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PPTA welcomes new curriculum
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 10:00 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers welcome the new curriculum, and now the Ministry of Education must ensure schools and teachers get the support they need to ensure it is successfully implemented, PPTA president Robin Duff said today. More >>
Pay deal no fix for recruitment woes
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:32 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers have voted to ratify a collective agreement that will give them 4% over the next three years (12.5% in total), PPTA president Robin Duff announced today. More >>
Well done, Mr Key
Friday, 2 November 2007, 4:25 pm | PPTA
PPTA president Robin Duff has congratulated National Party leader John Key for standing up to ideologically driven ministry officials who refuse to listen to parents and teachers' concerns about splitting secondary education. More >>
PPTA welcomes new education minister
Wednesday, 31 October 2007, 2:30 pm | PPTA
PPTA is welcoming the appointment of Chris Carter as education minister and is looking forward to working with Mr Carter to address key issues in secondary education. More >>
Albany botch-up a lesson for other areas
Tuesday, 30 October 2007, 11:18 am | PPTA
The botch-up over the site for the Albany Senior High School is a stark lesson for other areas considering a junior and senior school split for secondary schooling, PPTA president Robin Duff said today. More >>
Secondary teachers call for halt to restructuring
Friday, 26 October 2007, 12:24 am | PPTA
The Correspondence School PPTA branch says the school’s latest restructuring plans will wreak havoc with the secondary subject structure and it’s calling for the proposed changes to be put on hold until an independent audit is carried out. More >>
Congratulations Minister
Friday, 19 October 2007, 4:46 pm | PPTA
PPTA wishes education minister Steve Maharey the very best in his new role as Massey University vice chancellor and hopes his replacement will be committed to improving school funding and providing the staffing needed for personalised learning, PPTA ... More >>
Most Schools Advocate For NCEA
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 11:56 am | PPTA
Findings of a National Survey of Secondary Schools paint a different picture to the views often heard in the media, Secondary Principals’ Council chair Arthur Graves said today. More >>
NCEA on the right track
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 12:46 am | PPTA
An NZCER report which shows strong support for NCEA amongst educators is a breath of fresh air following the negative publicity earlier this year, PPTA president Robin Duff said today. More >>
Te Kotahitanga is no silver bullet
Monday, 15 October 2007, 9:23 am | PPTA
The much publicised Te Kotahitanga project espouses high ideals but flaws in the data and in the project’s underlying assumptions need to be resolved for it to have lasting value, according to a PPTA-commissioned report. More >>
PPTA Urges Nats To Boost Public Schools Spending
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 11:47 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers are urging the National Party not to move away from its plans to ditch salaries bulk-funding and to reconsider moves to boost public funding of private schools, PPTA president Robin Duff said today. More >>
Best Practice Behaviour Management
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 1:40 pm | PPTA
At the PPTA Conference in 2006, delegates expressed concern over the increasing incidence of challenging behaviour in New Zealand secondary school classrooms. As a consequence, a resolution was passed at the conference: ‘That PPTA conduct a literature search ... More >>
Technology support long overdue
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 4:15 pm | PPTA
PPTA is pleased the Minister has finally acknowledged the need to support valued trades and technical professionals to make a career change into teaching, PPTA Executive member for Southland Penney Dunckley said today More >>
PPTA: Speech To 2007 Annual Conference
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 12:05 am | PPTA
A very warm welcome to the 2007 PPTA Annual Conference. I see a great many people I know in front of me! And other new faces, perhaps attending conference for the first time. An especially warm welcome to you new folk, because we do depend on and ... More >>
No settlement; negotiations continuing
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 10:54 am | PPTA
Media reports suggesting a settlement has been reached between PPTA and the Ministry are incorrect. The parties are still in negotiations. “The parties are hopeful that a settlement can be finalised soon but speculation that a settlement has been ... More >>
PPTA: Strike action called off
Monday, 10 September 2007, 1:34 pm | PPTA
The PPTA has called off strike action set down for this Wednesday. More >>
Strike Planned for Wednesday 12 September is Off
Monday, 10 September 2007, 11:55 am | PPTA
At a meeting last night the PPTA Executive decided that there had been sufficient improvement in the Ministry offer to continue bargaining. PPTA president Robin Duff said that while most of the substantive issues had been resolved bargaining would ... More >>
More redundancies at NZ’s largest school
Friday, 31 August 2007, 11:23 am | PPTA
The Correspondence School PPTA branch is calling on the Minister of Education to launch a national inquiry into the role of The Correspondence School (TCS) – to establish its core function, provide proper funding and return to a democratically ... More >>
Resourcing not spin
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 1:31 pm | PPTA
More resourcing for secondary teachers and less spin from the Ministry of Education will go along way towards settling the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement, PPTA president Robin Duff said today. More >>
Secondary teachers set to strike on 12 September
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:19 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers have today given notice* to the State Services Commissioner of their intention hold a one-day national strike on Wednesday 12 September should there be no substantially improved offer from the Ministry of Education to their pay claim ... More >>
