Teachers' Refresher Course Committee

We have embarked on a rebranding journey over the last few months, to refresh our visual identity, name and logo in a way that honours our 75 year history and better represents who we are, what we value and what we do.

Our new koru logo is inspired by Aotearoa, is reminiscent of the ribs of a waka reflecting our professional learning journeys, and overall, reflects our strong belief in growing connections and communities.

It is with absolute pleasure we can share with you that, formerly TRCC (Teachers Refresher Course Committee, we are now….
Tᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀ Dᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ Aᴏᴛᴇᴀʀᴏᴀ | Wʜᴀɴᴀᴋᴇᴛᴀɴɢᴀ Kᴀɪᴀᴋᴏ Aᴏᴛᴇᴀʀᴏᴀ
‘For kaiako, by kaiako’

Please visit our new website https://www.tda.org.nz which is now live for you to explore!

Alongside our rebranding, we have moved to a new office space to accommodate our growing team. We look forward to welcoming all of you in our new space!

Head on over to the link below and give our new page a like.

https://www.facebook.com/teacherdevelopmentaotearoa

Teacher Development Aotearoa - for kaiako, by kaiako Teacher Development Aotearoa is proud to provide a community that enables educators to share, connect and lead together.

“It is with regret that The Maths Conference scheduled for the October school holidays will no longer happen face to face. Teachers who have registered are asked to complete a survey questionnaire indicating preference for holding as face to face conference next year or going ahead with a virtual conference.

The survey is open until Sunday 12th September.”

Thanks to the outstanding camera crew for capturing these wonderful moments in the NZHTA History Conference held last month in Waitangi.

Click the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18UVO4eSW0Jb0QAiUtMqXaK8TFIeJTQak/view?usp=sharing

NZHTA Conference Video Final 2.mov

Music and Digital Technologies Conference hosted by MENZA, assisted by TRCC.

A great bunch of people who made this conference fun and vibrant.
The team are already excited to plan another outstanding conference for the future.

We thank those who attending and the Planning team for making it another successful conference.

Just a few quick snaps of the successful NZHTA History Conference held in Waitangi July 2021.

Unfortunately the weather wasn't overly fantastic for the first day, but was still not a disappointment for those 275 participants who attended.

Definitely an experience to never forget.

Thanks to all of you who attended and the outstanding effort by the Planning Team and TRCC Staff to make this a conference to remember.

Held in the heart of Wellington, a fully-packed 2 day conference in 'Supporting Gifted Learners: Effective practice in action, available to you now.

Registrations are now open. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity.

To register and for more information please visit WWW.TRCC.ORG.NZ.

TRCC have opened up a job Opportunity based in the Wellington Office.

Teacher secondment opportunity

The Teachers Refresher Course Committee (TRCC) is seeking an experienced teacher to assist with the planning and organisation of professional development courses for teachers. Experience as a previous course director in a curriculum area, or experience in teacher development, or involved in a network of expertise or subject association is desirable as is availability for the secondment period for terms 3 and 4 this year.

For further information please contact Murray Williams on 027 263 8119 or email [Email address hidden].

Please share with your Wellington based whanau and friends.

Held in the heart of Christchurch, this fantastic opportunity to attend the Music and Digital Technologies Conference is now available.

Registrations are open and spaces are limited.

Please visit www.TRCC.org.nz to register

Teaching Science 1-day Conference been held in Auckland in October.

This is going to be an outstanding full day of 'Making learning relevant inside and outside the classroom'.

Spaces are limited to 100 so register now to avoid missing out.

To register visit our website www.TRCC.org.nz.

Use an inquiry approach to plan your next steps on your learning through play journey. Great for whole teams.

Leadership course for Pasifika teachers with leadership responsibilities in Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary Schools.

A slight name change in our upcoming NZ History Conference, a fantastic opportunity that you don't want to miss.

A wonderful experience to be had, led by some awesome speakers.

Please visit our website www.TRCC.org.nz to register or contact one of our friendly staff.

Held in Central Wellington, Aotearoa Social Studies Educators Network bring to you:

"Middle Leadership in the Social Sciences: looking at the big picture"

Great workshops you wouldn't want to miss out on.

Register now to avoid missing out.

Coming up in April, located in the heart of the Nelson Tasman Region.

Horticulture and Agriculture Teachers Association present to you
"Growing the Good Stuff"

Limited numbers so register while you still can.

Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC), was such a great success.

All the participants along with the planning team had an outstanding time.

Here is a short video put together of snippets from the Christchurch Hub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeaZxkLKtM4&feature=youtu.be

EOTC Conference Journey Otautahi A journey by bike from the pacific ocean up the Otakaro Avon River towards its source and finishing at Riccarton Bush.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING A 2021 COURSE PROPOSAL TO TRCC HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO TUESDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER.

Are you interested in directing an EC, Primary, Secondary or cross-sector TRCC course?

