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Government Desperately Trying To Patch Up Charter School Model Even Before It’s Started
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 12:58 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
“Cabinet’s decision to allow charter schools to have access to the same level of teaching resources as state schools, is an acknowledgement that the charter school model of state funded private schools is unworkable. More >>
Rushed Consultation On Charter Schools Shows Government’s Complete Disconnect From Communities
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 3:04 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The Government’s decision today to fast track public consultation on proposed charter schools legislation shows it is out of touch with parents and local communities, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president. More >>
Kiwi Students Up With The Top In International Assessment Of Creativity
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 2:22 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Aotearoa New Zealand students’ performance is up among the top in an OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of creativity, results released this week show. More >>
Ombudsman Investigates Complaint Re Charter Schools OIA Request
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 12:42 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The complaint from PPTA Te Wehengarua relates to its request in March for information about the Government’s policy, advice and costings for the re-introduction of charter schools. More >>
Excluding Teachers From Curriculum Processes Is Risky - PPTA
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 4:10 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
It is becoming clear that last week’s revelation, via RNZ, that there was a secret group re-writing the English curriculum is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the deliberate exclusion of teachers from critical curriculum changes and processes, ... More >>
Charter Schools’ Lack Of Transparency And Accountability Seriously Concerning
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 10:44 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The Government is planning to keep secret huge amounts of information about how charter schools will operate, a recently released Cabinet paper shows. More >>
High Standard Of Training And Support Critical For New Teachers
Monday, 13 May 2024, 5:10 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
A high standard of training and support for new teachers will provide a firm foundation from which both kaiako and ākonga will flourish, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president. More >>
Secondary Teachers’ Charter School Meetings Begin Tomorrow
Sunday, 12 May 2024, 2:00 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The return of charter schools and the Government’s position on Te Tiriti will be the focus of paid union meetings attended by more than 21,000 secondary and area school teachers, starting tomorrow (13 May). More >>
Disbanding Of Pay Equity Taskforce Seriously Backward Step
Friday, 3 May 2024, 11:22 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The disbanding of the Public Service Commission’s pay equity taskforce takes Aotearoa New Zealand workers back at least a decade and shows an utter disregard for fairness at work and the value of women’s work, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua ... More >>
NCEA Results A Symptom Of Troubling Times
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:01 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The NCEA and University Entrance final attainment results for 2023, released today, are disappointing and symptomatic of the continuing effects of a serious pandemic and a worsening shortage of subject specialist teachers, says Chris Abecrombie, PPTA ... More >>
Secondary Teacher Shortage Shortchanges Young People – And Aotearoa
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 4:57 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The numbers of secondary teachers teaching subjects outside their specialist areas is at record highs, according to an annual survey. The survey, carried out in March 2024, found that 56% of schools had teachers working in non-specialist areas because ... More >>
Sorting The Secondary Teacher Shortage Should Be Government’s Top Priority
Monday, 29 April 2024, 5:02 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The Government can have all the education priorities in the world but they will be meaningless if schools don’t have enough teachers in the first place, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president. More >>
Teaching Profession Best Equipped To Improve Numeracy And Literacy
Monday, 21 August 2023, 1:55 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Secondary teachers appreciate the fundamental importance of students’ basic literacy and numeracy skills but have serious concerns about the Government’s plans to legislate how teachers teach, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. ... More >>
PPTA Te Wehengarua Agrees To Arbitration – Industrial Action Called Off
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 5:13 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
PPTA Te Wehengarua Executive voted this afternoon to approve an arbitration process aimed at resolving the industrial dispute between secondary teachers and the government. “We hope an independent arbitration panel will review the matters under dispute ... More >>
Latest Offer To Secondary Teachers Still Below Cost Of Living Increase
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 7:26 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
PPTA Te Wehengarua has received an offer for settlement of the secondary teachers’ collective agreement that will be considered by the national executive when it meets later this week. “We have told the Ministry since negotiations began nearly a year ... More >>
Secondary Teachers Take More Industrial Action As New Term Begins
Sunday, 23 April 2023, 12:54 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
A new school term begins tomorrow (Monday 24 April) and secondary teachers are set to take more industrial action in support of their collective agreement negotiations. “We would much prefer to be beginning the term in a settled environment but after ... More >>
PPTA To Enter Facilitated Bargaining For Collective Agreement
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 6:05 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
PPTA Te Wehengarua will undertake facilitated bargaining for the secondary teachers’ collective agreement, says Chris Abercrombie PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. “The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) decision issued today has correctly identified ... More >>
Ethnic Diversity Challenges Need Adequate Resourcing
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 6:31 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Secondary teachers welcome the Education Review Office report into ethnic diversity in schools and say the challenges need to be resourced adequately. “ERO’s report contains some very concerning information, particularly around bullying and the barriers ... More >>
Secondary Teachers Meet To Respond To Government Offer
Sunday, 27 November 2022, 3:36 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
About 20,000 secondary teachers will attend paid union meetings during school hours this week to decide how they will respond to the Government’s recent offer for a new collective agreement. The first meetings will be held tomorrow (Monday 28 November) ... More >>
