Funding and awards for teachers

• Science, Maths and Technology Teacher Fellowships - providing teachers with new experiences and understanding outside the classroom that will enable them to become more effective educators.

• Quality Teaching Partnership Fund - the Ministry of Education's support of conferences/wananga to be held in New Zealand during the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

• Sir Peter Blake Environmental Educator Award - open to fully qualified, practicing primary, intermediate and secondary teachers.

• Teacher and school database