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Welcome to the Secondary Education portal
Information, resources and guidance, to support secondary teaching and learning.
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NCEA level 2 toolbox
15 May 2013
Support for NCEA achievement in the secondary environment, school-initiated supports, online resources and key websites.
Economics curriculum guide update
13 May 2013
New L8 achievement objective indicators, and key concept updates.
Science curriculum guide update
07 May 2013
This senior secondary curriculum guide has had new sections added.
Engaging the disengaged
07 May 2013
A new report, published in the UK by the National Foundation for Educational Research.
Spotlight on mathematics/pāngarau
21 April 2013
This Education Counts webpage brings together a range of maths resources.
First World War map
14 April 2013
Secondary essentials
Information, tools, and resources to support secondary middle leaders.
A series of Curriculum Guides to help design quality teaching and learning programmes.
New and updated NCEA support material and internal assessment resources.
Broad information covering NCEA standards and resources.
A portal to stories, reports, statistics, and reviews that support Māori learners achieve education success as Māori.
Four projects that support Maori students' success in English-medium schools.
Setting goals, priorities, actions, targets and outcomes to ensure Māori youth are present, engaged and achieving at secondary level.
A professional development initiative funded by the Ministry of Education.
A strategy to help students solve numeric problems and develop a deeper understanding of mathematics.
Key resources
- NZ Curriculum Online
- Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
- Ka Hikitia
- Communities
- Educational Leaders
- Tū Rangatira
- Pasifika
- Digistore
- Secondary Education Gazette stories
- Ministry of Education resource catalogue
To order Ministry of Education publications, please phone 0800660662
Transitions and pathways
Career Education and Guidance in New Zealand Schools
Advice and support on providing effective career education and guidance in years 7 to 13.
Secondary students and school leavers
Career information to help students at school, or for those making decisions about leaving.
Career Services rapaura - Career education in practice
A practical handbook to help schools manage and develop their career education programmes.
A Study of Students' Transition from Primary to Secondary Schooling
Learning workers: Young New Zealanders and early career development
Media gallery
Ricky Prebble from Wellington East Girls' College discusses the role of inquiry teaching and learning in his social sciences programme. He unpacks the elements of inquiry that support the learning to learn principle, specifically how inquiry encourages students to explore why they are learning and how they are learning.
Spotlight
Vocational pathways at Papakura High School
Senior secondary students at Papakura High School are more engaged in their learning since the introduction of vocational pathways. The school is basing its curriculum on the values, competencies, and knowledge that will lead students to further education and work opportunities. Programmes are built around career pathways that include creativity, hospitality, engineering, land based studies, health, and travel tourism. The changes have given reluctant learners a reason to stay at school, offering them greater choices and improved educational outcomes. These six film clips share Papakura High School’s story.