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PPTA calls for select committee inquiry
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 10:09 am | PPTA
PPTA is recommending that the Education and Science Select Committee urgently initiate an inquiry into the staffing, resourcing and delivery of the technology curriculum. More >>
PPTA elects new president
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 1:43 pm | PPTA
Making teaching a more attractive and enjoyable profession is among the key goals for PPTA’s president-elect Robin Duff. More >>
Large scale tax cuts would hurt public education
Friday, 13 October 2006, 11:20 am | PPTA
Large-scale tax cuts will lead to static or declining investment in public education at a time when it really needs to increase, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Violence against teachers a barrier to quality ed
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:07 am | PPTA
Violence against teachers around the globe is one of the key barriers to quality education for all, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. She was commenting on World Teachers Day, which is celebrated in over 100 countries around the world ... More >>
Technology in schools faces crisis
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 3:01 pm | PPTA
The technology curriculum is in danger of imploding as schools struggle to recruit and retain qualified technology teachers, PPTA Executive member Penney Dunckley said today. Dunckley said interim results from PPTA’s 2006 teachers of technology survey[1] ... More >>
President’s 2006 Annual Conference Speech
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 11:26 am | PPTA
I’d like to welcome you all here today, and to extend an extra special welcome to you if your waka to this hui was an aeroplane. The air around Whanganui-a-Tara can be a little moody at this time of year. More >>
Teachers call for more help for difficult pupils
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 11:24 am | PPTA
The Government must pay more than lip service to addressing deteriorating student behaviour, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today in her speech to PPTA’s Annual Conference. More >>
Community attitudes to diet and exercise key
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 3:08 pm | PPTA
Government moves to regulate the food sold in school canteens to address growing obesity rates will only succeed if community attitudes towards diet and exercise change, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. She said the Government’s package ... More >>
OECD report: need for more investment in public ed
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 12:47 am | PPTA
OECD’s Education at a Glance (E@AG ) report is a clear reminder of the need for governments to invest in public education, but it falls short of actually urging them to boost spending levels, PPTA junior vice president Robin Duff said today. ... More >>
PPTA supports locked out workers
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 3:50 pm | PPTA
Workers locked out from Progressive Enterprises since August 28 are getting a raw deal from a company more interested in increasing its return for Aussie shareholders than in its New Zealand staff, PPTA general secretary Kevin Bunker said today. More >>
PPTA urges teachers to give feedback
Tuesday, 1 August 2006, 10:01 am | PPTA
PPTA is urging secondary teachers to participate in consultation around the new draft New Zealand Curriculum document launched today. More >>
Pay increases for secondary teachers
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 4:08 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers around the country are celebrating their third annual pay increase of 3% today as negotiated in the 2004 Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement, says PPTA President Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Education appointment applauded
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 1:43 pm | PPTA
The appointment of Karen Sewell to the position of chief executive of the Ministry of Education is good news for New Zealand education, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Research confirms NCEA benefits
Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 5:12 pm | PPTA
Research released today into the impact of the NCEA on student motivation is an important step in the right direction but more research is needed, PPTA President Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Peachey should lay off Selwyn College
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 12:16 am | PPTA
Tamaki MP Allan Peachey should lay off Selwyn College and let the school get on with the job of educating its students, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Funding boost for secondary education
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 11:51 am | PPTA
PPTA is welcoming the Government’s commitment to provide additional funding for a range of initiatives aimed at addressing barriers to recruiting and retaining secondary teachers. More >>
Bill's claims are unproven and fanciful
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 12:38 am | PPTA
The proposed Employment Relations (Probationary Employment) Amendment Bill will not result in the employment and productivity boost its backers claim, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
PPTA Responds To the NZ Herald
Friday, 5 May 2006, 1:08 pm | PPTA
Sometimes you just can’t win. PPTA has often been criticised for negativity, so when we responded to a report on teachers’ perceptions of teaching we were stunned to be criticised for apparently reacting with ‘equanimity’. More >>
Extra funding a welcome start
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 4:40 pm | PPTA
The announcement of extra funding to combat disruptive student behaviour is a welcome start to tackling an extremely difficult issue, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Report: Standards for Teachers and Teacher Ed
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 5:12 pm | PPTA
Professional standards for teachers and teacher education can be ‘generic’ or ‘specified’. Generic standards are broad descriptors of teachers’ skills and knowledge. Specified standards attempt to define more precisely what is to be taught, what would count ... More >>
