Grainger, Sheila

Buller High School

To prepare a conference paper, short publication or presentation on change management leading to improved student achievement and school culture in a New Zealand secondary school, based on my experiences at Buller High School.

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Grinter, Chris

Rotorua Boys' High School

To investigate and examine the tension that exists between the role of the Principal as captured by the business leadership model of "Tomorrows Schools" and the educational leadership model as promoted by Professor Viviane Robinson and others. (Deferred to 2011).

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Hart, Bruce

Heretaunga College

To complete the formal requirements of my Executor Hillary Leadership Programme for which I have a Woolf Fisher Scholarship; Using IT to support flexible school design and personalised learning opportunities.

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Henley, Bruce

Catholic Cathedral College

To study the effects of learning a musical instrument on the academic achievement of students, particularly Pasifika and Māori students.

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Hodge, David

Rangitoto College

To learn from top performing schools in New Zealand, Australia and the USA on how they measure performance across a range of school activities and the best practice in the use of ICT for teaching and learning and administration.

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Holloway, Jane

St Catherine's College (Kilbirnie)

To study and research ways in which to connect parents, students and teachers through ICT by simplifying communication channels, in a non-labour intensive manner, thereby improving student outcomes by sharing data earlier and more often.

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Hutchinson, Morag

Green Bay High School

Searching for the silver bullet: how to lift student achievement in the second phase of principalship.

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Jackson, Michael

Albany Junior High School

A review of the literature and case studies that discuss and clearly identify barriers to data driven improvement models in schools. How those barriers may be overcome.

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Jones, Grant

Newlands College

To look at what enables students at similar decile schools to perform better in NCEA by visiting selected decile 8-10 schools.

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Jungerson, Susanne

Porirua College

To work in the Cannon's Creek educational catchment area to "look for the point at which it all goes right in schools." To examine in this small piece of research whether "teacher talk" has/d an impact on a student's academic self belief.