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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 >>
PPTA President: Charting the Future Conference
Monday, 19 April 2004, 2:22 pm | PPTA
Keynote speakers, international guests, delegates, interested observers, it gives me much pleasure and a great deal of satisfaction to welcome you today, to PPTA’s Charting the Future Conference, where you will be considering the future of secondary ... More >>
Educators to debate secondary futures
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 11:20 am | PPTA
This weekend PPTA will host more than 400 educators who are gathering in Wellington to consider the paths that secondary education in New Zealand could take over the next 10 to 20 years. More >>
Report overlooks resourcing problems
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 5:35 pm | PPTA
An ERO report released today identifies the positive impact of NCEA on many students’ learning but largely overlooks continuing teacher workload problems caused by the under-resourcing of the qualification, according to PPTA president Phil Smith. More >>
PPTA launches billboard campaign
Monday, 1 March 2004, 12:05 am | PPTA
PPTA today launched a nationwide billboard campaign to highlight the need for a new approach to bargaining ahead of this year’s secondary teachers’ collective agreement round. More >>
PPTA rejects English stitch-up claims
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 11:31 am | PPTA
Bill English’s repeated claim that network reviews are a stitch up between education unions and Education Minister Trevor Mallard is utter nonsense, PPTA president Phil Smith said today. More >>
Improve bargaining, PC chair says
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 11:31 am | PPTA
Finding a better way of industrial bargaining and ensuring the needs of rural schools are met are two key objectives of PPTA’s new Principals’ Council chairperson Don McLeod. More >>
PPTA supports scrapping NCEA fees
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 2:33 pm | PPTA
PPTA is supporting Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) calls for NCEA fees to be dropped to enable all students to achieve national qualifications. More >>
State Sector stealth misses the point
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 4:32 pm | PPTA
Proposed State Services Act changes are a short-sighted attempt to exact revenge on secondary teachers for the discomfort they caused the Government in 2002 and their timing suggests the Labour Government is manipulating the democratic process. More >>
Taskforce report out: will the Minister deliver?
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 1:16 pm | PPTA
The recommendations of the Ministerial Taskforce on Secondary Teacher Remuneration provide a sound basis on which future secondary education policy can be developed in a cooperative and constructive manner, PPTA president Phil Smith said today. More >>
The Way Forward for Secondary Education
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 2:53 pm | PPTA
What is the purpose of secondary education? How should learning at secondary level be organised and delivered? What knowledge and skills do secondary students of the future need? What do the experiences of students tell us for the future? What should ... More >>
State Sector Act amendments miss the point
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 2:16 pm | PPTA
State Services and Education Minister Trevor Mallard was introducing changes to the State Services Act for all the wrong reasons, PPTA president Phil Smith said today. More >>
