Teachers’ Desk
Teacher’s Desk uncovers valuable resources, strategies, and expert advice to help you excel in your profession.
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- Dec- 2024 -2 December
Where will EOTC take your students in 2025?
We round up some of the best EOTC experiences and activities available across Aotearoa New Zealand for students in 2025
Read More » - Oct- 2024 -24 October
Continuing your learning journey: PLD in 2025
For students to have the best educational experience, they must have access to the most up to date, industry leading…
Read More » - Sep- 2024 -9 September
Fostering whole-school wellbeing
There is a growing understanding that wellbeing is enmeshed in the social and cultural fabric of any institution, including schools.
Read More » - Aug- 2024 -26 August
10 fictional teachers who taught us something
Sometimes fictional teachers have very real lessons to teach us. Here's what we can learn from ten teachers in popular…
Read More » - Jun- 2024 -10 June
Targeted professional learning development
Professional Learning Development is essential to remain on top of your teaching game. What opportunities are available in 2024?
Read More » - Nov- 2023 -6 November
Demonstrating lifelong learning: PLD opportunities in 2024
Regular PLD is essential for all school staff to keep their skills up to date, and ensure they are implementing…
Read More » - Aug- 2023 -21 August
Prioritising student and educator wellbeing
We explore the link between student and educator wellbeing, and suggest strategies to make wellbeing a whole of school priority.
Read More » - Nov- 2022 -15 November
Investigate postgrad pathways for school staff
Distinct from professional learning development opportunities that focus on gaining specific skills, formal postgraduate study focuses on gaining new qualifications.…
Read More » - 1 November
Is your school de-streaming yet?
Overturning the streaming system across Aotearoa will be a mammoth effort requiring a cultural shift as the practice has been…
Read More » - Oct- 2022 -25 October
Stress Busting Tips for Surviving the Silly Season
On top of an action-packed school and social calendar, colleagues, parents, and students are exhausted and irritable, turning what is…
Read More » - Sep- 2022 -19 September
What happens when your classmates keep leaving? The impact of school transience on pupils ‘left behind’
Non-transient children attending highly transient schools struggle to forge healthy social relationships, feel connected to their peers or schools, behave…
Read More » - 13 September
CASE STUDY: Valued HPE curriculum results in school-wide engagement with physical activity
When students at Papakura’s Edmund Hilary School went into lockdown again in August 2021, take-home play packs and gutter boards…
Read More » - Aug- 2022 -22 August
Keep well, schools and kura
Continued professional development and community buy-in is essential; especially if schools want to provide equitable access to services, foster pandemic…
Read More » - 9 August
Cultural competency essential for supporting the resilience and wellbeing of Pasifika Youth
Teachers are not solely responsible for improving outcomes, but it is important for schools to develop culturally competent teaching practices…
Read More » - 1 August
Rarer than relief teachers: support staff drought
Mainstream media has described relief teachers as unicorns but have failed to mention the much more elusive – in fact…
Read More » - Jun- 2022 -28 June
Op-Ed: Where digital technology meets the traditional classroom
Tips to empower educators with hybrid learning models and a rich understanding of digital technologies to create tomorrow's inventors who…
Read More » - May- 2022 -24 May
Insights from the staffroom: Be the light in the dark
"Teachers being encouraged to look at their colleagues for inspiration; teachers being each other's role models - the excitement was…
Read More » - Mar- 2022 -7 March
Voting initiative for Years 7 -10 launched ahead of local elections
A new Youth Voting Initiative aims to replicate, in classrooms, the local authority elections taking place across the motu this…
Read More » - Feb- 2022 -22 February
Secondary teachers set to decide new collective agreement
"COVID-19 has resulted in huge changes to how teachers work," says PPTA President Melanie Webber ahead of paid teachers' union…
Read More » - 15 February
Hybrid learning – free webinars
The Te Ako ā-Mangarau series aims to help you prepare for this type of teaching, and to develop a resilience…
Read More » - Nov- 2021 -22 November
Beam a Kiwi author into your classroom
Perhaps having an exciting Kiwi author / illustrator beaming into your classroom via livestream for a chat could be one…
Read More » - 22 November
Major improvements to education data for iwi
A new dashboard features the ability to see patterns and trends for learners, making the data more effective at forecasting…
Read More » - 16 November
Tools for Literacy
Waiting for a student to fail and then trying to ‘fix’ them is an approach with such negative consequences for…
Read More » - 15 November
Next-gen growers sought for HortNZ scholarships
Undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship applicants sought to fund careers in 'growing' industry.
Read More » - 8 November
Lots of schools are moving to ‘hot desking’. Is there any benefit for my child?
Do flexible learning spaces improve students’ ability to work together, as well as their learning overall?
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