NZEI - Latest News [Page 64]
Turangi Teacher Honoured
Monday, 22 September 2003, 8:44 am | NZEI
Turangi deputy principal, Janeve Green, a deputy principal from Turangi has today been honoured for he contribution to education. More >>
Northland Principal Honoured
Monday, 22 September 2003, 8:43 am | NZEI
He was made an Associate of the country’s largest education union, NZEI Te Riu Roa at awards ceremony in Wellington. More >>
Rotorua Teacher Honoured
Monday, 22 September 2003, 8:42 am | NZEI
Rotorua kohanga reo teacher, Angela Ham, has today been honoured for her contribution to education. More >>
Primary Principals Accept Pay Rise
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 9:27 am | NZEI
Wellington –Primary principals throughout the country have voted to accept a pay rise averaging eight percent. More >>
NZEI Calls For More Support For School Reviews
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 9:19 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling for greater support for staff who have to go through school mergers. More >>
NZEI Greater Protection For Foreign Students
Monday, 8 September 2003, 11:09 pm | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa has endorsed moves to provide stronger protection for foreign fee paying students attending primary and intermediate schools. More >>
Maori Primary Students Improve Performance
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 5:34 pm | NZEI
Wellington –NZEI Te Riu Roa is pleased to see an improvement in the performance of Maori students in primary and intermediate schools. More >>
Nemp Provides Useful Info On Student Performance
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 5:33 pm | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the release today of reports prepared by the National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) as they provide valuable information on how students are performing in primary schools. More >>
NZEI: School House Essential For Rural Schools
Friday, 1 August 2003, 2:42 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says it is essential school houses are retained at rural schools because they are vital in attracting teachers and principals to work in country areas. The Ministry of Education has released a new school housing policy in which it proposes ... More >>
Primary Principals To Vote On Pay Offer
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 5:49 pm | NZEI
Wellington * Primary principals will be meeting throughout the country to consider a pay offer negotiated by their union, NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
Primary School Principals Pay
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 2:29 pm | NZEI
I've had a couple of calls in response to the release on the primary principals offer asking what do they earn. The following will given an indication of what they are paid now and what they will get if they accept the offer. More >>
Quality Teaching Requires Time And Support
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 5:04 pm | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa, which represents primary and early childhood teachers, supports research released today that highlights how crucial quality teaching is to student performance. More >>
NZEI Welcomes Success Of Literacy Project
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 1:27 pm | NZEI
Wellington – The success of a literacy project in South Auckland shows that socio-economic barriers to learning can be overcome if teachers are given the resources and the right professional development says NZEI Te Riu Roa National President, Bruce Adin. More >>
NZEI: Dependence On Foreign Students A Concern
Friday, 11 July 2003, 9:55 am | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa shares the Education Review Office concern about schools becoming dependent on the money paid by foreign fee paying students to provide a quality education for their New Zealand students. More >>
NZEI Welcomes New Teachers Council Chair
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 11:25 am | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the appointment of Joanna Beresford as the new chair of the New Zealand Teachers Council. More >>
Nzei Supports Language Teaching In Schools
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 4:47 pm | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa supports the idea of teaching a second language to intermediate age children but says for this to succeed the government must ensure that schools have qualified language teachers. More >>
Schools Celebrate Their Support Staff
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 9:44 am | NZEI
Nine thousand members of NZEI Te Riu Roa, who work as support staff in schools, will today celebrate the vital part they play in educating the country’s children. More >>
Budget Threatens Operation Of Schools
Monday, 19 May 2003, 6:56 pm | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu says the Government is failing to provide enough money to cover the cost of running the country’s schools. More >>
NZEI Supports Extra Education Funding
Friday, 16 May 2003, 10:12 am | NZEI
Wellington – The country’s largest education union, NZEI Te Riu, welcomes the government’s extra funding for early childhood education, literacy teaching in primary schools, and for information and communications technology (ICT) for all schools. More >>
Nzei Welcomes Decision On School Mergers
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 5:23 pm | NZEI
Wellington - NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the decision by the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, to merge rather than close a number of primary schools in south Taranaki. More >>