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Publications and advice

 

Research, guides and advice published by the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association / Te Wehengarua (PPTA).

Includes guidance and advice issued on various aspects of your terms and conditions of employment - as set out in the Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement (STCA) and Area School Teachers' Collective Agreement (ASTCA).

 

Many of PPTA's published documents are available in pdf format - you can use the search documents form to access them.

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1 90-day trial period applies only to individual agreements
2 Affirming diversity of sexualities and gender identities in the school community
3 Alternatives to study leave for senior students: PPTA advice
4 Appointments to teaching positions in secondary schools
5 Appraisal using the standards and criteria
6 Beginning teachers' handbook
7 Bulk funding: a retrospective
8 Calculating average class size: a guide
9 Call back days
10 CAPNA [Curriculum and Pastoral Needs Analysis]
11 Career education benchmarks now available
12 Contact with parents and students by phone (landline and cellphone) [ICT advisory committee]
13 CTU - why cut our pay? Campaign against Employment Relations Act (ERA) changes
14 Dress codes and teachers
15 Education change management toolkit
16 Fast track teacher education: A review of the research literature on Teach For All schemes
17 Fixed term and non-permanent appointments in schools (tenure)
18 G3+ teacher salary qualification; trained and untrained pay scales
19 Guidance for teachers in their relationships with students
20 Guidance for teachers working with Māori students
21 Guidance for teachers working with Pasifika students in secondary schools
22 Guidelines for staff representatives on boards of trustees
23 Guidelines for teachers considering retirement
24 Health and Safety resources for PPTA branches
25 ICT publications and guides
26 Medical certificate required after 5 days not 1
27 Meeting procedure
28 Ministerial taskforce on secondary teacher remuneration
29 NCEA teacher only days are for standards alignment work
30 New Zealand schools: the decile system
31 Non-contact time, average class size & timetable policies (About time)
32 Novopay and Inland Revenue Dept (IRD) obligations
33 Novopay errors - advice on how to read and check your payslip
34 Novopay impacts (pay period 24, 2013): PPTA report
35 Online safety for teachers [ICT advisory committee]
36 Overseas teachers
37 Parental leave: guidelines to the STCA and ASTCA
38 Part time teachers: guidelines to the STCA and ASTCA
39 Payments (fees and donations) by parents of domestic students in state & integrated schools
40 Payroll advice – check your Novopay payslips
41 Personal grievances: guidelines to the STCA and ASTCA
42 PPTA branch chairs' handbook
43 PPTA elected officers handbook 2013
44 PPTA guidelines for whole staff consultation
45 PPTA health and safety guidelines for secondary and area schools
46 PPTA members and extra-curricular activities: guidelines
47 PPTA members and National Standards: Report on assessment workload survey
48 PPTA survey on professional learning & development (PLD)
49 PPTA Women's handbook
50 PPTA’s advice on adjustments to the school day

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