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Workload and staffing to be raised during accord discussions

July 31, 2019

PPTA has committed to an accord with the Ministry of Education and NZEI as part of the settlement of the secondary and area school collective agreements.

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Against hatred we send love

March 19, 2019

Messages from PPTA members to their Christchurch colleagues and the Muslim community

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Women's rights at work - time to join the conversation

November 27, 2018

WRAW chat - Introducing a new tool to help PPTA women make their workplaces safer and better

Class size, average class size, and pupil-teacher ratio; truth, lies and government statistics

Rob Willetts PPTA Advisory Officer - September 15, 2017

The OECD reports the ratio of teachers to students in New Zealand secondary schools as 1:14. Rob provides some explanations of the measures of class size - the number of students in a class.

Are we doing enough to make our schools safe?

May 18, 2017

Instances of student violence, bullying and harassment appear to have become all too frequent in our media of late – but do such stories stand out because they buck the general trend for our schools and communities, or are they just the tip of the iceberg?