Resource Development and Facilitation: Years 7-10 Technology Project

This two-year project (2009-2010) is a GIF–Technology Education Initiative that aims to build teacher capability and quality resources in Years 7-10 Technology education, when all students are engaged with Technology learning as part of their compulsory education.

Six schools, in Auckland and Tauranga, were selected to participate in the North Island stage of the project:

The stated aims of the project are to:

  • develop resources that support the delivery of Technology programmes for Years 7-10
  • explore and implement successful strategies for developing Technology programmes for Years 7-10
  • support development of Technology programmes that are 'progressive and sequential' in the critical transitional stage of Years 7-8, to address weaknesses identified in the ERO (Education Review Office) report on Technology 2005 under 'Recommendations for Improvement'
  • develop examples of progression in learning for the transition years, Years 6-7 and Years 8-9
Selena Hinchco

Selena Hinchco

 

Teachers accepted into the project are each funded for five teacher-release days and provided with support from the facilitator and in-school professional development to help them develop their Technology programmes, and has created a professional development action plan to help them develop their Technology programmes so that they align to The New Zealand Curriculum (2007).

Selena Hinchco was appointed as the full-time facilitator for this two-year project (2009-2010) and is based at Remuera Intermediate. Her role is to support selected teachers to maximise the opportunities from their Technology programmes and to develop quality resources that will benefit all teachers of Technology when they are published on Techlink.