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								Exemption - more evidence reqd letter
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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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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								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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								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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								Evaluation of Te Kotahitanga phase 3 2007
							
						
						
						
							
								(August 2007) author Roger Openshaw, Massey University College of Education, commissioned by PPTA. Whilst this review is broadly supportive of the goals sought by the Te Kotahitanga writers, it is…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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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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								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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								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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								Equity-funding
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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								Equal pay case: Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
							
						
						
						
							
								(5 Jul 2017) Frequently asked questions relating to PPTA’s equal pay (pro rata non-contact time) case for part-time teachers.
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Ending Streaming in Aotearoa
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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								Employment Standards Legislation Bill: Submission October 2015
							
						
						
						
							
								This submission sets out  PPTA’s submission on the Employment Standards Legislation Bill  and is informed by members’ concerns about insecure work and commitment to extending paid parental leave…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Employment Relations Bill: Submission July 2013
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA is strongly opposed to the Employment Relations Amendment Bill and submits that the Committee recommend to the House that it not proceed.  The Submission outlines PPTA's concerns about…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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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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								Employment Relations (...contract out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill. Submission May 2017
							
						
						
						
							
								(May 2017) The National Party want to change the law so that people employed on an individual agreement who earn over $150,000 can contract out of the protections / recourse…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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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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								Effective-Mentoring-Practices-for-Secondary-Teachers-in-Aotearoa.pdf
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education-Conference-flyer
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education Update Amendment Bill SOP 250 (seclusion and restraint). Submission April 2017
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA have concerns about how broad the drafting of the SOP is, and believe that it will lead to unintended consequences that go beyond stopping the use of seclusion, and…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education Legislation Bill: Submission February 2016
							
						
						
						
							
								This omnibus bill contains a number of measures that are largely technical and will have very minor impact on the sector, but there are a number of areas of the…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education Council plans to massively increase fees - Background
							
						
						
						
							
								(10 April 2017) The Education Council have announced that they are consulting on raising their fees.  For example, the practising certificate renewal would go from $220 to $510 per…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education Council fees increase. Submission May 2017
							
						
						
						
							
								Consultation on possible changes to Education Council fees
The consultation document makes it clear that the bulk of the cost the Council is seeking to recover through registration fees is to…
					
					The consultation document makes it clear that the bulk of the cost the Council is seeking to recover through registration fees is to…
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								Education Conference promo letter - Branch PUM meeting Feb 2020
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education change management toolkit
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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