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PPTA rejects government offer – resumes action
Monday, 18 October 2010, 11:35 am | PPTA
PPTA’s national executive has unanimously rejected a government offer which shows a disturbing indication of the level of value the government attaches to teaching and learning in secondary schools. More >>
Ministry offer ‘astonishing’
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 5:06 pm | PPTA
PPTA negotiators were astonished by the offer the Ministry of Education put to them today, after being assured it would be worth teachers’ while. More >>
Thursday’s industrial action called off – PPTA
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 2:07 pm | PPTA
PPTA’s executive has decided to suspend industrial action planned for Thursday and resume bargaining - after assurances that the Ministry of Education has an offer worth teachers’ while. More >>
PPTA welcomes new teacher education requirements
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 2:51 pm | PPTA
PPTA congratulates the Teachers Council for insisting on the inclusion of teacher voices in key decisions about initial teacher education, president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
Govt needs to step up over inequality – PPTA
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 4:05 pm | PPTA
It’s time for the government to step up with professional development and resources to help secondary schools deal with the inequality that walks through their doors. More >>
Disruptive behaviour in schools – Govt must step u
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 3:02 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers are sick of waiting for help to address disruptive behaviour in class. They are sick of being blamed and they are sick of feeling powerless in their own classrooms. More >>
Principals and teachers – a united force
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 12:16 pm | PPTA
Delegates at PPTA’s annual conference were assured that they have the support of their principals through the industrial round and a shared ‘moral purpose.’ More >>
PPTA Pans Private Profiteering
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 11:43 am | PPTA
PPTA conference delegates have unanimously voted to oppose any government moves to establish public private partnerships (PPPs) in schools. More >>
CORRECTION: PPTA takes steps to save Pasifika
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:55 am | PPTA
PPTA has voted to support a national languages policy in a bid to prevent Pasifika languages from dying out. More >>
Actions speak louder than words minister - PPTA
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 9:50 am | PPTA
Education minister Anne Tolley will have to put her words into actions if her speech to PPTA’s annual conference is to be more than empty rhetoric, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
President’s address – PPTA committed and united
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:44 am | PPTA
President’s address – PPTA committed and united Tena Koutou, Tena koutou, Tena koutou katoa Greetings to you all More >>
Industrial action to be discussed at PPTA meeting
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 2:59 pm | PPTA
PPTA members will be updated with plans for further industrial action at next week’s annual conference, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
The average NZer is a 5’6” hermaphrodite – PPTA
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 11:16 am | PPTA
Education minister Anne Tolley is misleading and mischievous in her use of statistics – particularly when it comes to teachers’ salaries, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
PPTA response to Ministry's 'accuracy' claims
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 9:13 am | PPTA
New Zealanders are getting inaccurate, misleading messages about this year’s secondary teachers bargaining, the Ministry of Education said today. More >>
Tomorrow’s strike not a rest day – PPTA Manawatu
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:33 pm | PPTA
Tomorrow’s strike will not be a rest day for secondary teachers in Manawatu and Wanganui, says PPTA regional chair Rob Torr. More >>
Boards: Donate strike savings to Canterbury
Monday, 13 September 2010, 4:29 pm | PPTA
As teachers countrywide prepare for a day of action to mark Wednesday’s strike, PPTA is calling on boards of trustees to donate teachers’ wages saved to Canterbury’s quake relief fund. More >>
PTA calls off strike in Canterbury
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 1:10 pm | PPTA
In a gesture of goodwill for communities in quake-stricken Canterbury PPTA has called off next week’s strike in the region. More >>
PPTA offers support for Canterbury colleagues
Monday, 6 September 2010, 4:31 pm | PPTA
PPTA president Kate Gainsford has pledged the association’s support for colleagues affected by Saturday’s quake in Canterbury. More >>
Conference to tackle critical issues
Monday, 6 September 2010, 3:05 pm | PPTA
Public, private partnerships, disruptive behaviour and the role of the New Zealand Teachers Council, are just some of the issues teachers will be tackling at PPTA’s 2010 annual conference. More >>
Govt not listening to teachers or parents
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 5:09 pm | PPTA
“The strike action secondary teachers are taking on 15 September is as much about frustration with the Ministry of Education’s lack of engagement as anything else,” says PPTA president Kate Gainsford. More >>
