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Time to focus on the profession
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:43 am | PPTA
PPTA’s new president Debbie Te Whaiti wants secondary teachers to play a bigger part in the professional debates around secondary education. More >>
Extra $26 million is good news for schools
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 4:28 pm | PPTA
The vast majority of secondary schools will benefit from the injection of an extra $26 million into schools following changes to the decile formula, says PPTA president Phil Smith. More >>
Nats should come clean on voucher plan
Monday, 13 December 2004, 8:44 am | PPTA
Don Brash’s proposal for tax relief for parents who send their children to private schools hides the National Party’s real agenda for education, says PPTA president Phil Smith. More >>
Government must address decile divide
Friday, 26 November 2004, 3:17 pm | PPTA
Results from the Secondary Schools’ 2003 National Survey provide clear evidence of the need to address the growing divide between the haves and the have-nots in secondary education, according to the PPTA. More >>
A day to value the teacher
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 1:19 pm | PPTA
Enhancing the status of teachers is key to attracting high quality graduates into the teaching profession, PPTA president Phil Smith said today. More >>
Time to focus on the profession
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 12:00 am | PPTA
Ironing out the wrinkles in the implementation of the NCEA to ensure it works better for students and teachers is one of PPTA’s key objectives over the coming year, president Phil Smith said today. More >>
A time to celebrate teaching
Monday, 20 September 2004, 9:40 am | PPTA
Nearly 180 secondary teachers from Cape Reinga to Bluff will gather at the Brentwood Hotel in Wellington tomorrow for PPTA’s 2004 Annual Conference. More >>
PPTA backs calls for more funding
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 4:52 pm | PPTA
A study into school funding provides further evidence that schools are struggling to provide quality educational outcomes on their existing operational funding, PPTA president Phil Smith said today. More >>
Secondary teachers ratify agreement
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 12:28 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers have strongly endorsed a three-year $270 million Collective Agreement that develops a new way of resolving issues within the secondary sector. More >>
Principals’ Council throws weight behind NCEA
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 12:52 am | PPTA
It would be a big mistake to question the whole NCEA system just because of an aberration at Cambridge High School, according to the Principals’ Council. More >>
Cambridge - sad reflection on competitive model
Friday, 13 August 2004, 3:32 pm | PPTA
The state of affairs at Cambridge High School is a sad reflection on a Tomorrow’s Schools model that pressures schools to succeed at all costs, PPTA president Phil Smith said today. More >>
What planet is Deborah Coddington on?
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 4:35 pm | PPTA
Deborah Coddington has got her facts wrong, says PPTA president Phil Smith. He said far from threatening industrial action, secondary teachers would over the next three weeks meet to consider proposals for the settlement of a three-year collective agreement ... More >>
Collective agreement proposals
Monday, 9 August 2004, 1:49 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers will consider proposals for the settlement of their collective agreement over the next three weeks. More >>
Bill English should come clean about bulk funding
Friday, 6 August 2004, 10:40 am | PPTA
If Bill English’s complaint that schools are using their own meagre resources to prop up teachers’ salaries is a case for bulk funding, he had better come out and say it, said PPTA President Phil Smith. More >>
West Coast schools victims of bad policy
Friday, 4 June 2004, 9:32 am | PPTA
A systemic problem with the resourcing of rural education in New Zealand has given the Education Review Office justifiable reasons to question the quality of education on the West Coast. More >>
NCEA a robust and credible qualification
Thursday, 3 June 2004, 1:17 pm | PPTA
The Principals’ Council today reiterated its support for the NCEA and its belief that the system has the necessary checks, balances and safeguards to produces a coherent and credible set of qualifications. More >>
Enhancing the profession
Friday, 14 May 2004, 2:28 pm | PPTA
Making secondary teaching more attractive and rewarding and building on the quality of our teachers’ skills are key objectives of PPTA’s Secondary and Area Schools’ Collective Agreement claims lodged today with the Ministry of Education. More >>
Transition debate consider young people’s reality
Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 9:28 am | PPTA
We need a greater understanding of young people’s experiences if policy on transition is to be effective, according to NZCER researcher Dr Karen Vaughan. More >>
Put students’ learning needs first
Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 9:01 am | PPTA
Reducing achievement losses when students move between primary and secondary schools requires cooperation between teachers in both sectors and a greater focus on the learning needs of young adolescents, according to education consultants Kay Hawk ... More >>
It’s time to catch the knowledge wave
Monday, 19 April 2004, 2:23 pm | PPTA
Today’s knowledge society offers educators an opportunity to re-examine what they teach and why they teach it, according to NZCER senior researcher Dr Jane Gilbert. More >>
