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PPTA News: the Magazine
Catering for ākonga by ākonga
Manurewa High School’s in-house healthy lunch programme has whet the Prime Minister’s appetite
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PPTA News: the Magazine
It’s time to fix the secondary teacher shortage
The teacher shortages that have been plaguing secondary schools for more than a decade need effective, meaningful solutions now
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Negotiations in full swing
Bargaining is now under way for all of the collective agreements that PPTA Te Wehengarua negotiates. Here is an account of where the various agreement negotiations are at
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Employment woes - renewing your practising certificate
Shoddy employment practices seem to be making it difficult for increasing numbers of teachers to qualify for a full practising certificate.
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Kicking off your career in COVID era
Haley Corney is a second year Design and Visual Communication teacher at Pāpāmoa College in the Western Bay of Plenty region. Hayley is one of the “COVID generation” of beginning teachers, who had only one practicum, and then has spent her teaching career in and out of lockdowns and battling the Omicron wave.
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Charting the course of feminist history
A new book on the history of the New Zealand Working Women’s Charter is reviewed from two perspectives - by Maryan Street who was actively involved in its adoption by PPTA, and by Jacinta Grice and Bernie Lee who are now carrying the torch.
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PPTA News: the Magazine
The personal price of school cyber security measures
Keeping schools cyber-resilient and secure increasingly involves blurring the line between teachers’ work and home lives
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Tū Toa as warriors
Stand strong was the theme of the recent PPTA Te Wehengarua Pasifika Fono
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Developing a discerning population
PPTA Leadership Summit 2022 at Te Pae Christchurch
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