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Correspondence students’ pastoral care at risk
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 12:44 am | PPTA
A drive to cut costs at the Correspondence School will drastically reduce pastoral care services and put student welfare and learning of students at risk, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Where are the facts, Mr English?
Monday, 18 April 2005, 10:50 am | PPTA
Bill English’s outburst on the Teachers Retirement Savings Scheme clearly demonstrates that he will never let the facts get in the way of political point scoring, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Yesterday’s policies, yesterday’s schools
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 5:20 pm | PPTA
Never have so many of yesterday’s failed educational policies been crammed into a single document, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Further action needed on NCEA trouble spots
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 3:58 pm | PPTA
The Government must immediately address other complex problems with the NCEA now that a way forward has been proposed for Scholarship, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Teachers talk about NCEA
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 3:24 pm | PPTA
PPTA will this Thursday launch the results of Teachers talk about NCEA, a research report highlighting the views of teachers about the NCEA after its first three years of implementation. More >>
Widen inquiry, teachers say
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 11:27 am | PPTA
The inquiry into the NCEA scholarship exam doesn’t go far enough and should be widened to investigate exam variability at all levels of NCEA, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Stop bleating over teacher non-contacts
Friday, 11 February 2005, 5:39 pm | PPTA
Claims by the Secondary Principals Association that schools have not been funded to provide teacher non-contact time are ill-informed and reflect a lack of understanding on the part of a few principals, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Stop bleating over teacher non-contacts
Friday, 11 February 2005, 5:39 pm | PPTA
Claims by the Secondary Principals Association that schools have not been funded to provide teacher non-contact time are ill-informed and reflect a lack of understanding on the part of a few principals, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Blame the system, not teachers
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 12:33 am | PPTA
Blaming teachers for discrepancies in the number of scholarships awarded for some subjects is passing the buck for a systems failure, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
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 >>
