Secondary award recipients 2018
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Basher, Andrew
Buller High School
Investigate how to enhance boys' education and achievement in a rural setting and how digital technology is being used to support boys' education and achievement in these settings. Develop an implementation plan for my school to improve the achievement of boys.
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Chamberlain, Martin
Francis Douglas Memorial College
Visit our twinned brother school and other affiliated schools in Pakistan to assist them with professional growth and dedicated professional development for teachers. Bring home to our students and staff a picture of the lives of Pakistani children their age to inspire greater global understanding and generosity in our fundraising for our twin school.
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Christiansen, Lance
Central Hawkes Bay College
Visit Community of Learning, Kāhui Ako leaders and teachers to investigate the process they have been through, the issues they have had, how they have overcome them and what things they perceive are working well.
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Edmundson, Dick
Linwood College
Research the potential of positive education to increase wellbeing for learning.
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England, Andy
Greymouth High School
Conduct a literature review and visit examples of learning-focused collaborative ventures and interview stakeholders: students, teachers, principals, expert partners, iwi and industry representatives. Continue to participate in the global dialogue on collaboration (Education Development Trust, UK).
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Forbes, Judith
Bayfield High School
Visit Auckland based and international schools to look at the teaching of writing skills across the curriculum and the scaffolding of skill development in writing.
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Gibbons, Ally
Rotorua Girls' High School
Investigate ways to structure a learning environment that is modern in its shape and design but founded on principles that are culturally relational and responsive as per Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Visit high functioning future-focused MLEs that demonstrate successful examples of raised achievement and critique these learning spaces to inform our growth and strategic direction for the next five years.
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Gordon, Marie
Hamilton Girls' High School
Attend a global forum on girls' education in Washington, DC, or the Alliance of Girls' Schools conference. Visit a number of girls' schools with a focus on 21st Century learning.
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Haines, Scott
Waimea College
Investigate curriculum and pedagogy for supporting improvements in NCEA achievement with endorsements for Merit and Excellence; closing the gender and ethnicity gap in academic achievement; and structures for school curriculum self-review that sustain innovation, remain modern, relevant and community focused.
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Hassall, Susan
Hamilton Boys' High School
Investigate the critical link between relational teaching and success for boys, from those who are gifted to those who are most at risk.
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Jones, Grant
Newlands College
Investigate innovative ways for students to gain NCEA, especially those that involve them in active decisions about what they want to learn and how they would learn it.
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Kearney, Bruce
Kaiapoi High School
A report for other principals who are thinking of attending a course at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and are unsure of the process, costs and value of the course.
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Liddle, Alan
Te Puke High School
Develop understanding of developing and delivering curricula to enable deep engagement of students in their learning and achievement.
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Macleod, David
Mahurangi College
Investigate what I can learn from schools in Canada about strategies to improve student achievement, and innovative programmes, particularly in the areas of sustainability, wellbeing and construction.
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Moore, Gary
Rutherford College
Research global thinking and future-focused learning capabilities through readings and visits in NZ and Australia. Develop an enhanced student learner capability profile.
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Rooney, Christopher
Liston College
Assess the impact of teaching and learning in a modern learning environment (MLE) on student achievement.
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Stone, Kieran
John Paul II High School
Investigate change management in 21st Century Catholic secondary schools in Australasia.
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Sturch, Robert
Hastings Boys' High School
Investigate improving transitions from full primary and intermediate to secondary schools to raise achievement in mathematics, numeracy and writing with a particular focus on Māori and Pacific boys.
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Tong, Shane
St John's College (Hillcrest)
Investigate the effect of the introduction of flexible, innovative learning spaces or modern learning environments on boys' academic achievement. Gain an insight into best practice to implement in my school and share with other boys' schools in NZ.
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Wright, Mike
South Otago High School
Review programmes which work alongside schools to engage at risk young people.
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Yeatman, Gary
Awatapu College
Investigate how to support and improve outcomes for boys, particularly those of Māori and Pasifika descent.
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