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No Confidence in National Standards
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
Education sector representatives and leaders will be taking a list of concerns to the government over the implementation of its National Standards policy, and have suggested the Standards be trialled before being fully adopted. The policy was the ... More >>
'Work for Free Day' Resonates w Education workers
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 11:18 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
Work for Free Day is being marked today and the education sector union NZEI says it should serve to highlight the government’s continued efforts to undermine the value of women’s work. The Pay Equity Challenge Coalition says the 18th November ... More >>
School Support Staff Consider Their Next Move
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 3:29 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
Thousands of low paid school support staff are attending paid union meetings around the country to consider their next move in their stalled pay talks. Their collective agreement expired on March 1 and despite several days of negotiation with the Ministry ... More >>
No Education Pay Trade Off
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
Comments by the Prime Minister that school support staff could have a pay rise if teachers were prepared to forego an increase are insulting, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
School Support Staff Powerful Message For Minister
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
School support staff have laid down a strong challenge to the Minister of Education for the government to recognise their work and settle their pay negotiations with a fair pay offer. At the Annual Meeting of NZEI, the country’s largest education ... More >>
Young International Students are not Commodities
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
Relaxing the guardianship rules for young foreign fee paying students amounts to the exploitation of young children for commercial gain, according to the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. Currently young international students aged 13 or under ... More >>
Bulldozer Approach To Natl Standards Won't Work
Monday, 21 September 2009, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government must recognise that a “bulldozer approach” to the introduction of National Standards will inevitably fail. The new National Standards for literacy and numeracy will be released at the ... More >>
OECD Report A Wake Up Call For Children’s Futures
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
An OECD report on children’s wellbeing is a wake up call that education initiatives alone won’t lift the achievement levels of New Zealand’s disadvantaged children, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. The report “Doing Better for Children” ... More >>
Time For Govt To Give Fair Deal To Support Staff
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
It’s time for the government to recognise that school support staff are highly valued by their school communities and front up with a fair deal, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. In a co-ordinated effort last Friday more than a thousand ... More >>
PM Needs To Turn Words To Action On Natl Standards
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed comments made by the Prime Minister on the implementation of new national standards, but says action speaks louder than words. John Key said today that he wants the standards to be implemented ... More >>
Babies’ sleep, wellbeing the loser in Gov decision
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
The Government’s decision yesterday to axe a proposed requirement for all-day ECE centres to have separate sleep rooms for babies has been condemned by NZEI Te Riu Roa, the union representing early childhood teachers. NZEI Te Riu Roa National Executive ... More >>
Low Paid Education Workers At Pay Equity Rally
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 9:50 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
The voice of low paid school support staff will be heard loud and clear at today’s pay equity rally at parliament. School support staff know all about the realities of pay inequity. They are among the lowest paid workforces in the country despite ... More >>
Anger Over National Standards Consultation
Monday, 29 June 2009, 10:17 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the government to push out the timeframe for the implementation of national standards and says schools will actively oppose any centralised reporting of the standards data. Ministry of Education ... More >>
Early Childhood Targets Must Not Be Watered Down
Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 9:41 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
An early childhood teacher supply summit delivered a strong message that there must be no watering down of targets for moving towards a fully qualified workforce, despite the added pressures they place on teacher supply. The summit was organised by the ... More >>
Budget Fails Frontline Education Workers
Friday, 29 May 2009, 11:19 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
The Budget will do nothing to fix problems of low pay in the education sector, according to the education sector union, NZEI Te Riu Roa. The government has announced a minimal inflation adjusted increase to school’s operational funding for 2010 and no new ... More >>
Strategic Investment In Education Needed
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa will be looking for clear signs in Thursday’s Budget that the government is prepared to make a strategic investment in teaching and learning. In the lead up to the Budget, and in the current economic climate, ... More >>
Parents urged to engage in standards consultation
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 11:15 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
Teachers and parents need to get out and have their say on the government’s draft national standards for numeracy and literacy, says the education union, NZEI Te Riu Roa. The draft standards are now out for consultation and there are meetings scheduled ... More >>
Govt Puts Final Nail In The Coffin For Pay Equity
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 11:59 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
The government’s decision to scrap the Department of Labour’s Pay and Employment Equity Unit puts the final nail in the pay equity coffin for thousands of low paid women workers, according to the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. Earlier this ... More >>
Acknowledgement Of The Role Of School Leadship
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
Moves to bolster the numbers and training for principals and school leaders is a welcome acknowledgement of the important role they play in our schools, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. The government has announced a Professional ... More >>
School Support Staff Deliver Message - Fair Pay
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 11:00 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
School Support Staff Deliver Message To Government MPs Around New Zealand: “Get Around The Table And Talk Fair Pay” Groups of NZEI members will visit 30 Coalition Government MPs as part of nation-wide activities on Friday morning (11am, April 17th) ... More >>
