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Secondary Teachers To Vote On Latest Offers From Government
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 2:47 pm | PPTA
PPTA members will vote next week on new offers for settlement of the secondary teachers’ and area school teachers’ collective agreements that were received yesterday. “PPTA Te Wehengarua national executive met last night to consider the offers and we don’t ... More >>
Secondary And Area School Teachers Plan More Industrial Action
Friday, 24 March 2023, 10:06 am | PPTA
Secondary and area school teachers around the country have voted overwhelmingly in favour of more industrial action, including a one day national strike next Wednesday, in support of their collective agreement negotiations. “PPTA Te Wehengarua members ... More >>
Area School Principals To Strike Next Thursday
Friday, 10 March 2023, 12:09 pm | PPTA
Area school principals are taking strike action next week in support of their collective agreement negotiations. Area school principals who are PPTA Te Wehengarua members will join area and secondary school teachers and primary school teachers in a one ... More >>
Ministry’s Teacher Supply Model Over Optimistic – PPTA
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 5:44 pm | PPTA
Projections of secondary teacher supply, released by the Ministry of Education today, seem over optimistic and the extent of the secondary teacher shortage over the next three years will most likely be worse as pay and working conditions continue to deteriorate, ... More >>
Government’s Collective Agreement Offers Rejected By PPTA National Executive
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 12:06 pm | PPTA
Offers by the Ministry of Education for settlement of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement and Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement have been rejected outright by PPTA Te Wehengarua national executive – ahead of regional paid union ... More >>
Secondary Teachers Pencil In Paid Union Meetings
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 8:41 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers are planning to hold two-hour paid union meetings around the country at the end of November to decide the next steps in their collective agreement negotiations. “We have been in talks with the Ministry of Education for months ... More >>
PPTA Rejects Ministry’s Offer For Community Education Collective Agreement
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 3:30 pm | PPTA
PPTA Te Wehengarua national executive has rejected an offer from the Ministry of Education for the settlement of the collective agreement covering adult and community education workers and out of hours music and art workers. There are around 1200 adult ... More >>
An End To Streaming On Secondary Teachers’ Conference Agenda
Sunday, 2 October 2022, 12:52 pm | PPTA
Adopting a policy on an end to streaming in schools is on the agenda of PPTA Te Wehengarua annual conference in Wellington this week. “Research is increasingly finding that streaming in schools is educationally harmful particularly for Māori ... More >>
Secondary Teachers Welcome NCEA Timeline Changes
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 2:00 pm | PPTA
Changes announced today to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) are sensible and will be better for students in the long term, says Melanie Webber, PPTA Te Wehengarua President. “Introducing new standards for literacy and numeracy ... More >>
School Attendance Strategy Welcome
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 2:19 pm | PPTA
The Government’s school attendance and engagement strategy, released today, has the potential to achieve a great deal of good in our communities, say secondary principals and teachers. “Actions across communities to support children and young people’s ... More >>
School Attendance Strategy Welcome
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 2:16 pm | PPTA
The Government’s school attendance and engagement strategy, released today, has the potential to achieve a great deal of good in our communities, say secondary principals and teachers. “Actions across communities to support children and young people’s ... More >>
Mandate Decision No Surprise
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 12:32 pm | PPTA
The Government’s decision, announced today, to remove vaccine mandates for education workers comes as no surprise, says PPTA Te Wehengarua President Melanie Webber. “PPTA’s support of the mandates stemmed from our policy, led by members, that we would support ... More >>
PPTA Te Wehengarua Response To Minister Hipkins’ Announcements Today
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 2:13 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers welcome NCEA changes A scaling down of the changes to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) over the next three years is a positive move that acknowledges the significant disruptions secondary students and teachers ... More >>
Re-opening Of Level 3 Schools Next Week A Reckless Decision
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 3:16 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers are dismayed and angry at the Government’s announcement today that senior students in COVID-19 Alert Level 3 areas will return to the classroom from next Tuesday. “We’re not sure who Minister Hipkins consulted before he made ... More >>
Mandatory Vaccination For School Sector A Sensible Safety Move
Monday, 11 October 2021, 6:11 pm | PPTA
PPTA Te Wehengarua supports the Government’s decision to make vaccination mandatory for everyone working in and visiting schools but more details are needed about how the requirements will work in practice, says PPTA Te Wehengarua President, Melanie ... More >>
New Māori Vice President Role For PPTA Te Wehengarua
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 12:18 pm | PPTA
The secondary teachers’ union, PPTA Te Wehengarua, has created a new role of Māori vice president on its national executive. The historic decision – the role is believed to be the first of its kind for teacher unions in Aotearoa New Zealand – was made ... More >>
Teachers Welcome NCEA Subject Lists Announcement
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 3:59 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers welcome the Minister of Education’s release of final subject lists for NCEA Levels 2 and 3 subjects for the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa as this provides certainty for students, teachers and schools. “The ... More >>
A Budget For Our Communities
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 2:54 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers welcome the government’s commitment to rebuilding and strengthening communities. PPTA president Jack Boyle says, “Families and communities are going to need all the help they can get as we weather the Covid-19 crisis. We’re pleased ... More >>
Sector knowledge reflected in taskforce report
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 3:27 pm | PPTA
Secondary principals are glad to see that sector feedback is reflected in the Our Schooling Futures: Stronger Together report by the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce, released today. More >>
Secondary teachers pleased to see Taskforce recommendations
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 2:18 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers welcome the release of the Our Schooling Futures: Stronger Together report by the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce and look forward to working towards an equitable education system. More >>
