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‘Networks of Expertise’ (NEX) are Ministry of Education (the Ministry)  funded Professional Learning Networks which:

• enable peer-to-peer networks to deliver support for teachers and kaiako. Networks and associations help teachers and kaiako, schools and kura to access support from within the teaching profession and strengthen collaboration. 

• collaboratively provide and enable on-going advice and guidance to build capability and adaptive expertise for teachers. 

• support peer to peer teaching networks to become an innovative and sustainable form of Professional Learning and Development (PLD), providing just-on-time teaching, learning and assessment support through means such as online forums, resource sharing, inquiry clusters and face to face collaboration opportunities. 

• a Network Hub provides leadership and coordination at a national level. 

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WHY NEX?

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Improving learning and well-being for all learners in Aotearoa New Zealand is all our responsibility. The people who work closest with learners have a unique understanding of their needs, and ability to make a difference. Deepening collaboration across schools and networks promotes the sharing of the great practice that exists, and the Networks of Expertise is a way to get the support to do this. This is an opportunity to provide help to education services that might not otherwise have the resources to seek this specialist assistance. 

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The Ministry’s vision is to see all children and students succeed personally and achieve educational success. The starting point for this is an enduring 30-year vision for the future of education in New Zealand. 

• Whakamaua te pae tata kia tina - Take hold of your potential so it becomes your reality. We are descendants of explorers, discoverers and innovators who used their knowledge to traverse distant horizons. Our learning will be inclusive, equitable and connected so we progress and achieve advances for our people and their future journeys and encounters 

• Whaia te pae tawhiti kia tata - Explore beyond the distant horizon and draw it near! Our vision is grounded in New Zealanders’ aspirations for education – to enable every New Zealander to learn and excel, to help their whānau and communities thrive and to build a productive and sustainable economy and an open and caring society. This vision is the anchor of the Education Work programme, and the objectives and priorities that places of learning will focus on across the education system. The vision has five key objectives: 

  • Learners at the centre 

  • Barrier free access 

  • Quality teaching 

  • Quality inclusive public education and 21st century learning. 

These build on developing a stronger and more explicit focus on wellbeing, equity and inclusion, a commitment to give practical effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the need for greater trust and reciprocity with the teaching profession.

 

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MORE INFORMATION

 

To learn more about NEX, explore the following to links: