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Ko Tainui te waka Ko Ngāti Raukawa ki Wharepūhunga te iwi Whetu Cormick National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation I have just returned from Toronto, after attending the World This desire to improve education levels does not always come Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE). It was at with helpful support mechanisms or appropriate funding […]
Ko Tainui te waka Ko Ngāti Raukawa ki Wharepūhunga te iwi Whetu Cormick National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation After almost six months in the role as NZPF President on improving his national standards scores in reading, writing one of my friends recently asked me, ‘So, how’s it all going?’ and maths. In response, I […]
Introduction in Māori Whetu Cormick National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation Being out of your school gives you a chance to reflect on What I find challenging is accommodating changes that don’t what is great about your school, what counts as school success sit comfortably alongside the hugely positive changes like our and what factors […]
Editor Can the US Presidential election campaign sink any lower? She wanted every working New Zealander to be paid a With revelations that Donald Trump believes he can do what he fair and decent living, to be safe at work, to be respected and likes to women because he is so powerful, and if he […]
Kia ora koutou katoa Iain Taylor National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation The theme of our conference this year, ‘Knowledge in our on CoLs issued in the last ‘Principal Matters’ newsletter of last Hands’, inspired me and made me reflect. It got me thinking term said exactly that. about all the knowledge and experience that […]
Kia ora koutou katoa Iain Taylor National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation Every time another call for feedback hits the desk, Programme’ and the ‘Aspiring Principals Programme’ but whether it’s from the Ministry, the Education Council or a Select could we do things better? The support is not sustained over Committee, I think ‘principal hauora.’ […]
Kia ora koutou katoa Iain Taylor National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation It is a privilege to be elected President of NZPF. You come To deliver quality education requires a quality system and a in as steward for a year, with the power of thirty five years’ of well-supported profession. predecessors’ wisdom and insight weighing […]
National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation This year I opened the NZPF conference with a speech is the purpose of education now? entitled, ‘The purpose of Education’. It is a topic which has We might agree that it is to acquire skills, knowledge and values resonated with many including Murray Jack, author of the report […]
National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation NZPF’s conference 2015 presented a line-up of key note public support then in comes the political solution. The ‘crisis’ is speakers of stellar proportions. They engaged us; they challenged framed as teachers not doing their job properly, teacher unions us; and they startled us! protecting them, not being accountable […]
National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation The last three years saw the teaching profession under that unique Kiwi ‘can do’ attitude. Have a look at the article in persistent attack. The government’s direction for education, this very magazine on establishing an enrichment programme for spearheaded by its National Standards policy, created a divide talented and […]
National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation Since I have been elected NZPF President, I have frequently what makes New Zealand strong. We have frequently been found myself applauding our New Zealand Curriculum (NZC), held up as world leaders in educational innovation and change. as the crowning jewel of our modern education system. I have We […]
National President, New Zealand Principals’ Federation In my last column, I wrote that current reforms in education constitute a threat to the integrity of our rich school curriculum. Our curriculum is special not just to us as professionals, but to the parents who partnered us in developing it. Together we claim ownership for its implementation. […]
