Appendix 2: Professional Development and Support appropriation 2007/08

Ministry of Education: Supporting professional development for teachers.

The following table shows, from the total 2007/08 appropriation of $120.410 million for Professional Development and Support, those initiatives that were within the scope of our audit.

Initiative 2007/08 budget ($)
(GST exclusive)
The Arts Professional Development 756,000
Aspiring and Potential Principals 361,000
Assessment Professional Development 3,485,000
E-Learning Cluster Development 932,000
Enterprise Education 444,000
Environmental Education Professional Development 1,156,000
Environment Sustainability 3,261,000
ESOL* Home School Partnership programme 178,000
ESOL Learning Progression Framework 290,000
ESOL Professional Development 889,000
Gifted and Talented Professional Development 1,323,000
Group Mentoring/Leadership Forums 196,000
Healthy Lifestyles 1,253,000
Information Technology Initiatives 11,292,000
International – ESOL Professional Development 444,000
International Teacher Exchange 1,056,000
Literacy Professional Development 3,707,000
Māori Curricular Professional Development 493,000
Māori Teacher Workload (two initiatives) 2,546,000
NCEA** Professional Development 871,000
New Teaching Diploma – GIF 2,133,000
New Zealand Curriculum & Other (Teacher Professional Development) 862,000
Numeracy Professional Development 4,052,000
Pacific English Language 1,301,000
Principals Professional Development 1,518,000
Principals Development – Leadspace 3,082,000
Principals’ Development Planning Centre (PDPC) 801,000
Physical Activity for Primary Schools 700,000
Reading Recovery School Support Services 2,630,000
School Advisory Services (School Support Services) 22,735,000
Secondary Numeracy Professional Development 1,551,000
Secondary Literacy Professional Development 888,000
Senior Subject Advisor Service 1,870,000
STAR*** Professional Development (5 School Support Services positions) 533,000
Strengthening In-Service Teacher Education Practice 225,000
Student Wellbeing 827,000
Teacher Fellowships 410,000
Teacher Refresher Course Committee 444,000
Te Kotahitanga and Te Kauhua Professional Development 5,170,000
Te Kauhua Phase III 704,000
Te Reo Tikanga Māori 1,563,000
Whakapiki Reo 3,038,000
Total 91,970,000

* ESOL = English for Speakers of Other Languages.

** NCEA = National Certificate in Educational Achievement.

*** STAR = Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource.

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