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Research, guides, information and policies published by PPTA Te Wehengarua
Letter to Tertiary Education Institutions regarding charter schools
(28 February 2017) Tena koe
I am writing to you about the recent change to the Education Act which allows tertiary education institutions to run 'partnership schools' (or charter schools as…
I am writing to you about the recent change to the Education Act which allows tertiary education institutions to run 'partnership schools' (or charter schools as…
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Rest and meal breaks: Guidelines to the Employment Relations Act 2000
(2015) Guidelines from PPTA Te Wehengarua on rest and meal breaks for teachers.
Teaching can have a heavy and demanding workload. That's why it's important for your own health and…
Teaching can have a heavy and demanding workload. That's why it's important for your own health and…
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Establishment of a PPTA Men’s Network (2016)
2016 Annual conference paper. This paper is in response to a recommendation from the 2015 PPTA annual conference that PPTA investigate the establishment of a men’s network. The paper notes…
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Calculating average class size (2011)
(30 August 2011) Average class size calculator. Some timetabling programmes used by schools have a function which calculates average class size in a way that does not meet requirements for…
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Teachers in the precariat: fixed-term contracts and the effect on establishing teachers (2016)
2016 Annual conference paper from the Auckland Region and the PPTA Establishing Teachers’ Committee. This paper addresses the insecure work faced by new and establishing teachers through the use…
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Draft Principles for Partnerships between secondary schools and initial teacher education (2016)
2016 Annual conference paper. This paper responds to the call by annual conference 2015 for a working party to be convened to develop a code of practice for managing partnerships…
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The middle leadership problem (2016)
2016 Annual conference paper. This paper updates members on continued work by the Middle Leadership Taskforce since their report to Annual Conference 2015. It includes a summary of findings from…
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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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Initial teacher education in change: But is it for the better? (2015)
2015 Annual conference paper. This paper examines the impact of new models of initial teacher education (ITE) that make greater demands on schools. It considers the effects on teacher workload…
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EDUCANZ: the current state of play (2015)
2015 Annual conference paper. This paper provides a report of PPTA's actions opposing the government's scrapping of the Teachers Council and replacing it with a non-representative and overtly political…
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Middle leadership in crisis (2015)
2015 Annual conference paper. This paper outlines work PPTA's middle leadership taskforce has done in its inaugural year to clarify the important role middle leaders play in curriculum delivery and…
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Teacher disciplinary procedures - presentation to NZSPC
(2010) Presentation to Secondary principals' council on teacher disciplinary procedures. Presentation refers to legislation, standards and the process.
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The New Zealand principal’s experience of the school board as employer
(2009) Survey report to NZ Secondary Principals Council and New Zealand Principals Federation. Author: Carol Anderson
This survey sought principals' observations of the way in which the board-principal employment relationship…
This survey sought principals' observations of the way in which the board-principal employment relationship…
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The New Zealand principal’s experience of the school board as employer - appendices
(2009) Appendices to the New Zealand principal's experience of the school board as employer: Survey report to NZ Secondary Principals Council and New Zealand Principals Federation,
Author: Carol Anderson
Author: Carol Anderson
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The New Zealand principal’s experience of the school board as employer - summary
(2009) Summary of The New Zealand principal's experience of the school board as employer: Survey report to NZ Secondary Principals Council and New Zealand Principals Federation. Author: Carol Anderson.
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Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Sample performance agreement
(June 2011) Sample performance agreement. Appendix B of NZSPC advice to principals' regarding performance appraisal.
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Principal appraisal - a checklist for principals
(June 2011) The checklist and questions might be helpful for principals to consider as they go through the process of appraisal which commences with the establishment of the board's policy…
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Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example B
(June 2011) Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example B
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Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example C
(June 2011) Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example C.
An integrated special character school, and this includes a performance agreement with the job description
An integrated special character school, and this includes a performance agreement with the job description
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Practising Teacher Criteria (PTC) cross referenced with the professional standards for principals
(June 2011) Practising/Registered Teacher Criteria (RTC) cross referenced with the professional standards for principals (to be updated)
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Professional learning plan (PLP) template for principals
(June 2011) Template: Professional learning plan (PLP) for principals
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Principals’ career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example A
(June 2011) Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example A
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Managing employment law issues in schools (Barbara Hill, 2009)
Managing employment law issues in schools is becoming an increasingly demanding responsibility in an era of high expectations of accountability placed on boards of trustees and teachers by successive governments…
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Developing a performance agreement and professional learning plan (PLP) checklist
(June 2011) Developing a performance agreement and professional learning plan (PLP) checklist and questions.
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Specialist Classroom Teacher Reimbursement form for study fees towards a post-graduate qualification
(2012) The 2008 settlement of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement contained a new provision allowing Specialist Classroom Teachers to receive reimbursement of relevant post graduate study fees. (STCA 3.8B.6)
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