Mallard committed to making the transition to NCEA easier
Education Minister Trevor Mallard made a commitment to secondary teachers at the PPTA annual conference today to make
the transition to the National Certificate of Education easier for them, through extra workshops and teacher training.
“Now NCEA is here, we can’t afford to lose momentum,” Trevor Mallard said.
“I remain convinced that there is real benefit in the new system – it offers better information and more diverse
learning pathways.”
Feedback from teachers had been important in getting the details right for the implementation of the NCEA and there
would now be additional professional development, he said.
“I am committed to maintaining and improving the level of support in order to manage workload pressures. I want to make
the transition easier.”
Trevor Mallard announced the following initiatives to ease the transition: Level 2 training material addresses the
problems identified in level 1 training material Three days professional development this year for each teacher during
senior examinations (one level 2 professional development workshop and two school only days) Generic workshop on
assessment design early in term one next year Level 2 workshop early term two next year Level 3 workshops in term 2 and
late in term 3 next year
In addition software problems area being worked on, the number of school relationship manager positions is being
doubled, and our communications are being improved, Trevor Mallard said.