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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 >>
Standards should guide, not control
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 5:09 pm | PPTA
Professional standards for teachers should remain at a broad level that guides teachers rather than controls them, according to a paper commissioned by PPTA and NZEI. More >>
PPTA puts spotlight on quality teaching
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 11:03 am | PPTA
Creating the conditions to enable quality teaching is about strengthening the partnership between teachers, students, parents, communities and Government, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Consistency key to teacher confidence
Friday, 7 April 2006, 1:11 pm | PPTA
The 2005 NCEA results show a big improvement in consistency that should help boost teacher confidence in the NCEA, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Respect school’s grief
Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 4:44 pm | PPTA
PPTA is urging media organisations to give Putaruru College staff and students space to come to terms with the death of another student who attended the school. More >>
Time to boost secondary library funding
Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 2:43 pm | PPTA
The Government urgently needs to boost funding for secondary school libraries to improve students’ literacy, research and ICT skills, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Politicians should call off the witch hunt
Friday, 3 March 2006, 11:07 am | PPTA
Teachers and students at Bayfield High School are feeling the pressure of the continuing media and political witch hunt of former associate education minister David Benson Pope, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Time to dispense with secondary ‘failure’ myth
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 5:50 pm | PPTA
It is time to dispense with the mythology that students turn up at secondary school and suddenly fail, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
TEC model forces night class closures
Friday, 27 January 2006, 3:12 pm | PPTA
The move to a contestable and bulk-funded model is responsible for the closure of night courses at Tamaki and Glendowie colleges, and this may be just the beginning, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Exam fine-tuning pays dividends
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 3:53 pm | PPTA
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) should be congratulated for the thorough processes it has implemented to ensure that last year’s exams fairly and accurately reflect student achievement, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
