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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 >>
$63 million cuts disaster for schools
Friday, 27 May 2011, 9:43 am | PPTA
The Ministry of Education will now have to stump up $63 million from its budget to fund employer contributions to KiwiSaver and other retirement schemes, said Post Primary Teachers Association president Robin Duff. More >>
Ops grant cut sidelines students
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 4:45 pm | PPTA
Secondary schools will have less to spend on each student next year said Post Primary Teachers Association president Robin Duff. “The Budget does not compensate for inflation in schools’ operations grant funding,” he said. School rolls will be ... More >>
Calling for Budget sense
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 1:45 pm | PPTA
PPTA President Robin Duff said while the Budget would be tight on the back of a recession and the Christchurch earthquake, it was no excuse to slash funding to secondary schools. “There is no fat to trim – school’s budgets are really tight”. Eighteen ... More >>
Geocaching, treasure hunt for teachers
Monday, 18 April 2011, 2:34 pm | PPTA
New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association Professional Conference 2011 Secondary school teachers from across New Zealand will take to the streets of Wellington in a treasure hunt geocaching style. More >>
Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement Ratified
Monday, 11 April 2011, 5:29 pm | PPTA
Post Primary Teachers’ Association members ratified a collective agreement with the Ministry of Education with 86 percent support. More >>
Secondary teachers’ collective agreement ratified
Monday, 11 April 2011, 2:18 pm | PPTA
April, 2011 Post Primary Teachers’ Association members ratified a collective agreement with the Ministry of Education with 86 percent support. More >>
Retirement earned after 45 years in education
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 1:08 pm | PPTA
After 45 years in the education sector secretary for education Karen Sewell has earned her retirement, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Teachers to vote on possible agreement
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 4:46 pm | PPTA
PPTA members throughout the country will meet to decide whether to ratify a settlement of the secondary teachers’ collective agreement. PPTA and the ministry of education have been back in negotiations since the beginning of this year and agreement has ... More >>
NCEA survey reveals broken promises
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 4:16 pm | PPTA
An NCEA survey released by PPTA today exposes the government’s failure to support secondary schools during a period of massive change. Schools from Southland to Upper Northland are struggling under the increasing workload around NCEA created by government ... More >>
