School governance and management

NZCER's School governance and management work

School governance and management research projects

Teaching and School Practices Survey Tool (TSP)

Project leader(s): Cathy Wylie, Heleen Visser, Sue McDowall

Curriculum for the Future

Curriculum for the Future is a set of three resources designed to stimulate open-ended conversations about learning and curriculum today and into the future. Part 1 is a workshop resource, Part 2 is a live action role play game, and Part 3 is a digital game for iPad or tablet.

Project leader(s): Rachel Bolstad

Curriculum and assessment School governance and management Schooling for the future

National Survey

Project leader(s): Linda Bonne

Longitudinal projects Policy School governance and management

Recent School governance and management research publications

Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey 2018 Report

Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Sue McDowall, and Hilary Ferral

Education leadership practices Māori and education School governance and management

Research report - 2019

Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey 2018: Summary report

Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Sue McDowall, and Hilary Ferral

The Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey tool (TSP) was available for free school use for the second consecutive year in 2018. It was used by 265 schools that wanted an evidence base for understanding and developing their practices for the benefit of students.

This report gives the aggregate picture for those schools. Compared with the national school picture, schools using the TSP included fewer small, rural, decile 1–2 schools, and schools with high Māori enrolment.

There is considerable variability between schools, but overall, school characteristics did not seem to be playing a strong role. This suggests that aspects that are challenging require system-wide support.

Education leadership practices Policy School governance and management

Research summary - 2019

Self-Managing schools seven years on - What have we learnt? 1997

Author(s): Cathy Wylie

Self-Managing schools seven years on - What have we learnt? 1997

School governance and management

Research report - 1997

Secondary schools in 2018: Findings from the NZCER national survey

Author(s): Linda Bonne and Jo MacDonald

Families and communities Policy School governance and management

Research report - 2019

Secondary schools in 2015

Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Linda Bonne

This is a comprehensive picture of the current experiences and challenges for secondary schools in New Zealand. It presents the findings from NZCER's national survey of secondary schools, conducted in July and August 2015. It includes the perspectives of principals, teachers, parents and board of trustee members on a wide range of issues.

Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies NCEA Policy School governance and management Student health and wellbeing

Research report - 2016

Recent School governance and management journal articles from NZCER Press

The successful inclusion of pregnant and mothering students in New Zealand schools

Policy School governance and management Student health and wellbeing

Journal issue: set 2015: no 1

How we care for students: Pastoral care and the role of the dean

School governance and management Student health and wellbeing

Journal issue: set 2014: no. 3

New identity stories: An alternative to suspension and exclusion from school

School governance and management Student health and wellbeing

Journal issue: set 2014: no. 3

Student management systems in secondary schools

School governance and management

Journal issue: set 2013: no. 2

Improving learning opportunities: Why schools can’t do it on their own

Policy School governance and management

Journal issue: set 2013: no. 1

Recent School governance and management books from NZCER Press

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Locked out: Understanding and tackling school exclusion in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Schools work continually to keep students with challenging and difficult behaviour engaged in education. The message of this book is that more can and needs to be done

School governance and management

$44.95

Better classroom relationships

This book shows how new possibilities and alternatives to conflict can be opened up when teachers can draw on a theoretical framework and some specific relationship principles.

School governance and management

$25.00

Set 40th Anniversary Collection

To celebrate 40 years of set: Research Information for Teachers, NZCER Press has published a collection of 16 articles selected from the many hundreds that have been published over the years. Selected by guest editor Marie Cameron, this is not a “best of” compilation but is a collection of some of the articles that have stood out for...

Education leadership practices Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies Literacy Maths education National Standards NCEA Policy School governance and management Schooling for the future

soft cover
$39.95

Vital connections: Why we need more than self-managing schools

What was the real effect of the radical Tomorrow’s Schools reforms? Has New Zealand’s school system improved as a result? What changes are needed now to meet our expectations of schools?

This is the definitive and compelling story of New Zealand school self management over more than two decades. Cathy Wylie explores the paths taken and...

National Standards NCEA Policy School governance and management

soft cover
$39.95

Successful Educational Leadership in New Zealand: Case studies of schools and an early childhood centre

This book, edited by Ross Notman, features case studies of 11 successful New Zealand educational leaders. It is intended as a testimony to their exemplary work and to help aspiring, new and experienced practitioners understand more about their leadership role. The case studies capture the exhilaration of being a leader in different school and...

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