NZQA Board appointment announced

Chris Carter has announc­ed a new appointment to the board of the NZQA.

Shona Smith, deputy principal of Waitakere College, will serve a three-year term with the NZQA board from 1st August, 2008, until 31st July, 2011.

“Ms Smith has a wide range of curriculum, assessment and qualifications expertise. She is a member of the scholarship processes advisory group, which advises the NZQA and the MoE on the implementation of the new NCEA Scholarships examination,” Mr Carter said.

Ms Smith has also served on the NCEA Forum and was the convenor of Te Tiro Hou – the Qualifications Framework Inquiry in 1996-97.

She spent seven years on the executive of the NZPPTA, as well as two terms on the Auckland College of Education Council.

Ms Smith, a former national president of the NZPPTA, has previously held positions at Birkenhead College, Green Bay High School and Orewa College.

She was awarded Associate of the Institute of Education by the University of London following a year-long study which included a special investigation into standards-based assessment in NZ and the UK.