School governance and management

NZCER's School governance and management work

School governance and management research projects

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

Inclusive Practices Tools (IPT) Development Project

NZCER was contracted by the Ministry of Education to develop an online tool for schools to support them to explore the extent to which school practices are inclusive of all students. The Inclusive Practices Tools (IPT) was intended to support primary and secondary school leaders to collect data from their school community for the purposes of self-review.

Project leader(s): Jonathan Fisher, Sally Boyd

School governance and management Student health and wellbeing

National Survey

Project leader(s): Linda Bonne

Longitudinal projects Policy School governance and management

Impact of education reforms

This longitudinal NZCER project monitored the impact of the 1989 education reforms known as Tomorrow's Schools.

Project leader(s): Cathy Wylie

Policy School governance and management

Recent School governance and management research publications

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

WAPA 2020: Gains and insights from an enduring school network

Author(s): Cathy Wylie

What lessons can Communities of Learning draw from WAPA 2020, a network of West Auckland schools which have worked together since 2009?

Education leadership practices School governance and management

Paper - 2016

Primary and intermediate schools in 2013

Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Linda Bonne

This report presents the main findings from the NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools, which was conducted in July and August, 2013.

Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies Moderation National Standards Policy School governance and management Student health and wellbeing

Research report - 2014

Secondary schools in 2012

Author(s): Cathy Wylie

Secondary schools in 2012 is the latest from NZCER's national survey series.

The survey draws on responses from 177 secondary school principals and from hundreds of teachers, parents and members of boards of trustees. The survey was carried out in July and August 2012. It is part of a national survey series conducted by NZCER since 1989 to track issues and trends across the education system.

There are many positives in the findings but they also highlight persistent concerns about funding levels, workload, support and access to reliable technology.

Curriculum and assessment ICT NCEA Policy School governance and management

Research report - 2013

Zooming in on Learning in the Digital Age: A Literature Review

Author(s): Rachel Bolstad and Jane Gilbert

ICT School governance and management

Literature review - 2006

Recent School governance and management books from NZCER Press

$44.95

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...

Education leadership practices School governance and management

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School governance and management research projects