If you would like to make a formal proposal to TRCC regarding a 2021 course you would like to direct, you can fill in the online proposal form on our website (www.trcc.org.nz) or if you prefer, you can submit a pdf application to Murray Williams ([email protected]) ensuring all points listed in the website proposal criteria are addressed.

Please refer to the TRCC website for more information about the roles and responsibilities of course directors and planning teams, criteria for submissions, and planning and process deadlines.

Please note the new closing date for 2021 course proposals is Tuesday, 1 September.

TRCC’s vision is to offer courses ‘for teachers, by teachers’ so we are looking forward to hearing from you.

Registrations are now open for this two-day course full of practical exploration of 'Local Curriculum'.

Space's are limited, so get in quick to save missing out on this fantastic opportunity.

For further information, please visit our website www.trcc.org.nz or contact our friendly staff at [email protected]

Te Tiriti, Civics, and Citizenship Wānanga:

TRCC along with ASSEN are excited to announce an incredible four-day learning experience for teachers with a passion for social studies education.

Applications are now open.

See attached flyer for more information.

It is with enthusiam that TRCC shares a series of 6 podcasts and accompanying lesson summaries entitled "Inviting our tamariki back to everday school life".

Devised and presented by Charles Bisley, together with his colleagues Danielle Sanders, Judy Norton, Juliet Cottrell and Libya Munn, these podcasts present engaging activity, mixing drama and literacy, and are designed for children between 3-13+ years old.

Their kaupapa is to recognise each child- their pono and their ability to whakamana, and to offer them creative ways to express their experiences, both ups and downs. This way of learning strengthens ako relationships, and builds a culture of hauora; it is particularly relevant as children find their way back to everyday school life after lockdown.

They are designed to complement other drama resources, such as those provided by Drama New Zealand for their members, and those on Te Rito Toi.

Follow the link below to listen to the Podcasts.

https://trcc.org.nz/category/podcasts/

Podcasts Archives - TRCC Browse all of our podcasts.

Don't miss out on this great opportunity, our Geography course is now open for registrations.

We are excited for this upcoming course.

For more information please contact one of our friendly staff at [email protected] or visit our website www.trcc.org.nz

Due to Covid-19, we have had to change around some of our courses.

See below for our up to date Course Calender for 2020-2021.

For further information on courses, please visit our website www.trcc.org.nz or contact one of our friendly staff.

Registrations are now open for our upcoming course in the next school holidays (September 2020).

This course is been held in 5 different locations.

For further information, please visit out website www.trcc.org.nz or contact one of our friendly staff.

Further to our recent post regarding Postponed Courses, please see below attachment for details of those courses changed. We do apologize for the inconvenience this has caused to everyone.

The staff at TRCC hope everyone is staying home and healthy.

Stay safe, stay healthy, stay well.

SAVE THE DATE!

Making Music 🎼 and Technology 💻 Accessible for all.

Thursday 16th and Friday 17th July in Auckland
(Location to be confirmed)

This conference will empower primary teachers of any level with the tools to work with the new and revised Digital Technologies curriculum content and the Music curriculum. Designed for all classroom primary teachers of any level of music and digital technologies teaching and ability. Teachers will leave with ready to use ideas to meaningfully integrate music and digital technologies.

Keep your eyes 👀 peeled for registrations opening soon

Registrations close in a few weeks, we hope to see you there.

For more information, please visit our website www.TRCC.org.nz or contact one of staff on 0800 872 211.

We are excited to announce that registrations are open for our first course in April 2020

CARRYING THE TAPA

To register for this course, please visit our website www.TRCC.org.nz for further information or contact one of our friendly staff on 0800 872 211.

We look forward to what 2020 will bring

GREAT NEWS!

After some minor adjustment to make this an outstanding course, we are ready to go.

Here is the History Flyer coming up in July to be held in Waitangi.

We look forward to seeing you there

A massive thank you to George Konia for coming in to officially bless our new premises.

New Zealand Arts Educators from across the visual arts, music, dance and drama subject areas met at Te Papa last week to form a National Arts Education Alliance.

Priya Gain (Drama and music specialist), Melanie Turner (Dance Subject Association) and Francis Potter (Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Arts Educators) met with Radio NZ to discuss the current and future state of the arts in schools.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018731319/leading-educators-say-new-zealand-arts-education-is-in-crisis

Leading educators say New Zealand arts education is in crisis "Teachers hope to end "near death" of arts in school" ran the Newsroom headline in an article by Professor of Education at the University of Auckland Peter O'Connor this week. The week at Te Papa in Wellington saw the first gathering in more than a decade of leading arts educators from schools from....

National Arts Alliance Hui

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/01/21/994613/arts-leaders-hope-to-end-near-death-of-arts-in-school

Teachers hope to end “near death” of arts Children in arts-rich schools do significantly better at the basics than schools which focus on measuring literacy and numeracy outcomes., but the arts fell out of favour, writes Peter O'Co

Teachers' Refresher Course Committee are shifting premises.

Teachers' Refresher Course Committee updated their business hours.

Happy New Year!

We are all back on board and looking forward to working along side you, in what will be a fantastic year.