
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| 2000th Computer Given Away
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2000th Computer Given Away
Two thousand recycled computers have been given to families living in the East Coast.Project Rorohiko started two years ago and there are computers for one in three to four students in East Coast, Gisborne and Wairoa schools.
This week Education Minister Trevor Mallard and Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton celebrated the delivery of the 2000th recycled gover . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 16 Nov 2002
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| Auckland Business School.
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Auckland Business School
The Governement is to give a capital contribution of $25 Million towards the development of the School of Business planned by the University of Auckland.
The grant is under the new 'Partnerships for Excellence' policy framework. The contribution by the Government has to be matched by an equal contribution from the private sector.
The University is looking to estab . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 10 Nov 2002
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| Living Heritage-Into Finals
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New Zealand Website Makes it to Finals.
Living Heritage, a bilingual initiative aimed at capturing and preserving
the nation's heritage online, has been chosen as the sole New Zealand
finalist in the Stockholm Challenge, the prestigious global awards
programme that rewards best practice in information technology (ICT).
Living Heritage was established in 2001 with seed funding from . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch News Retease
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Created : 29 Aug 2002
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| The Chosen Ones
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This is a Press Release From The President Of The Early Childhood Council.
The Chosen Ones
The Government has now agreed to lift the rate of funding subsidy to the operators of free kindergartens, so they can pay their early childhood teachers the same as teachers in the compulsory sector. There can be no doubt that the selected teachers will ratify this, but it leaves 80% of early childh . . . more
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| Author : Ross Penman
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Created : 04 Aug 2002
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