Blog entries tagged unions http://www.ppta.org.nz Sun, 26 May 2013 19:38:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ppta.org.nz/index.php/blog-pigeonhole/on-being-apolitical-oops-didnt-quite-mean-it-that-way.html <p><br />I described PPTA as being 'apolitical' recently and then immediately thought "oops don't think I used the right word", Kevin Bunker (PPTA General Secretary) always carefully describes PPTA "as not supporting any particular political party". So to Wikipedia I turned</p><br/><p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The state or quality of being apolitical can be the apathy and/or the antipathy towards all political affiliations. Being apolitical can also refer to situations in which people take an unbRead More... PPTAweb Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:12:44 +0100 unions teaching teachers students student achievement secondary schools schools public education professional profession PPTA parliament education politics http://www.ppta.org.nz/index.php/blog-pigeonhole/leadership-of-ppta-the-voice-of-secondary-teachers-in-nz.html Decisions are made by those who make themselves heard ... and those who vote<br/><p>Not only is it election time where, next month, we get to have our say on what the future of New Zealand will look like and under whose leadership;  but over the next fortnight secondary teachers will have the opportunity to vote on the leadership of PPTA. There are two nominations for president and three nominations for junior vice president (JVP).<br /><br />There is a saying around elections along the lines of "wRead More... PPTAweb Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:17:20 +0100 unions teaching teachers students secondary schools public education professional profession PPTA elections education spending education politics conditions collective agreement