Last month, our ECE consultant Adwina Armstrong talked about the centre manager shortage in New Zealand in her blog post "Where have all the ECE leaders gone?" This post inspired much discussion about this issue in the ECE sector. In this blog post, the second of the series, Adwina wanted to ... Read More →
Job Find Advice for Beginning Teachers from Two School Principals
Job Seeking
Applying for a teaching role is different to applying for a role in other sectors. While the basic principles remain the same, it's a unique process with its own rules and expectations. For a beginning teacher, this can be really hard to navigate. For this reason, we gave BTs the opportunity to talk ... Read More →
Thoughts on the Future of EdTech: Claire Amos from Hobsonville Point Secondary School
EdTech
Claire is a Deputy Principal at Hobsonville Point Secondary School. She has been a Director of e-learning and has led and taught English for 16+ years, her roles ranging from facilitator of the ICTs in English community on English Online, Auckland Secondary English Facilitator to Head of English ... Read More →
Where Have All the ECE Leaders Gone?
ECEThis is a guest blog post by Adwina Armstrong, Education Personnel's specialist ECE recruitment consultant. This is the first of a two part blog series discussing leadership in the Early Childhood sector. Many years ago when I was studying for my ECE qualification, the lecturer had asked us first ... Read More →
Thoughts on the Future of EdTech: Anthony Cabraal from Chalkle°
EdTech
Anthony Cabraal is the Chief Experience Officer at Chalkle. He believes firmly that improving education and the culture around learning and teaching is the most important lever to pull to create systemic positive change in our world. Chalkle is a Wellington based social enterprise empowering ... Read More →
Thoughts on the Future of EdTech: Matt Kennedy from Twingl
EdTech
Matt Kennedy is the “Flight Captain” at Twingl, a New Zealand based company building tools that help people learn from each other. Their first product, Trailblazer, turns students’ online research into a browsable map. Trailblazer’s school pilot programme is well underway; if you’re interested in ... Read More →
Thoughts on the Future of EdTech: Craig Kemp
EdTech
Cross-posted from www.mrkempnz.com My name is Craig Kemp. I am a globally connected and enthusiastic tech driven educator from New Zealand. I am a Twitter addict (follow me @mrkempnz) and passionate about showcasing student voice to improve learning. I am a blogger ... Read More →
“Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads” – Thoughts on the Future of EdTech
EdTech
The effective use of technology (or EdTech) is an increasingly important part of 21st century learning and pedagogy. With the potential for groundbreaking change continually just around the corner, the question of where EdTech is heading is a pertinent one. As part of Connected Educator Month we are ... Read More →