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Secondary teachers question rationale for changes to relationship education guidelines
Secondary teachers are mystified by the reasons given by the Prime Minister for the need to remove and replace the relationship and sexuality education guidelines, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president.
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Greater support needed for aspiring secondary school wāhine Māori leaders
Robust, tailored mentoring programmes, innovative ‘apprenticeship’ models and more professional development opportunities are needed to support wāhine Māori who are or want to be school leaders, a new report has found.
Read moreTeaching profession best equipped to improve numeracy and literacy
Secondary teachers appreciate the fundamental importance of students’ basic literacy and numeracy skills but have serious concerns about the Government’s plans to legislate how teachers teach, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president.
Read moreArea school teachers vote to accept new collective agreement
Area school teachers have voted to accept the latest Ministry of Education collective agreement offer.
Read moreSecondary teachers ratify new collective agreement
Secondary teachers have ratified – overwhelmingly – the settlement of a new collective agreement.
Read moreNew principals’ success is everyone’s responsibility
Making sure that new principals can succeed and thrive in their role is the responsibility of the entire school community, says Kate Gainsford, Chair of the Secondary Principals’ Council.
Read morePPTA Te Wehengarua agrees on arbitration process – industrial action called off
PPTA Te Wehengarua national executive voted this afternoon to approve an arbitration process aimed at resolving the industrial dispute between secondary teachers and the government.
Read moreSecondary teachers will enter arbitration process but need government commitment
PPTA Te Wehengarua, the secondary school teachers’ union, will enter independent arbitration as a means of resolving the dispute over the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (STCA), as long as the government publicly commits to the outcome.
Read morePPTA executive to consider facilitator's recommendations on dispute
PPTA Te Wehengarua and Ministry of Education negotiators met yesterday (Friday 16 June) for facilitated bargaining on the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement.
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