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Secondary teachers set date for first national strike
Secondary teachers have decided that if there is still no satisfactory progress with their collective agreement negotiations over the next five weeks, they will hold a national one-day strike on Thursday 16 March.
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Secondary school principals ratify new collective agreement offer
Secondary school principals have voted to accept the Government’s latest offer for a new collective agreement.
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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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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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