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PPTA News: the Magazine
Introducing your representative in a range of professional fora
Meet Louise Ryan, who represents PPTA Te Wehengarua members in various national educational and union-based advisory groups
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Pressing pause on RAS
Annual Conference has called for a pause on the Review of Achievement Standards (RAS) to enable curriculum changes to align better with NCEA changes
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PPTA News: the Magazine
End of academic streaming in sight
Annual Conference decided to advocate for the abolition of streaming in secondary schools by the end of 2030
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Your 2023 Presidential Team
Results are in for the 2023 PPTA Te Wehengarua presidential elections.
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PPTA News: the Magazine
A new year of discontent
Next year is shaping up to be one in which secondary teachers will need to fight for ourselves,, the future of our profession and the futures of the young people we teach, writes Melanie Webber
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Taking time out to study
Further study is a great way to have a change, enhance your teaching career opportunities and still get paid
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Celebrating The Correspondence School’s centenary
The struggle for equity of access to education is at the heart of a new book charting 100 years of Te Kura – The Correspondence School
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PPTA News: the Magazine
A teacher’s tips for managing stress
Building rest into your cycle of work is the main lesson learnt by one participant in the THRIVE resilience building programme
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Te Petihana Reo Māori celebrations
A petition delivered to Parliament half a century ago was the catalyst for a range of school-based initiatives for the revitalisation of Te Reo Māori
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