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The intent of the Curriculum Support Days and the resources developed from these days, is to assist principals and teachers in bringing together the different parts of the New Zealand curriculum within each specialist subject area.
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Curriculum support day resources |
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20 April 2009
These resources should be viewed as ‘work-in- progress’, not as finished units to download and use. They demonstrate a range of ways of thinking about how you might build the ‘front end’ of the NZ Curriculum (the Vision, Principles, Values, Key Competencies, Effective Pedagogies and Learning Area Statements) into your existing units of work, by re-focusing how you teach rather than changing what you teach.
The questions and comments recorded in the body of each resource are at least as important as the unit itself. If for some reason your software does not display such questions and comments, it is likely that you need to make some technical adjustment to how you are viewing the resource. In the few cases where a resource does not carry comment boxes, there will be a note to that effect at the top.
While you will no doubt gain some insights by downloading these resources and studying them on your own, PPTA believes that it is faciliated discussion in groups of colleagues at the local Support Days that will be of most benefit to teachers.
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September 2009
Curriculum support days - Thank You
The CSDs were always intended to be facilitated, sharing and learning experiences, yet they could not have succeeded without considerable support.
So, to the leadership teams in host schools, to the subject associations who provided the resources, to all the teachers and advisers who put their hands up to facilitate, to those teachers who have bravely allowed their colleagues to rip into their units of work, to all the other teachers who attended on the day and engaged in those critical professional conversations that really change things for kids - THANKS!
CSD resources
Kate Gainsford
PPTA President
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Graeme Macann
NZSPC Chairperson
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Weaving the curriculum together |
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9 April 2009 
On 6-7 April, 88 specialist subject teachers and School Support Services advisors gathered in Wellington for two days at a forum to develop the resources that will be used at the PPTA Curriculum Support Days. These resources will cover nearly 40 subjects, 5 special interest areas (Special Ed/Learning Support, Leadership of the Curriculum Across the School, ESOL, Careers Education and Guidance Counsellors), plus a support package for local facilitators.
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