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PPTA News: The Magazine (Archive)

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Government offers rejected resoundingly by secondary principals and teachers

December 6, 2022

PPTA Te Wehengarua members have rejected all recent offers by the government for settlement of the secondary principals’ and secondary teachers’ collective agreements and the area school teachers’ and area school principals’ collective agreements.

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Secondary teachers meet to respond to Government offer

November 27, 2022

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.

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Government’s collective agreement offers rejected by PPTA national executive

November 22, 2022

Offers by the Ministry of Education for settlement of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement and Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement have been rejected outright by PPTA Te Wehengarua national executive – ahead of regional paid union meetings being held at the end of November.

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School attendance report hugely concerning - more time and resources needed

November 10, 2022

Turning around poor school attendance rates will not happen overnight but with the right solutions, it can happen, says Melanie Webber, President of PPTA Te Wehengarua.

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Government ignores its own evaluations of Learning Support Coordinators

November 7, 2022

After three evaluation reports of the Learning Support Coordinator (LSC) position and function in schools the government is still ignoring the recommendations.