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Qualified Teachers Essential To Quality ECE, Say Kaiako
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 12:11 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The report, released on Wednesday, recommends what it calls "greater flexibility in workforce qualifications" to support access to & quality of ECE, however teachers say this doesn't address the true causes of the shortage of teachers and will place ... More >>
Valuing Education Workers Is Key To Reducing Industrial Action, Says Union
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 4:34 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
“It's a pity Governments haven't valued teaching enough to make decent pay offers and that it takes educators having to take industrial action to really shift conditions in which tamariki learn.” More >>
New Māori Education Action Plan Light On Detail
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 4:58 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The plan looks very much like a mirroring of the new English medium literacy and structured mathematics curricula. We cannot see a focus on pūtaiao science or Aoteraoa histories, both important subjects for Māori ākonga, says Ripeka Lessels, the incoming ... More >>
New Hearings Report Backs ‘Child-Centred’ Vision For ECE
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 10:31 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The hearings report backs a child-centred vision of early education that ensures culturally responsive learning for tamariki Māori and Pasifika, prioritises the health and safety of all tamariki, and provides enough additional learning support. More >>
ECE Teachers' Action To Call For Children To Be At Centre Of Decisions About Sector's Future
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 8:48 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
“The majority of submitters to the review supported what we, as early childhood kaiako and teaching professionals, are calling for: good ratios of teachers to children, qualified teachers in the classroom, and paying teachers enough to address and reduce ... More >>
Zero Pay Offer To Most Teacher Aides And Other School Support Staff
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 12:53 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
"A zero percent pay increase and no offer on our other claims for better sick leave and job security clearly says the Government is not willing to step up and commit to improving our working lives and those of the tamariki we support.” More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa Joins Calls To Restore Cut To Pasifika Early Literacy Project
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 8:24 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Tute Mila, incoming NZEI Te Riu Roa General Membership Representative, says that the Pasifika Early Literacy Project has been crucial in helping Pasifika learners thrive in their education and maintain their cultural identities. More >>
Union Submits Complaint About Charter School Legislation Employment Violations To International Labour Organisation
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 10:32 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Stephanie Mills, National Secretary of NZEI Te Riu Roa, says the new legislation prioritises profit-making over children's education and teachers’ work rights. More >>
An Effective System Tackling Absenteeism Should Have Educators At Its Centre
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 9:30 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa President, Mark Potter, says “the weaknesses identified in the current system are down to either lack of resourcing or socioeconomic factors that contribute to absenteeism like trauma and poverty.” More >>
Teachers Stand Up For Public Education On Nationwide Day Of Action
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 11:54 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Teachers, support staff, and school and centre leaders are committed to continuing to improve the education system to realise the promises of Te Tiriti and deliver equity of learning opportunities for all. More >>
Cuts To School Lunch Programme Puts Further Pressure On Stretched Schools
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 3:27 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The cuts to funding announced by the Associate Minister of Education means schools providing meals themselves have had funding cut by 25-50%. (From up to $8.29 per head to $4 a head). Funding for schools buying in lunches from commercial providers ... More >>
Introducing Newly Elected NZEI Te Riu Roa President Ripeka Lessels
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 2:19 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Ms Lessels was elected to the position today at Hui-ā-Tui, the annual NZEI Te Riu Roa conference, and will succeed outgoing president Mark Potter in February 2025. More >>
State Of The Sector: Early Childhood Education Heading In Wrong Direction Say Teachers In Workforce Survey
Monday, 30 September 2024, 2:38 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
This results of this survey make it absolutely clear that undermining teachers and children in favour of businesses is not the answer and will have grave repercussions for kaiako and tamariki. More >>
School Attendance Announcement Shows Coalition Government Out Of Touch With Schools
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 1:45 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Associate Minister’s ‘crackdown on truancy’ shows a lack of awareness about the root causes of truancy in Aotearoa. More >>
Cut To Te Reo Programme A Few Days After Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori A Mistake
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 11:15 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Minister for Education, Erica Stanford, has announced that the funding will be cut and diverted into publishing maths workbooks because of the Government’s fast-tracking next year of the new maths curriculum. More >>
Parliament Passes Pathway To Privatisation Of Public Schools
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 2:49 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa president Mark Potter urges communities to consider proposals to convert to private operation very carefully; once a school moves to private operation there is nothing in the legislation to allow a pathway back to becoming a public ... More >>
Parents Overwhelmingly In Favour Of Pay Parity For Early Childhood Teachers, Survey Finds
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 1:36 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
More than 90% showed concern for children’s safety should teacher-child ratios be increased. Almost 87% of parents and caregivers agreed that regular safety measures, such as sleep checks, room temperature checks, nappy checks, and food safety, were ... More >>
Education Leaders Unite Against Government's Moves To Downgrade Place Of Te Tiriti In Education
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 11:39 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
“As education sector leaders, we will work together to oppose the downgrading of Te Tiriti in the Education and Training Act and will support our members to engage and take action to uphold Te Tiriti in our schools,” Te Akatea president Tracy ... More >>
Deregulation Proposals By For-Profit ECE Employer Group Shows Total Disregard For Early Childhood Teachers
Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 1:21 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The proposals include cutting pay parity for all early childhood teachers, reducing the number of qualified teachers outside of government subsidised hours, and removing kindergarten from the state sector. It also deems mandated minimum teacher-child ... More >>
Primary Principals And Teachers’ Groups Ask Government To Pause The Fast-tracking Of Curriculum Change In Schools
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:28 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Primary principals urge the Education Minister to delay the 2025 rollout of new math and English curricula, citing insufficient support and potential burnout for teachers. More >>
