QA News #55 - March 2007 [ NZQA ]

March 2007 Issue 55

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	Features
•	Chief Executive's Foreword
•	Te Rautaki Māori ā te Mana Tohu Mātauranga	•	China supports NZ PTEs
•	Foundation Learning given a boost	•	Kapiti Skills offers pathways to learning
•	Education Dean joins NZQA Board	•	Northland College students build a future
•	New Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education qualification	•	Research papers on the website
•	First Line Management standards reviewed	•	Action Research in the classroom
•	Qualifications Register updated	•	Release of results huge logistical exercise

Education Dean joins NZQA Board

John Langley

John Langley has recently joined the NZQA Board. John is the inaugural Dean of the Faculty of Education at The University of Auckland. Prior to this, he was Principal of Auckland College of Education, New Zealand's largest provider of professional education and applied social science programmes. He led an amalgamation between the College and the University to form the new Faculty of Education in 2004.

John was formerly the Director of the Teacher Registration Board (now the New Zealand Teachers Council).

He has been a teacher, teacher of the deaf, lecturer in a college of education, principal of a large primary school, and was a founding director of a private teachers college in Christchurch. He is also a qualified psychologist.

Meanwhile, the NZQA Board farewells another of its members, Dr Graham Stoop. Dr Stoop has been appointed as Chief Executive and Chief Review Officer of the Education Review Office.

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