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Cognition sponsors National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA) at Parliament PDF Print

The Minister presented the NEiTA Foundation’s regional awards to 12 ASG Excellence in Teaching recipients and eight Cognition Education Excellence in Leadership recipients at a celebratory luncheon held at Parliament today (subs 3 May).

Among the twenty regional recipients were a number of firsts for the NEiTA Foundation, which has run its awards programme in New Zealand for 17 years.

Husband and wife teaching team Mr Francis Pye and Mrs Kelly Pye of Frankton Primary School who brought their three-month-old daughter with them to the awards ceremony. The Pyes are the first husband and wife teaching team to reach the regional awards.

Mrs Aroaro Tamati of Te Kōpae Piripono Māori Immersion Early Childhood Centre in Moturoa, New Plymouth, is the first Māori immersion teacher to receive a regional award

Special education teachers Mrs Erin Cairns, principal of Invercargill’s Ruru Special School and her daughter Ms Maree (Cairns) Edwards of Halswell Residential College in Wigram are the first mother and daughter teachers to receive regional awards in the same year.

NEiTA Foundation chairman, Mr Terry O’Connell, says teachers are integral to a fair and progressive society.

“Recognising excellence in the profession can only assist in recruiting the best students to teaching as a career. Of equal importance is retaining the wealth of dedicated teachers we already have, and offering encouragement for others to improve their practice,” says Mr O’Connell.

All 20 teachers and leaders today received specially designed plaques, together with prizes for their schools. The final phase of the awards process takes place in October when ten of these teachers and leaders will be presented with national awards and professional development grants. These awards will be presented in their local schools and centres, giving their students and others in the community the opportunity to celebrate.

The NEiTA awards are jointly supported by ASG Education Programs New Zealand, which assists parents to plan for their children’s future education, and Cognition Education, a leading independent educational services company whose mission is to enhance lives through education.
 

The NEiTA Foundation’s Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards 2012 Regional Award Recipients

Early Childhood Teaching

  • Mr Patrick Boyle Rotorua East Kindergarten, ROTORUA
  • Ms Vicky Brown Macandrew Bay Playcentre, DUNEDIN
  • Ms Cheryl Kingi Kerikeri Kindergarten, NORTHLAND
  • Mrs Carla van Beek Frimley Park Kindergarten, HASTINGS

Leadership

  • Mrs Carol Hartley Mangere Bride Kindergarten, MANGERE, Auckland
  • Mrs Aroaro Tamati Te Kōpae Piripono Māori Immersion Early Childhood Centre, Moturoa, NEW PLYMOUTH

Primary/Intermediate Teaching

  • Ms Maree Edwards Halswell Residential College, CHRISTCHURCH
  • Mr Ray Kelly Marshall Laing Primary School, MT ROSKILL, Auckland
  • Mr Francis Pye Frankton Primary School, HAMILTON
  • Mrs Kelly Pye Frankton Primary School, HAMILTON

Leadership

  • Mrs Erin Cairns Ruru Special School, INVERCARGILL
  • Mrs Chris Riley Tawhiti Primary School, HAWERA, South Taranaki
  • Mr Andrew Shortcliffe Hastings Intermediate School, HASTINGS

Secondary Teaching

  • Mr Gareth Bell Freyberg High School, Roslyn, PALMERSTON NORTH
  • Ms Joanna Morris Karamu High School, HASTINGS
  • Mr Glen Parr St John’s College, Hillcrest, HAMILTON
  • Mr Perenise Tapu McAuley High School, OTAHUHU, Auckland

Leadership

  • Mrs Susan Hassall Hamilton Boys’ High School, HAMILTON
  • Mrs Kathleen Seaward Marian College, CHRISTCHURCH
  • Mr Mark Shanahan Waitakere College, HENDERSON, Auckland

 

Information from: NEiTA Foundation, Auckland
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Web addresses: www.neita.co.nz; www.asg.co.nz; www.cognition.co.nz

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New Regional Manager Middle East Appointed PDF Print

Cognition education has appointed Russell (Russ) Skinner to the position of Regional Manager - Middle East.
Russ brings a huge depth and breadth of experience to Cognition, both in terms of education and business development. After extensive travel and offshore project development he formed a freelance consultancy and for ten years has worked out of home and a roving briefcase. International Edu-business: export development, project design and management have been the basis of his consultancy, especially in the Middle East, India and South East Asia. He has been contracted by government agencies as well as tertiary, secondary and early childhood education providers in both state and private sectors.
 
Cognition announces appointment of Jo Clayton to company board PDF Print

Cognition is pleased to announce that it has appointed Jo Clayton to the Cognition Education Limited Board. Jo is a Director of Acumen International where she advises and facilitates strategic processes with client companies. Jo helps clients ensure capability and capacity issues, and structure and resource requirements, are addressed. She helps ensure that mechanisms are in place for execution and that management are implementing plans and meeting the board monitoring requirements. Jo also works with a number of boards where she provides advice on Board effectiveness as well as one on one and team coaching for their management teams.
Jo also works with the Icehouse at the University of Auckland Business School and is an associate of The Boardroom Practice Ltd. She has held a number of governance roles in the tertiary education
 
OECD Releases report on Evaluation and Assessment in Education in New Zealand PDF Print

The OECD has recently released a report on Evaluation and Assessment in Education in New Zealand that seeks to answer questions such as: How can student assessment, teacher appraisal, school evaluation and system evaluation bring about real gains in performance across a country's school system?

This report on New Zealand provides, from an international perspective, an independent analysis of major issues facing the evaluation and assessment framework, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches. This series forms part of the OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes

Cognition is reviewing this report to identify aspects of this report that should be considered to inform how we deliver professional learning and development programmes to schools. We will also use this report as another source of data to inform our research and evaluation projects. This report can be downloaded from: http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,3746,en_33873108_33873658_49730163_1_1_1_1,00.html
 
Partnership with USA based Leadership and Learning Centre announced PDF Print

Cognition is pleased to announce that it has established a partnership with The Leadership and Learning Center, USA.

The Leadership and Learning Center, USA founded by Dr. Douglas B. Reeves, is the professional development and consulting services division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a leading global education organization. The Center distinguishes itself from other professional development and publishing organizations by bridging the critical gap from research to action by ensuring deep implementation that creates real change and sustainable student achievement.
Cognition has partnered with the Leadership and Learning Center to deliver professional learning programmes including Visible Learning Plus. This is an exciting development for Cognition and follows builds on earlier work in the USA in the area of assessment and schooling improvement. The delivery of training and development programs has commenced and Cognition looks forward to a long association with this leading organization.

For more information please go to www.leadandlearn.com or www.visiblelearningplus.com
 
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