Press Release – New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education
The Board of the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education (NZCGE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Justine Munro as Chief Executive Officer, commencing 12 April 2021.
Ms Munro will replace Deborah Walker, who has been CEO of NZCGE and its predecessor organisations for 10 years, leading the development of a world-class curriculum and delivery platform for educational services to gifted students. The Chairman of NZCGE, Don Hammond, welcomed Ms Munro’s appointment and expressed the Board’s thanks to Ms Walker for her years of service and achievement in the CEO role.
“We are delighted to have secured a proven leader, strategic thinker and innovator of Justine’s calibre to head our organisation in the next phase of its development,” Mr Hammond said.
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Teachers take to the sky to learn skills for 21st century
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Students who are focused just on good academic grades are in for a big shock in 40 classrooms around New Zealand.
Teachers have spent this week at the Whenuapai air base doing practical things like planning and executing a search and rescue mission at sea.
They have met entrepreneurs, programmers, scientists and technologists who work in the air force.
Their classrooms will never be the same again.
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