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Secondary Principals' Council
NZTC Review - Proposals: Submission July 2013
Comments in depth on proposed changes to the NZ Teachers' Council
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Policing (Cost Recovery) Amendment Bill: Submission April 2015
In drafting this submission, we have reviewed the context and the policy-development process that the New Zealand Police (“Police”) went through for the proposals in the Bill.
PPTA strongly opposes…
PPTA strongly opposes…
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Productivity Commission Inquiry into More Effective Social Services: Submission December 2014
PPTA perspective on education in this inquiry
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Productivity Commission Social Services Report: Submission April 2015
PPTA response to the Draft Report of the Productivity Commission "Effective Social Services" 2015
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Review of STAR and Gateway: Submission September 2013
PPTA has had a long-standing concern about the interface between school and employment, training and further education, in which these two programmes play a very significant part. We have completed…
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The Future Shape of the Special Schools Network in Greater Christchurch: Submission June 2014
PPTA maintains that it is essential to retain special and residential schools
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Parental Leave and Employment Protection ... Bill: Submission November 2015
PPTA's submission to the Government Administration Committee on the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months Paid Leave and Work Contact Hours) Bill
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Examination of the TPPA: Submission March 2016
PPTA Submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee
on the International Treaty Examination of the TPPA.
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PPTA has expressed concern at elements of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement during…
on the International Treaty Examination of the TPPA.
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PPTA has expressed concern at elements of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement during…
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Vulnerable Children Bill: Submission October 2013
Submission to the Social Services Select Committee on the Vulnerable Children Bill. Outlines the context in which the proposals in the Bill are being made, including our international obligations,…
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Poster - Play safe: As you watch, assume everyone watches you
(2014) Poster developed by ICT Advisory Committee. Digital Citizenship.
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Poster - Play safe: Assume everyone sees everything you post
(2014) Poster developed by ICT Advisory Committee. Digital Citizenship
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Poster - Play nice: Not everyone shares your point of view
(2014) Poster developed by ICT Advisory Committee. Digital Citizenship.
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Virtual Schooling: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Gary Miron)
(November 2016) Gary Miron, Professor of Evaluation, Measurement, and Research Western Michigan University. Presentation at Victoria University on the New Zealand government proposal to introduce online schools.
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NCEA the work continues (2006)
2006 Annual conference paper. PPTA’s consistent position is that the union is opposed to substantial change to the design of the NCEA without extensive consultation with teachers and robust research.
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NCEA: Nothing endures but change... (2007)
2007 Annual conference paper. PPTA representatives will continue to use every opportunity to warn of the dangers inherent in some of the recent changes, to seek to have them implemented…
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An advanced qualifications pathway for secondary teachers (2007)
2007 Annual conference paper. It is one thing for governments to sing the praises of a highly qualified, highly skilled secondary teaching profession; it is another thing entirely to get…
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Class size report (2007)
2007 Annual conference paper. Since 2006 PPTA has analysed data collected from secondary schools, commissioned research into parental expectations on class size and analysed the literature available on class sizes…
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Class size presentation (2007)
2007 Annual conference. Presentation with Class size report. Why class size matters.
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Needs-based staffing for secondary schools (2008)
2008 Annual conference paper. We have a staffing model that creates large classes as a by-product and does not recognise different needs in schools, and that is structured to…
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Tomorrow’s schools: Yesterday’s mistake? (2008)
2008 Annual conference paper. The future is collaborative, yet New Zealanders seem content to believe that a system based on competition and self-interest and designed to serve the needs of…
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Valuing beginning teachers (2008)
2008 Annual conference paper. Successful teacher induction is a vital investment in the future of our profession and the education sector. It plays a critical part in building on initial…
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Disruptive anti-social behaviour in secondary schools (2008)
A paper to the 2008 PPTA Annual Conference from the Hutt Valley Region
The Hutt Valley region presents this paper to National Conference 2008 to draw attention to the increasing incidence…
The Hutt Valley region presents this paper to National Conference 2008 to draw attention to the increasing incidence…
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NCEA: A pathway to the future (2008)
2008 Annual conference 2008. This paper is largely a forward-looking paper, seeking to identify possible ways forward in terms largely of the design of the NCEA. The fact that the…
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80, 15, 5 percent: What we know; what they need… (2009)
2009 Annual conference paper. The challenge is to try and get the best value we can for professional support for teachers and funding for schools to work proactively with the…
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Connected secondary schools (2009)
2009 Annual conference paper. In 2007, PPTA annual conference discussed a paper that presented a vision for what secondary education should look like in the future. The paper set down…
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