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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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Ministry’s teacher supply model over optimistic – PPTA
Projections of secondary teacher supply, released by the Ministry of Education today, seem over optimistic and the extent of the secondary teacher shortage over the next three years will most likely be worse as pay and working conditions continue to deteriorate, says Melanie Webber, President of PPTA Te Wehengarua.
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Government offers rejected resoundingly by secondary principals and teachers
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
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
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.
School attendance report hugely concerning - more time and resources needed
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
After three evaluation reports of the Learning Support Coordinator (LSC) position and function in schools the government is still ignoring the recommendations.
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