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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 >>
Ratification at last!
Thursday, 29 August 2002, 4:46 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers today voted overwhelmingly to ratify Alternative Disputes Resolution panel recommendations that will give them pay increases of between six and 12 per cent on top of the government’s original 3.5 per cent offer over two years. More >>
Extra-Curricular And NCEA Level 1 Ban Lifted
Monday, 29 July 2002, 11:54 am | PPTA
PPTA national executive has called off membership bans on involvement in extra-curricular activities and compliance with NCEA Level 1. More >>
Secondary Teachers Vote For Arbitration
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 4:51 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers have voted for an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process as a possible means of settling their long-running struggle with the Government. More >>
Support For NCEA Long Overdue
Monday, 22 July 2002, 3:53 pm | PPTA
Initiatives to support the NCEA, announced by the Ministry of Education today, are sensible but should have been in place at the latest at the start of this year, says PPTA president Jen McCutcheon. More >>
PPTA Sticks To Its Guns
Thursday, 18 July 2002, 12:09 am | PPTA
The existing membership consultation process on an alternative dispute resolution proposal remains on track, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. More >>
Don't Panic Mr Mallard - Settle!
Wednesday, 17 July 2002, 9:10 am | PPTA
If the Government wanted a smooth ride into this election, it should have resolved pressing problems in the secondary education sector 16 months ago, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. More >>
Offer Seems Below Teachers’ Expectations
Thursday, 4 July 2002, 4:44 pm | PPTA
The Government’s latest offer to settle the secondary teachers’ Collective Agreement has some new and worthwhile elements but seems to fall well short of secondary teachers’ expectations, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. The offer includes an NCEA ... More >>
Policy Silent On Key Education Challenges
Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 3:18 pm | PPTA
Labour's policy on compulsory education is deafeningly silent on the most pressing issues in education: secondary teacher recruitment and retention and the new national qualifications system, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. More >>
Secondary teachers evenly split on pay proposal
Friday, 21 June 2002, 3:53 pm | PPTA
PPTA members are evenly split on a short-term pay proposal put to them by their national executive this week. More >>
And The Moon And Stars To Boot, Mr English
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 3:37 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers would react to National’s pay offer, announced today, with deep scepticism, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. More >>
National Roster for Branch Stopwork Meetings
Monday, 17 June 2002, 4:39 pm | PPTA
The PPTA National Executive directs that all branches hold two-hour afternoon stopwork meetings to discuss a revised claim and vote upon proposed actions for Term Three according to the following regional programme: More >>
