Te Ara Whakamana Programme June2014

DAY ONE, Monday 30 June 2014
Time
Item
8:50 – 9.00
Mihi whakatau and welcome
9:00 – 9:45
Venue
Hon Hekia Parata
Minister of Education
Hon Steven Joyce
Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
9:45 – 10:45
The Linked Learning Approach: Understanding its promise, challenges,
and the potential impact on students’ postsecondary trajectories
Dr Marisa Saunders, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University
10:45 – 11:15
Morning Tea
11:15 – 12:15
12:15
12:00 –– 1:00
12:45
1:00 – 1:45
Government Support for Effective Transitions
Youth Guarantee: An update
Arthur Graves, National Manager, Youth Guarantee, Ministry of Education
The Youth and Transition Framework
Janet Hay, Principal Advisor Youth and Transitions, Tertiary Education
Commission
Plenary
Room
Plenary
Room
Lunch
Concurrent Sessions 1
Starting from the end: quintessential pathways of quality
Dr Stuart Middleton, Centre for Studies in Multiple Pathways
Plenary
Room
Supporting transitions for international students
Ewen McKenzie-Bowie, ICL Education Group
Lindsay Spedding and Ted Dawe, Taylors College
Session
Room
1:45 – 2:30
Panel: Successful Transitions for Pacific Learners
Hana Seumanu-Ikenasio, Careers NZ; Sonny Natanielu, AUT, Taulalo Fiso, NZIS
2:30 – 3:00
Afternoon Tea
Plenary
Room
Concurrent Sessions 2
3:00 – 3:45
2
Vocational Pathways in practice
With Pathways West and Taranaki Futures
Plenary
Room
MIT Tertiary High School
Michelle Hards, School of Secondary-Tertiary Studies
Session
Room
3:45 – 4:30
Postgraduate Research Showcase
Dr Colleen Young Evaluating a Tertiary High School: Enabling students
disengaged from school
Plenary
Liz Chinlund
The effect of a university preparation programme
Room
Mandy McGirr
Responding to Youth Deened to be At-risk or NEET: A Realist
Evaluation of New Zeland Youth Transition Policy and
Programmes
4:30 – 6:00
Networking Function
Te Ara Whakamana:
and
to tertiary education
Te Ara Whakamana:
Pathways,Pathways,
transitionstransitions
and bridges
to bridges
tertiary education
DAY TWO, Tuesday 1 July 2014
Time
Item
9:00 – 9.05
Welcome to Day Two
9:05 – 9:30
Grant Robertson MP
Labour Party Spokesperson for Skills, Employment and Training, and Associate
Spokesperson for Tertiary Education
Venue
Plenary
Room
Chris Hipkins MP
Labour Party Spokesperson for Education
9:30 – 10:30
Equitable Admissions and Engaging New Learners
Professor Hamish Coates, Centre for the Study of Higher Education,
University of Melbourne
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea
11:00 – 11:45
Panel: Successful Transitions for Māori Learners
Dr Melinda Webber, University of Auckland; Māmari Stephens, Victoria
University of Wellington; Dr Catherine Savage, Te Tapuae o Rehua
Plenary
Room
Concurrent Sessions 3
11:00 – 12:30
Supporting transitioning learners
With the University of Auckland First-Year Experience Programme, and
Downer’s Talent Pipeline
Plenary
Room
Reflecting on academy models
With the NZ Primary Industries Trades Academy and the Otahuhu College
Health Science Academy
Session
Room
12:30 – 1:15
Lunch
1:15 – 2:00
Careers New Zealand’s Vision for a New Digital Future
Keith Marshall, Chief Executive and Hikitia Ropata, General Manager Strategic
Development; Careers NZ
Plenary
Room
Concurrent Sessions 4
2:00 – 2:45
Developing academic literacies
Ken Kilpin, Associate Professor Lisa Emerson, and Dr Angela Feekery,
Massey University
Plenary
Room
The Mandatory Review of Foundation and Bridging Education Qualifications
Members of the Review Governance Group
Session
Room
2:45 – 3:15
Afternoon Tea
3:15 – 4:00
Coordinating Action Across Sectors: Canterbury Youth Futures
Trevor McIntyre, Ministry of Education; David Shearer, Canterbury Development
Corporation; Peter Young, Careers NZ
4:00 – 4:15
Closing Address
Te Ara Whakamana:
and
to tertiary education
Te Ara Whakamana:
Pathways,Pathways,
transitionstransitions
and bridges
to bridges
tertiary education
Plenary
Room
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