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Panel report a mixed bag - PPTA on G3 Report
Friday, 24 January 2003, 5:11 pm | PPTA
The ADR Panel’s recommendations on degree equivalent teachers will not ease the crisis in secondary teacher supply, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. More >>
Government capitulates – panel to reconvene
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 9:57 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers can look forward to a more settled start to 2003 after the government finally agreed to reconvene the ADR panel to settle the dispute over G3 degree equivalent teachers. More >>
Recruitment too late for short-staffed schools
Friday, 6 December 2002, 12:25 am | PPTA
Any Ministry of Education moves to reduce secondary teacher shortages are a step in the right direction, but the latest proposal to help schools recruit overseas teachers is no relief for schools that will start 2003 short-staffed, PPTA president ... More >>
PPTA takes legal action against MoE
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 3:41 pm | PPTA
Lawyers for the NZ Post Primary Teachers’ Association have today filed legal proceedings against the Ministry of Education, under the good faith requirements of the Employment Relations Act. More >>
Cap on foreign student numbers needed
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 2:04 pm | PPTA
A cap on the number of foreign fee paying students in New Zealand secondary schools is crucial if the sector is to overcome serious staffing problems, the PPTA says. More >>
Promises, Promises!
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 4:11 pm | PPTA
Education Minister Trevor Mallard’s announcement of $9M to increase secondary teacher numbers will be met with derision and scepticism by secondary teachers, the PPTA says. More >>
A breathtaking breach of good faith
Friday, 8 November 2002, 1:47 pm | PPTA
The Education Minister’s unwillingness to reconvene the arbitration panel to settle a dispute over degree equivalent teachers was a breathtaking breach of good faith and placed in jeopardy any hopes for a settled start to the 2003 school year, PPTA ... More >>
PPTA surveys members on G3 action
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 11:10 am | PPTA
PPTA is balloting teachers to determine what action they are prepared to take to support the nearly 2000 degree equivalent teachers in secondary schools whose pay status is still to be resolved. More >>
G3 Document: History and PPTA's position
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 12:14 am | PPTA
This document clarifies G3 and G3 Equivalence and summarises PPTA’s understanding of the Arbitration Panel’s intentions and the Association’s position in relation to who should progress to step 14 on 5 February 2003. More >>
Bursary, NCEA mix in 2004 ‘no problem’
Monday, 4 November 2002, 12:55 am | PPTA
New Zealand Qualifications Authority’s assertion that there are not enough chief examiners to provide Bursary alongside NCEA Level 3 in 2004 is laughable, says the PPTA in its submission to a select committee inquiry into the implementation of the ... More >>
PPTA Submission - Implementation of the NCEA
Monday, 4 November 2002, 12:54 am | PPTA
1.1 NZPPTA welcomes the opportunity to make a written and an oral submission to the Select Committee Inquiry into the National Certificate of Educational Achievement. More >>
PPTA asks panel to resolve dispute
Friday, 18 October 2002, 10:17 am | PPTA
PPTA has requested the arbitration panel to reconvene to settle a dispute over whether secondary teachers with degree-equivalent qualifications should be able to access the new G3+ Step 14 in their collective agreement. PPTA president Jen McCutcheon ... More >>
PPTA asks panel to resolve dispute
Friday, 18 October 2002, 9:12 am | PPTA
PPTA has requested the arbitration panel to reconvene to settle a dispute over whether secondary teachers with degree-equivalent qualifications should be able to access the new G3+ Step 14 in their collective agreement. PPTA president Jen McCutcheon ... More >>
World education unions join forces in Wellington
Monday, 14 October 2002, 9:51 am | PPTA
Education union representatives from nine countries will join forces with their New Zealand counterparts for an OECD seminar that starts in Wellington today. More >>
Research celebrates secondary innovation
Wednesday, 9 October 2002, 5:05 pm | PPTA
Research by the NZCER sheds important light on the work being done by secondary schools and teachers to provide wider, and more appropriate, subject choices for their senior students, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. More >>
Teachers endorse NCEA pilot programme
Friday, 27 September 2002, 11:19 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers will decide early in term four whether to take part in a pilot programme of Level 2 NCEA next year following a decision made at the PPTA Annual Conference in Wellington. More >>
Jen McCutcheon Speech To PPTA Annual Conference
Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 11:12 am | PPTA
This is a conference for celebration; it’s our 50th birthday and we’re still here; still going strong. We have a proud history; we must celebrate that. It is also a conference for reflection on what must surely be the most turbulent year in our history. ... More >>
Ministry stonewalling over G3 equivalent teachers
Monday, 23 September 2002, 4:12 pm | PPTA
The PPTA will enter mediation with the Ministry of Education next week in an attempt to resolve a dispute over G3 equivalent teachers. More >>
Supplementary Conference Paper on NCEA
Thursday, 12 September 2002, 3:23 pm | PPTA
PPTA has issued the Supplementary Conference Paper on NCEA. Note to Branches: Because of the late arrival of this paper in branches, a response sheet has been provided for use where regions have already held their pre-conference meetings. This response ... More >>
Teachers to vote on NCEA deferral
Thursday, 12 September 2002, 3:20 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers should defer full implementation of Level 2 NCEA until 2004, and Level 3 until 2005 and schools should vote on whether to proceed with a limited and monitored implementation of Level 2 next year and Level 3 in 2004, a paper to PPTA ... More >>
