Preparing teacher students for the realities of today’s classrooms ow.ly/9lbW30oTLIB #ChalkTalksRTE #ITE

Dr Mark Barrow: Attracting people to the profession | ChalkTalks panellist Associate Professor Mark Barrow, Dean, Faculty of Education & Social Work, @AucklandUni gives his thoughts on what are the biggest challenges facing teacher education in New Zealand ow.ly/Gyys30oRgeg

Craig Holt: Attracting and retaining our best and brightest | ChalkTalks panellist Craig Holt, President of @APPA_NZ summarises his thoughts on the biggest challenges facing teacher education in New Zealand right now. ow.ly/sBz230oRgsa #ChalkTalks #TeacherEducation

Liam Cunningham: Attracting high-calibre people to ITE | ChalkTalks panellist Liam Cunningham, teacher education Masters student at @AUTuni gives his thoughts on the biggest challenge facing teacher education. ow.ly/nar030oRgtd #ChalkTalks #ITE #TeacherEducation

Dr Michelle Johansson: Supporting new teachers | ChalkTalks panellist Dr Michelle Johansson, Programme Director, @TeachFirstNZ answers the big question: What is the biggest challenge facing teacher education in New Zealand? ow.ly/Qb6m30oRgtW #ChalkTalks

School strike for climate: Young people out in force across NZ | Students up and down the country are taking part in a second Strike 4 Climate. ow.ly/Vt5H30oOwYY #SchoolStrike4Climate #FridaysForFurture #ClimateStrike #ClimateActionNow

What can we learn from the 2018 PBRF results? | Upon analysing the data from the 2018 Performance-based Research Fund (PBRF) quality evaluation, Roger Smyth makes some interesting observations about the PBRF and its future. ow.ly/TeFb30oNjrc

Learning how to learn – or how to learn if you have a lousy working memory ow.ly/ctmd30oMyTP

“Don’t forget about us” – Alternative Education’s plea | As teachers prepare to strike, Dan Hawke of Youth Nelson makes a compelling plea on behalf of alternative education providers to mainstream educators: We fully support you; please support us. ow.ly/mtsm30oKeOf

Shouting to be heard: the worrying effects of noise in early childhood education services | Susan Bates raises concerns about the potentially damaging effects of the high noise levels in many ECE centres in New Zealand & asks: what is being done about it? ow.ly/Kned30oIevS

Are we getting teacher education right in Aotearoa? Or do we need to rethink how we prepare our teachers of tomorrow? What would such change look like & require? All this and more at our next ChalkTalks |Reimagining Teacher Education brought to you by UoA ow.ly/Foc430oH4gH

Content warning: Suicide, self harm Students, secrets & staying safe on social media | As SM looms ever larger in our lives, so too does concern about its effects on young people. We look at how parents, students & teachers are keeping kids safe online. ow.ly/noeM30oASy8

Will Hipkins’ teacher shortage solutions be “a shot in the arm to our schools”? | While the education sector is pleased to see the teacher shortage acknowledged by Govt, many are frustrated that the solutions announced do not address the underlying causes. ow.ly/wRzH30oBNTu

Innovative assessment scheme enhances learning ow.ly/fOqN30oxCnA

Aroha’s Way – giving children the tools to understand their mental health | By award-winning NZ author @CraigDPhillips, #ArohasWay is anticipated to be an important contribution to #mentalhealth literature. Here, publisher @BexLipp talks about the journey ow.ly/FoBD30oaEO7

The Paper Doll Project – why the Christchurch mosque shootings won’t define Kiwi values | Two Bay of Plenty siblings are eager for other Kiwi kids to support them in demonstrating that Aotearoa New Zealand is a place of diversity and acceptance. ow.ly/lXLx30o4U6a #resource

Traumatic incident teams begin helping schools | Following the Christchurch mosque attacks on Friday, the Ministry of Education is Traumatic Incident teams ready to help schools affected, and a range of resources for parents and educators. ow.ly/tc7C30o4UCD

21st-century skills: what are they and what’s the fuss about? Massive leaps in technology throughout the past two decades have made huge differences to the ways in which we communicate. By Rachel Helyer Donaldson. ow.ly/bPT830nXUU0 #FutureFocus