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Research, guides, information and policies published by PPTA Te Wehengarua
Duty (2008)
2008 Annual conference paper. The 2002, 2004 and 2007 settlements provided for compensatory mechanisms to reduce workload in some areas when, for genuine reasons, teachers were to be asked…
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Housing affordability (2008)
A paper to the 2008 PPTA Annual Conference from the Auckland Region
It is suggested that an inter-regional taskforce is established to consider the impact of housing process across the country,…
It is suggested that an inter-regional taskforce is established to consider the impact of housing process across the country,…
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Duty outside timetabled hours (2009)
2009 Annual conference paper. Teachers feel a tension between their supervisory and administrative duties, on one hand, and on the other the broader professional drive to effectively engage with…
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Mentoring for secondary teachers (2009)
2009 Annual conference paper. This paper arose from discussions among Te Huarahi and the young and new teachers network.
A joint working group was established to consider how a mentoring…
A joint working group was established to consider how a mentoring…
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Integration or disintegration? (2009)
2009 Annual conference paper. This paper provides a brief background to the passage of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 and then summarises some of the concerns about the…
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Housing affordability (2009)
2009 Annual conference paper. This paper is the report from the Housing Affordability Taskforce, established by the 2008 Annual Conference as a recommendation from the Auckland region paper on this…
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NCEA Internal Assessment: A harder job than professional marking! (2010)
A combined paper from the Manawatu-Whanganui & Auckland Regions to the 2010 Annual conference.
Marking and giving feedback as part of teaching is the professional responsibility of every teacher. No suggestion…
Marking and giving feedback as part of teaching is the professional responsibility of every teacher. No suggestion…
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‘Mind your language’: Our responsibility to protect and promote Pacific Islands languages in New Zealand (2010)
A paper prepared by Komiti Pasifika for the 2010 Annual conference.
This paper has arisen from the issue of the demise of Pacific Islands languages among Pasifika populations in New…
This paper has arisen from the issue of the demise of Pacific Islands languages among Pasifika populations in New…
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Building on excellence: How to make a great schooling system even better (2010)
2010 Annual conference paper. This paper challenges the validity of government claims about low achievement and inequity, and suggests that the government goal that all students be able to experience…
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Private profiteering or public private partnerships (2010)
2010 Annual conference paper. In 2005, an Annual Conference paper was prepared by Executive called 'Threats to New Zealand's public education system.' That paper signalled a number of threats that…
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No silver bullet: An update on issues relating to behaviour and engagement ...(2010)
2010 Annual conference paper. An update on issues relating to behaviour and engagement in secondary schools. In spite of the pressure from PPTA and a growing public concern that…
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Teachers Council: Government patsy or voice of the profession? (2010)
2010 Annual conference paper. Many PPTA members were enraged this year when the Teachers Council announced that fees to renew teachers' practising certificates would nearly double from 1 July. The…
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From islands to archipelagos: developing secondary school leadership (2010)
2010 Annual conference paper. Leadership matters. Education policy-makers and researchers agree that educational leadership can make a positive difference to teaching practices, school cultures, and learning outcomes for students.…
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Specialist Classroom Teacher Time Allowance Application Form
(2010) The Specialist Classroom Teacher (SCT) Time Allowance is available to state and integrated secondary school boards making an appointment to the Specialist Classroom Teacher role. The Specialist Classroom Teacher…
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Guidelines for the appointment of Specialist Classroom Teachers (SCT) in Secondary Schools
(2012) These guidelines provide advice to employers appointing a teacher to the Specialist Classroom Teacher (SCT) role.
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Specialist Classroom Teacher Reimbursement form for study fees towards a post-graduate qualification
(2012) The 2008 settlement of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement contained a new provision allowing Specialist Classroom Teachers to receive reimbursement of relevant post graduate study fees. (STCA 3.8B.6)
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Managing employment law issues in schools (Barbara Hill, 2009)
Managing employment law issues in schools is becoming an increasingly demanding responsibility in an era of high expectations of accountability placed on boards of trustees and teachers by successive governments…
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Developing a performance agreement and professional learning plan (PLP) checklist
(June 2011) Developing a performance agreement and professional learning plan (PLP) checklist and questions.
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Professional learning plan (PLP) template for principals
(June 2011) Template: Professional learning plan (PLP) for principals
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Principals’ career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example A
(June 2011) Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example A
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Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example B
(June 2011) Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example B
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Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example C
(June 2011) Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Job description, example C.
An integrated special character school, and this includes a performance agreement with the job description
An integrated special character school, and this includes a performance agreement with the job description
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Practising Teacher Criteria (PTC) cross referenced with the professional standards for principals
(June 2011) Practising/Registered Teacher Criteria (RTC) cross referenced with the professional standards for principals (to be updated)
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Principals' career & appraisal toolkit - Sample performance agreement
(June 2011) Sample performance agreement. Appendix B of NZSPC advice to principals' regarding performance appraisal.
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Principal appraisal - a checklist for principals
(June 2011) The checklist and questions might be helpful for principals to consider as they go through the process of appraisal which commences with the establishment of the board's policy…
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