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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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								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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								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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								Poster - Play safe: Assume everyone sees everything you post 
							
						
						
						
							
								(2014) Poster developed by ICT Advisory Committee. Digital Citizenship
							
						
						
					
					
					
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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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								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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								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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								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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								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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								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.
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					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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								NZTC Review - Dangerous waters ahead: Request for Submissions June-2013
							
						
						
						
							
								Urges PPTA members and others to make submissions on proposed changes to the NZ Teachers' Council
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								NZTC Review - Proposals: Submission July 2013
							
						
						
						
							
								Comments in depth on proposed changes to the NZ Teachers' Council
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Productivity Commission: New Models of Tertiary Education: Response May 2016
							
						
						
						
							
								Comments on the Productivity Commission's Issues Paper : New Models of Tertiary Education.  PPTA is mainly concerned about what happens at the interface between secondary schools and tertiary education…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								NZTC Policy-Comparison: Comment June-2013
							
						
						
						
							
								Comments on proposed changes to the NZ Teachers' Council
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Ministerial Inquiry into Novopay: Submission April 2013
							
						
						
						
							
								Submission includes results of a PPTA survey into Novopay impacts on pay period 24, 2013.
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								MoE Review on Technology  Provision for Year 7 and 8 Students in Greater Christchurch: Submission March 2014
							
						
						
						
							
								Endorses points made in the submission from the Canterbury Manual teachers, and adds some comments on the funding and staffing aspects of the proposal. One of things that was abundantly…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education and Science Select Committee Inquiry Into Support of Students- with Dyslexia: Submission Sep 2015
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA Submission to the Inquiry into the identification and support for students with dyslexia, dyspraxia, and autism spectrum disorders in primary and secondary schools
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Komiti Pasifika Education Plan: Submission May 2012
							
						
						
						
							
								Contains Komiti Pasifika Submission on the Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017 and an extract from the March ERO report re impact and effect of the Plan 2009 - 2012
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								ICT Digital Literacy: Submission May 2012
							
						
						
						
							
								Submission to the Education and Science Select Committee Investigation into 21st Century Learning Environments and Digital Literacy
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Inquiry into engaging parents in the education of their children: Submission November 2013
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA welcomes this inquiry and is pleased to be able to submit on this often under-emphasised area. The focus of PPTA members’ work is the learning that takes place in…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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