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CMP ANZCO Lock out fact sheet
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 4:31 pm | PPTA
What happened in this dispute? The union and the company (ANZCO CMP Rangitikei) have been negotiating to renew the collective agreement at the plant since April 2011. They have not been able to reach an agreement as the company has been seeking significant ... More >>
Education policy is not a game
Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:08 pm | PPTA
PPTA says education policy is not a sports fixture to be used as an opportunity for political point-scoring. More >>
Future Investment Fund an irresponsible bribe
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 3:39 pm | PPTA
PPTA says National’s proposal to use funds from the sale of state assets for a spend-up in education is irresponsible and unjustified. More >>
PTTA president opens annual conference
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 11:47 am | PPTA
President Robin Duff opened PPTA’s annual conference saying the problems highlighted by protest action against the global financial system were echoed in the funding of New Zealand’s public secondary education. More >>
PPTA animated video calls for an end to political ping-pong
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 11:46 am | PPTA
PPTA launched the annual conference with the release of its’ end the political ping-pong in education animated video clip. More >>
Press Council decision - PPTA response to media
Monday, 17 October 2011, 11:31 am | PPTA
Deborah Coddington's article, Blowing the Whistle on NCEA in North & South magazine has breached principle one, concerning fairness and balance finds the New Zealand Press Council. More >>
Secondary schools left out of equation again
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 4:32 pm | PPTA
PPTA says a move to place more social workers in primary schools is addressing at-risk children early in life is commendable but misses violence at secondary level. “Experts say behavioural issues must be addressed early in the life of the child or early ... More >>
NCEA workload concerns taken seriously says PPTA
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 2:46 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers will be pleased the minister of education has responded to their concerns about NCEA workload, says PPTA president Robin Duff. “We welcome today’s announcements. Two teacher only days in both 2012 and 2013 will be used by teachers ... More >>
Secondary teachers get behind VSM bill protest
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 2:56 pm | PPTA
Steven Joyce has the power to stop the voluntary student membership (VSM) bill, or at least alter it to save tertiary student’s essential support services and quality of education, according to PPTA president Robin Duff. More >>
Conference to tackle critical issues
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 1:35 pm | PPTA
NCEA workload, Class size, educative mentoring, a non-confrontational approach to bargaining and looking at an alternative economic model are just some of the critical issues teachers will be tackling at PPTA’s 2011 annual conference. More >>
Scrap flawed funding model
Friday, 23 September 2011, 8:07 pm | PPTA
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools. More >>
PPTA to support secondary schools facing teaching job losses
Monday, 19 September 2011, 10:36 am | PPTA
PPTA acting president Doug Clark said the association would work closely with members, Christchurch secondary schools and the Ministry of Education to minimise the impact of job losses after the city's devastating earthquakes. More >>
PPTA welcomes move to prioritise schools reporting of abuse
Sunday, 18 September 2011, 4:14 pm | PPTA
Media Release PPTA welcomes move to prioritise schools reporting of abuse to CYF 18 September, 2011 PPTA president Robin Duff welcomes Social Development Minister Paula Bennett’s call to Child Youth and Family to strengthen processes for schools ... More >>
PPTA calls on government to tackle bullying
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 12:37 pm | PPTA
PPTA President Robin Duff said the report issued by the Ombudsmen’s Office on bullying at Hutt Valley High School illustrated a systemic failure by the Ministry of Education and the wider government to support schools with bullying. More >>
PPTA calls for politics-free education
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 3:58 pm | PPTA
PPTA president Robin Duff is calling on New Zealand politicians to focus on a cross-party approach to education decision making and wants to end policy founded in political point scoring. More >>
Minister invites RTLB teachers into precarious employment
Friday, 5 August 2011, 2:49 pm | PPTA
PPTA vice president Kate Gainsford today expressed surprise and concern over education minister Anne Tolley’s pre-emptive comments today about the restructuring of the Resource Teachers – Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) service. More >>
End in sight for Christchurch site-sharing schools
Monday, 11 July 2011, 3:06 pm | PPTA
PPTA senior vice president Kate Gainsford welcomed the education minister’s move to bring an end to site sharing and congratulated secondary schools for their determination to return to some form of educational normality. More >>
Year 9 and 10 national standards no go
Friday, 1 July 2011, 3:54 pm | PPTA
PPTA president Robin Duff welcomed a renewed commitment from the minister of education that national standards will not be extended to secondary schools. More >>
PPTA welcomes professional support for secondary teachers
Monday, 20 June 2011, 4:05 pm | PPTA
PPTA welcomes professional support for secondary teachers 20 June, 2011 PPTA president Robin Duff welcomed a commitment from the minister of education to provide professional support for secondary teachers. More >>
Call for certainty for Christchurch teachers
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:34 pm | PPTA
PPTA President Robin Duff has called on the Minister of Education Anne Tolley to provide job security for secondary teachers in Canterbury. “The central difficulty for anyone dealing with the after-effects of the quakes is uncertainty,” he said ... More >>
