Ali's Blog » NZ http://blog.core-ed.net/ali It is a mixture of personal anecdotes, observations, skites about my son, Thomas and sometimes some things vaguely intelligent. For much more intelligent comments on education, social software and the like check out the blogs of my colleagues at www.core-ed.net Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:32:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Looking for ideas about what do to fill in the long quiet hours over the NZ school holidays? http://blog.core-ed.net/ali/2010/06/looking-for-ideas-about-what-do-to-fill-in-the-long-quiet-hours-over-the-nz-school-holidays.html http://blog.core-ed.net/ali/2010/06/looking-for-ideas-about-what-do-to-fill-in-the-long-quiet-hours-over-the-nz-school-holidays.html#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:03:44 +0000 ali.hughes http://blog.core-ed.net/ali/?p=885 Here’s a thought – give yourself time to pull together your application for the CORE Education Travel Scholarship – it’s been set up to encourage and celebrate a teacher’s or leader’s thought leadership in education and the prize is up to $5,000 towards travel, accommodation, event registration & expenses for a teacher to attend an international education event.  To enter, you need to submit a perspective piece relating to CORE’s Ten Trends .

Alternatively perhaps work on putting yourself forward for the Professional Learning & Reflective Practice 2010 Awards recognising best practice in action. Winners get $3,000 (for an individual) or $5,000 (for a school or centre) to put towards professional learning.  To apply, individuals, schools and early childhood centres have to submit proof of the impact of professional learning activities they have completed. Both the Scholarship and the Awards are now open to teachers and leaders in all NZ early childhood centres, primary and secondary schools.  Go to the CORE website for more information, selection criteria and application forms.

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Just weeks after NZ was named as the best place for British expats to make a fresh start, people are realising that in fact NZ is also suffering from the global recession and that jobs are not as plentiful as expected.

What is very interesting is the fact that the Daily Mail (who sees itself as the People’s Campaigner) is bemoaning the fact that NZ appears to be encouraging jobs for New Zealanders first- which is exactly what they have been campaigning for with Jobs for the British!

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