Christina Ward
Christina designs and manages online communities of practice at CORE Education.
Christina has a wide range of experience that combines her abiding interest in curriculum development and building online communities.
Since 2004 when she joined CORE Education, Christina has led the development of the New Zealand Curriculum Online. She is also closely involved in a number of communities of practice, including Key Competencies Online, Middle Schooling, Secondary Middle Leaders, Community Engagement, Software For Learning, and Te Manawa Pou.
Christina has a background in educational publishing and teaching, both in secondary and primary contexts.
Christina is able to provide professional development or consultancy services in the following areas:
- Designing effective, engaging online communities
- Supporting schools to share their curriculum experiences and learning
- Developing effective online resources and communities to support teachers’ professional learning
- Broadening access to curriculum information and resources
- Implementing the making of connections and developing relationships
- Designing user-friendly, inclusive online environments
- Digital storytelling
- NZC Implementation Steering Group (MOE), Member (Present)
- ANZFSSA (2000-2007); Regional Representative (2000-2007)
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Reference Group (2006-2008)
- Auckland Social Studies Association Co-Chair (2004-2007).
- Implementing a co-constructed 21st century Curriculum as a national project. ICTLT Conference, Singapore, March 2010
- Five great curriculum resources - New Zealand Curriculum Online. Workshop at Learning@School Conference, Feb 2010
- Questions about key competencies. Workshop at Learning@School Conference, Feb 2010
- Curriculum stories, Workshop at Learning@School Conference, Feb 2010
- NZC Online 101, Learning@School Conference, Feb 2009
- The principles - Foundations of curriculum design making, Workshop presented at ULearn Conference, 2009
- New Zealand Curriculum Online, Hamilton Principal’s Association, 2009
"I work with a wonderful array of talented leaders and teachers throughout New Zealand. I am pleased to be able to support their professional learning, and to help them share their stories, ideas and wisdom to a wide online audience."
