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Research, guides, information and policies published by PPTA Te Wehengarua

Guidelines for the appointment of Community Teacher (within school) role in Area Schools (2016) These guidelines provide advice about the Community Teacher (within school) role in approved Communities of Schools or Communities of Learning, and have been agreed by the Ministry of Education,…
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Guidelines for the Appointment of Area School Principals to the Community Leadership role Area School Principals Collective Agreement (ASPCA) Community Leadership Role Guidelines
The establishment of the role follows the advice of the Sector Working Party established as part of the Investing in Educational…
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Guidelines for the appointment of Specialist Classroom Teachers (SCT) in Secondary Schools (2012) These guidelines provide advice to employers appointing a teacher to the Specialist Classroom Teacher (SCT) role.
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Guidelines for teachers considering retirement
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Guidelines for negotiating a compensatory mechanism for reasonable endeavour (2017) 2017 Annual conference paper from the Canterbury Region. Recommendations: That a clear process in the form of guidelines be negotiated in the 2018 STCA round to ensure branches have a…
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Guide for branch chairs - Branch PUM meeting Feb 2020
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Guidance counsellors key to positive outcomes PPTA walked away from consultation on the Children’s Action Plan after it threatened to thrust 44 pages of unrealistic standards between school staff and vulnerable children(see PPTA News November/December 2015…
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Grounds and supervision duties (2010) This advice is in four parts: legal requirements, current normal practices, advice from the Executive to members, and examples of good practice operating in schools. It has been developed jointly…
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Golden Opportunism (educational charities) (March 2014) Educational “charities” seem to be everywhere now – dishing out scholarships, running professional development and holding educational events. They recruit the best and brightest from the education sector…
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From the top corridor to the back field: supporting senior leaders to lead effective change (2016) 2016 Annual conference paper. Senior leaders in secondary schools make a big difference to how well schools function, in particular when it comes to implementing change. They have a significant…
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From islands to archipelagos: developing secondary school leadership (2010) 2010 Annual conference paper. Leadership matters. Education policy-makers and researchers agree that educational leadership can make a positive difference to teaching practices, school cultures, and learning outcomes for students.…
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Frequently asked questions: About Time toolkit Appendix 10 FAQs - contact time. Timetabled contact and non-contact time Questions 1-12, Average class/group size Questions 13-31, Part time non-contact Questions 32-35
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FO-Directory-as-at-10-Feb
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Flexible work entitlements (February 2015) You have a legal right to request flexible working hours for any reason and at any time under Part 6AA of the Employment Relations Act 2000. The principal…
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October 18, 2023 18/13/2023
Flexible Learning Spaces: an experiment on our education system (2017) 2017 Annual conference paper. This paper outlines some of the issues with the current move to build and rebuild schools as flexible learning spaces. The lack of evidence from research…
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Fixed term agreements: guidelines to the Employment Relations Act 2000 (May 2015) A fixed term agreement is when your job at a school is temporary rather than
permanent. For example, you might be appointed to a full-time position at a high…
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Feedback for national office - Branch PUM meeting Feb 2020
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Fast track teacher education: A review of the research literature (2012) This review of the literature was commissioned by PPTA Te Wehengarua as a means of informing the decision-making of the Association and its members about the Teach For All (TFA)…
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Extracurricular-advice-update-2023.pdf
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November 14, 2023 14/58/2023
Extra staffing by school MAC23 (2012) Extra staffing by school under MAC 23 calculation for curriculum staffing (based on 2011 confirmed year 9-13 roll).
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Expecting-a-baby.pdf
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February 28, 2024 28/20/2024
Exemption-Application-Form-Rolling-Strike-Days-v2.pdf
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May 3, 2023 3/46/2023
Exemption denied letter
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Exemption approved letter
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Exemption - more evidence reqd letter
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