This New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association / Te Wehengarua (PPTA) 2011 annual conference paper "Supporting teachers to do their jobs" considers the reasons why the collective bargaining process for secondary teachers and principals has become so fractious and adversarial. One would think that if all the parties were committed to the best outcomes for students and were informed by the best research about secondary education, common ground would emerge immediately and a settlement would follow soon after.
Supporting teachers to do their jobs: There’s got to be a better way
Supporting teachers to do their jobs: There’s got to be a better way
Summary: Supporting teachers to do their jobs: There’s got to be a better way
The paper examines the reasons why the notion of collaborative educational change with unions as active partners has proved so elusive in New Zealand, except for a brief period (2003 to 2010) when the Ministerial Task Force proposals were in place.
The recommendation calls on PPTA to pressure political parties to develop a more constructive approach to national bargaining.
Recommendations:
- That the report be received.
- That PPTA seek commitments from all political parties to the development of a collaborative national bargaining process that supports constructive educational change.
Annual conference is the supreme decision-making forum in PPTA and it is by membership response to these papers that PPTA policy is established and actioned so it is important members get the chance to consider them.
We hope you will make these papers available to staff in your schools, the vast majority of whom are PPTA members, and please take the time to discuss these in departments.
Please feedback any thoughts, comments and recommendations to your branch or regional representatives, so they can contribute the branch view at the regional pre-conference discussions on your behalf.
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