Top 10 Ako articles for 2024
From inclusive education and neuroscience to charter schools and Esports, here’s a roundup of our most-read articles published in 2024.
1. Inclusive education: being a teacher with ADHD
2. Advice to your past self: reflections from Mt Cook School
3. Inclusive education – let’s talk about OCD
4. Diary of a head teacher sabbatical
5. A cautionary tale from England: how a future of charter schools could look for Aotearoa
6. Nurture, emotional regulation and neuroscience: laying the foundation for tamariki to learn
7. Bacon, eggs and te reo-speaking astronauts: the life and career of Laures Park
8. Enhancing the mana: cultural leadership in Taranaki
9. Music, magic, mana reo: Waiata in early childhood centres
10. Digital pioneers: the world of Esports
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Jared Lambert: 2024 scholarship recipient
ECE kaiako Jared Lambert received a scholarship from NZEI Te Riu Roa in 2024 and used the funds to help complete his Master of Psychology. He answered some questions about his experience of the scholarship.
Victoria Goode: 2024 scholarship recipient
Teaching assistant Victoria Goode facilitates a Nurture Group at Nelson Central School. She received a Support Staff scholarship from NZEI Te Riu Roa in 2024 and used the funds to train with Nurture International in the UK. She answered some questions about her experience of the scholarship.
Paul Hartland: 2024 scholarship recipient
Teacher aide Paul Hartland received a Support Staff scholarship from NZEI Te Riu Roa in 2024 and used the funds towards his study to become a qualified counsellor. He is now working as a counsellor at Pukekohe High School. He answered some questions about his experience of the scholarship.