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ASTCA workload entitlements pamphlet (2013)
The terms and conditions of employment for PPTA Te Wehengarua members in area schools, are set out in the Area School Teachers Collective Agreement (ASTCA). These terms and conditions…
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Secondary School Staffing Group: About Time toolkit Appendix 2
Findings of the Secondary School Staffing Group 2012: The Secondary School Staffing Group (SSSG) found that larger and junior high schools are disadvantaged by the existing staffing formula and recommended…
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Meaning of Consultation: About Time toolkit Appendix 5
“(1) The word ‘consultation’ does not require that there be agreement.
“(2) On the other hand it clearly requires more than mere prior notification.
“(3) If there is a proposal to make…
“(2) On the other hand it clearly requires more than mere prior notification.
“(3) If there is a proposal to make…
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ASTCA Part Four Hours of Work: About Time toolkit Appendix 4
Area School Teachers' Collective Agreement Part Four - Maximum Timetabled Classroom Teaching Time
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Secondary specialist technology teachers (‘manual’ teachers): About Time toolkit
Appendix 6: The provisions of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (STCA) also apply to PPTA members in approved manual training establishments, where the board is bound by that collective (eg…
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Teachers the new targets of schoolyard bullies (2004)
Benefield, J. Despite a wealth of anecdotal evidence, there is currently very little research data available on the prevalence or impact of the various forms of physical…
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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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Best practice behaviour management: A view from the literature
(2007) Written by Patty Towl for the NZPPTA
While this review is a small study by one researcher over six weeks, it found general agreement across…
While this review is a small study by one researcher over six weeks, it found general agreement across…
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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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The School Guidance Counsellor: Guidelines for Principals, Boards of Trustees, Teachers and Guidance Counsellors
(2015) Guidance counsellors have traditionally been trained and registered teachers who have additional specialist qualifications in counselling. Guidance counselling has always been regarded as a specialist teaching role,…
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School guidance counsellors changes in registration, certification and authorisation (LATs)
Information for school guidance counsellors on changes in registration, certification and authorisation (LATs). Information correct as at 15 October 2015
The information here is to update guidance counsellors on the impact…
The information here is to update guidance counsellors on the impact…
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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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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…
permanent. For example, you might be appointed to a full-time position at a high…
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Evaluation of Senior Subject Adviser (SSA) Pilot initiative 2007
(2008) Note this document was published on the Ministry of Education website and then the Education Counts website. It cannot be located on either website at this time (March 2014).…
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Executive summary - Ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and educational achievement (Brian Easton)
(July 2013) The average PISA scores on the three dimensions of reading, mathematics and science literacy of New Zealand fifteen year-olds are high among the OECD countries. There are differences…
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Ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and educational achievement: An exploration (Brian Easton)
(July 2013) Companion document to "Who achieves what in secondary schooling?" The average PISA scores on the three dimensions of reading, mathematics and science literacy of New Zealand fifteen year-olds…
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Who achieves what in secondary schooling? A conceptual and empirical analysis (Liz Gordon, Brian Easton)
(July 2013) During 2012, the Minister of Education stated on a number of occasions that one in five students were failing in school. PPTA Te Wehengarua commissioned "Who achieves what…
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Who achieves what in secondary schooling? Liz Gordon presentation slides (2013)
Liz Gordon presentation slides of "Who achieves what in secondary schooling?". During 2012, the Minister of Education stated on a number of occasions that one in five students were…
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Employment Authority update for PPTA Branches in Auckland and Northland (2015)
Update to branches on the outcome of a recent Employment Relations Authority case regarding what is generally known as the Teach First teacher education programme, offered by Auckland University and…
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Executive summary - Who achieves what in secondary schooling?
(July 2013) Executive summary. Liz Gordon and Brian Easton.
During 2012, the Minister of Education stated on a number of occasions that one in five students were failing in school.…
During 2012, the Minister of Education stated on a number of occasions that one in five students were failing in school.…
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Teach First NZ - Update to members February 2014
It would be fair to say, however, that PPTA has not been kept as well-informed by the university as we would like to be as the scheme has rolled out.…
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Employment Relations Authority decision - Teach First NZ (2015)
[2015] NZERA-Wellington-116 If there are vacancies in secondary schools which involve the instruction of students (teaching positions),…
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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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Agreement on future employment processes involving Teach First NZ (2016)
Media Statement - Agreement on future employment processes involving the Teach First NZ programme (18 March 2016)
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Ministerial Taskforce on Secondary Teacher Remuneration Appendices 2003
Appendices to the Ministerial taskforce on secondary teacher remuneration - includes terms of reference; list of members; documents tabled; list of submitters; executive summary of survey.
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