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Telecom supports Grass-roots Effort |
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NetDay, a grass-roots volunteer effort to network schools’ computers, is organised by the 2020 trust and sponsored by Telecom each year.
Connecting a school’s computers and printers together in a Local Network provides an opportunity for a wide section of the community to work together to benefit local schools and their children.
Labour is provided by volunteers and discounted materials, expertise and sponsorship by local bodies, community groups and businesses.
The resulting network is professionally tested and certified to show it meets the same internationally accepted standards as would be expected from an cable installation business.The NetDay concept was pioneered in the USA, when a study showed that networking existing computers together provided significant benefits and was a major need. Now NetDays take place in every State, and there are many NetDay groups.
The first NetDay in New Zealand was in June 1997, organised by Wellington’s 2020 Communications Trust, when over 200 volunteers installed networks in 35 Wellington schools. This has been successfully followed by a National Net Day in 1998, then Telecom NetDays from 1999 to 2001.
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Governance These partnerships assist the work of school management and Boards of Trustees (BOT), particularly in areas where schools cannot easily access the services, advice and support that tend to be more readily available in other communities. Partners from the company are likely to join a school’s BOT or serve on a foundation that empowers local people. more »Mentoring Partnerships of this type have developed to help students reach their full potential if they happen to come from backgrounds that might not have provided them with the insight into their potential for further study and career opportunities that mentoring can offer. Mentor relationships are often associated with some other form of partnership. more »Education Enhancement The school benefits from such a partnership through an additional teaching programme which enhances the existing curriculum. This programme may be delivered by teachers through business support, or businesses may fund delivery by specialist instructors working in partnership with the school. Businesses can form a generic education enhancement programme with a partner school, or they can become involved with one of the six existing specific programmes: • Kiwi Can • Project K • Books in Homes • Young Enterprise Scheme • Enterprise Studies • Primary Enterprise Programme • Sea and Learn more »Vocational In this type of partnership the business and a local school seek to find common ground where they can work together on areas of mutual benefit. Often this involves a project where students gain measurable outcomes in a curriculum area, while working in an authentic business environment with hands-on support from the partner business. more »Scholarship Businesses can award scholarships to individual students. Their future is supported by an investment in their tertiary education as well as holiday work, plus career and study guidance from the partnering business. more »Sponsorship This type of partnership looks at how firms can offer financial support to a school, particularly those in remote or low-decile areas, via the goods and services that a business can offer in order to improve a school’s resource base. more » |
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