Professional development
Learning Media's professional development team designs and manages literacy and
assessment training programmes for New Zealand schools and teachers.
We tailor programmes to suit the needs of clusters or individual schools. To discuss how we can help with your professional learning needs, contact our Professional Development team
We designed the national Literacy Professional Development Project and ran the programmes in primary schools for six years. Read reports on its key outcomes.
We are now providing workshops on implementing the National Standards. These workshops will focus on implementing the reading and writing standards and will build on your knowledge of effective literacy classroom practice and effective literacy leadership in order to improve student outcomes. You can register your interest here.
These workshops and the flexible response are part of the Ministry of Education’s Professional Development Plan for the implementation of the National Standards.
As publisher of many of New Zealand's school resources, we are continually building our research, skill, and knowledge bases.
In partnership with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and Auckland University, we research the outcomes of our current projects to inform further development of these and other projects.
Here are some recent papers that have resulted from this ongoing research:
In our project schools we encourage teachers to actively question their practice, to examine their beliefs about teaching and learning, and to monitor the impact of new practice on their students' achievement.
In this video, a principal describes her experience in Ministry of Education professional development projects led by Learning Media.
Download video (Flash file 9.9MB)
We seek out national and international experts to conduct workshops. The workshops encourage discussion on directions within New Zealand education and encourage participants to consider different perspectives.
We tailor programmes to suit the needs of clusters or individual schools. To discuss how we can help with your professional learning needs, contact our Professional Development team
Experience
Learning Media has been providing professional development services to the New Zealand Ministry of Education for a number of years.We designed the national Literacy Professional Development Project and ran the programmes in primary schools for six years. Read reports on its key outcomes.
We are now providing workshops on implementing the National Standards. These workshops will focus on implementing the reading and writing standards and will build on your knowledge of effective literacy classroom practice and effective literacy leadership in order to improve student outcomes. You can register your interest here.
These workshops and the flexible response are part of the Ministry of Education’s Professional Development Plan for the implementation of the National Standards.
As publisher of many of New Zealand's school resources, we are continually building our research, skill, and knowledge bases.
Research
Learning Media's professional development programmes draw on the latest research into effective teaching and learning.In partnership with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and Auckland University, we research the outcomes of our current projects to inform further development of these and other projects.
Here are some recent papers that have resulted from this ongoing research:
- Leading Sustainable Change, the paper we presented to the 21st World Congress on Reading (2006) in Budapest, Hungary
- To the Heart of the Matter:The impact of formative assessment strategies on student self-regulated learning behaviours', presented at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Conference, 4 -7 December 2007
- Is sustainability of educational reform an article of faith or can it be deliberately crafted?, a paper presented at the International Congress for Schooling Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) Conference, 6 – 9 January 2008 in Auckland
Our approaches
We are committed to an evidence-based approach to design and implementation of professional learning projects. Our core kaupapa is to bring people together in a collaborative way to build and share knowledge across the sector.In our project schools we encourage teachers to actively question their practice, to examine their beliefs about teaching and learning, and to monitor the impact of new practice on their students' achievement.
In this video, a principal describes her experience in Ministry of Education professional development projects led by Learning Media.
Download video (Flash file 9.9MB)
We seek out national and international experts to conduct workshops. The workshops encourage discussion on directions within New Zealand education and encourage participants to consider different perspectives.