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Research, guides, information and policies published by PPTA Te Wehengarua
Guidance counsellors key to positive outcomes
PPTA walked away from consultation on the Children’s Action Plan after it threatened to thrust 44 pages of unrealistic standards between school staff and vulnerable children(see PPTA News November/December 2015…
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Its about time (2013 handbook)
Handbook to timetabling, non-contact time and class-size provisions in the Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement (STCA)
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The School Guidance Counsellor: Guidelines for Principals, Boards of Trustees, Teachers and Guidance Counsellors
(2015) Guidance counsellors have traditionally been trained and registered teachers who have additional specialist qualifications in counselling. Guidance counselling has always been regarded as a specialist teaching role,…
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School guidance counsellors changes in registration, certification and authorisation (LATs)
Information for school guidance counsellors on changes in registration, certification and authorisation (LATs). Information correct as at 15 October 2015
The information here is to update guidance counsellors on the impact…
The information here is to update guidance counsellors on the impact…
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Grounds and supervision duties (2010)
This advice is in four parts: legal requirements, current normal practices, advice from the Executive to members, and examples of good practice operating in schools. It has been developed jointly…
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Fixed term agreements: guidelines to the Employment Relations Act 2000
(May 2015) A fixed term agreement is when your job at a school is temporary rather than
permanent. For example, you might be appointed to a full-time position at a high…
permanent. For example, you might be appointed to a full-time position at a high…
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Evaluation of Senior Subject Adviser (SSA) Pilot initiative 2007
(2008) Note this document was published on the Ministry of Education website and then the Education Counts website. It cannot be located on either website at this time (March 2014).…
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Executive summary - Ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and educational achievement (Brian Easton)
(July 2013) The average PISA scores on the three dimensions of reading, mathematics and science literacy of New Zealand fifteen year-olds are high among the OECD countries. There are differences…
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Ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and educational achievement: An exploration (Brian Easton)
(July 2013) Companion document to "Who achieves what in secondary schooling?" The average PISA scores on the three dimensions of reading, mathematics and science literacy of New Zealand fifteen year-olds…
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Who achieves what in secondary schooling? A conceptual and empirical analysis (Liz Gordon, Brian Easton)
(July 2013) During 2012, the Minister of Education stated on a number of occasions that one in five students were failing in school. PPTA Te Wehengarua commissioned "Who achieves what…
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Who achieves what in secondary schooling? Liz Gordon presentation slides (2013)
Liz Gordon presentation slides of "Who achieves what in secondary schooling?". During 2012, the Minister of Education stated on a number of occasions that one in five students were…
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Employment Authority update for PPTA Branches in Auckland and Northland (2015)
Update to branches on the outcome of a recent Employment Relations Authority case regarding what is generally known as the Teach First teacher education programme, offered by Auckland University and…
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Executive summary - Who achieves what in secondary schooling?
(July 2013) Executive summary. Liz Gordon and Brian Easton.
During 2012, the Minister of Education stated on a number of occasions that one in five students were failing in school.…
During 2012, the Minister of Education stated on a number of occasions that one in five students were failing in school.…
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Teach First NZ - Update to members February 2014
It would be fair to say, however, that PPTA has not been kept as well-informed by the university as we would like to be as the scheme has rolled out.…
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Employment Relations Authority decision - Teach First NZ (2015)
[2015] NZERA-Wellington-116 If there are vacancies in secondary schools which involve the instruction of students (teaching positions),…
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Fast track teacher education: A review of the research literature (2012)
This review of the literature was commissioned by PPTA Te Wehengarua as a means of informing the decision-making of the Association and its members about the Teach For All (TFA)…
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Agreement on future employment processes involving Teach First NZ (2016)
Media Statement - Agreement on future employment processes involving the Teach First NZ programme (18 March 2016)
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Ministerial Taskforce on Secondary Teacher Remuneration Appendices 2003
Appendices to the Ministerial taskforce on secondary teacher remuneration - includes terms of reference; list of members; documents tabled; list of submitters; executive summary of survey.
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Ministerial Taskforce on Secondary Teacher Remuneration (2003)
The PPTA and the Secretary for Education agreed, in the Terms of Settlement of the Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2002-2004 (STCA), to a Ministerial Taskforce to examine and report…
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Behaviour Positive Learning and all that Jazz (2015)
A paper presented to the APBS 12th International Conference on Positive Behaviour Support, March 11-14, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts. This paper seeks to map the roots of Positive Behaviour for Learning…
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Behaviour Guidelines (2014)
These guidelines focus on a systems approach to behaviour management - identifying when they are effective and how they support teachers and students.
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Safety in schools toolkit (2019)
Practical resources for dealing with and preventing bullying, harassment and assault
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Quality teaching for excellence and equity (2012)
Report from PPTA's Quality Teaching Taskforce.
The focus here on the quality of teaching rather than the quality of teachers is deliberate. The phrase "teacher quality" personalises and fixes the terms…
The focus here on the quality of teaching rather than the quality of teachers is deliberate. The phrase "teacher quality" personalises and fixes the terms…
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Guidelines for the Appointment of Area School Principals to the Community Leadership role
Area School Principals Collective Agreement (ASPCA) Community Leadership Role Guidelines
The establishment of the role follows the advice of the Sector Working Party established as part of the Investing in Educational…
The establishment of the role follows the advice of the Sector Working Party established as part of the Investing in Educational…
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National Education Leaders Partnership (NELP) - School resourcing principles
The National Education Leaders Partnership includes: NZSTA (New Zealand School Trustees Association) NZPTA (parents), NZPF (Primary and intermediate school principals), NZSPC (secondary and area school principals), SPANZ (secondary and area…
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