Teacher-led Innovation fund extended until June 2020
Education Minister, Hekia Parata, has announced the extension of the fund until June 2020 with an additionaladdition $8 million invested over 5 years.
Next round
The next round will open in November 2016.
- About the fund
- Purpose of the teacher led innovation fund
- How funding can be used
- Next steps for successful projects
- Contact us
About the fund
The fund supports teams of teachers to develop innovative practices that improve learning outcomes. All primary and secondary teachers in state and state integrated schools can apply. You do not have to belong to a community of learning to apply for this fund.
Read the lessons learned from Round 1 applications and who the successful schools were.
- Lessons learnt from the 2015 application process
- List of successful projects and schools from Round 1
Research information available through our library is on the Finding information and research page
Purpose of the fund
The fund supports teams of teachers to develop innovative practices that improve learning outcomes - especially for students who are Māori, Pasifika, have special education needs, and/or come from low socio-economic backgrounds. The fund is a total of $10 million over 3 years (from 2015-2018).
It allows teachers the time and opportunity to:
- inquire into ‘puzzles of practice’, with other kaiako/teachers, to find ways of helping individual (or groups of) students to succeed
- work in partnership with experts, for example, academics, researchers, community and/or cultural leaders, innovation experts
- share what works with other kura/schools and educators across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Innovative projects involve inquiring into new practices, or applying existing practices in new contexts, and investigating in a systematic way whether they result in improved learning outcomes.
The fund is a component of Investing in Educational Success .
How funding can be used
No funding ‘ceiling’ is placed on projects. However, the funding allocated must align with the purpose, scope, scale and expected benefits of the project.
Transitions through the education system are important and project teams are encouraged to involve early childhood and tertiary partners, and business and community organisations, where relevant to the project. Projects can pay early childhood and tertiary organisations as appropriate.
The fund also allows for project teams to bring in additional expertise if they need to.
Next steps for successful projects
The boards of trustees of the schools involved in each project will need to sign a Funding Agreement. Projects will need to be monitored by the project team and checkpoint reports provided. An independent monitoring panel will review checkpoints as the project progresses and provide feedback.
- Checkpoint Report
- Final Project Report forms
- Download the Tax Invoice Sample
- upload your completed form
For help with your project monitoring and evaluation
Go to Pages 14-15 of the Guide to the Teacher-led Innovation Fund
Go to Completing the Checkpoint & Final Report Forms [YouTube 4min18sec]
Contact us
For any enquiries about the Teacher-led Innovation Fund, you can:
- call 0800 IES INFO (0800 437 4636)
- or email teacherled.innovfund@education.govt.nz