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Research, guides, information and policies published by PPTA Te Wehengarua
Secondary Teacher Supply Working Group Report
(9 August 2016) This Report from the Secondary Teacher Supply Working Group, explores current and future issues around secondary teacher supply, and makes recommendations on how these can be addressed.…
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2015 NZPPTA Annual Report
2015-2016 Annual report and consolidated financial statements of the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association.
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Theory of secondary teacher demand and supply 2016
An NZPPTA paper to the Secondary Teacher Supply Working Party 2016.
Paper presented to, and discussed with, PPTA members at the 2016 Issues and Organising seminar.
Paper presented to, and discussed with, PPTA members at the 2016 Issues and Organising seminar.
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2016 PPTA News October (vol.37 no.7)
Table of contents:
Teachable moments - President's viewpoint p.3;
Palmy pioneers collaborative school community (Palmerston North CoL) p.4;
Treaty workshops in schools - p.5;
Cooking with the minister - How to boil an egg…
Teachable moments - President's viewpoint p.3;
Palmy pioneers collaborative school community (Palmerston North CoL) p.4;
Treaty workshops in schools - p.5;
Cooking with the minister - How to boil an egg…
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Seamless Transition or jagged edge? Report of the Secondary-Tertiary Interface Taskforce 2013
(2014) The Seamless Transition or Jagged Edge? report is the result of a wide-ranging investigation, conducted by the Taskforce during 2013, into all the initiatives loosely gathered under the…
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Secondary teaching into future (2007)
2007 Annual conference paper. This paper seeks to set out the union’s preferred future for secondary education. It describes a set of principles against which the union would judge…
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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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Response to Te Kotahitanga questionnaire critique
(2007) Response to a critique of the Te Kotahitanga questionnaire, written by Professor Roger Openshaw and Associate Professor John Clark, School of Educational Studies, Massey University.
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Technology; theory without practice?
(2006) PPTA conducted this research in 2005 in response to the concerns of technology teachers.
Post script: while there have been some positive changes since this report- such as the offer…
Post script: while there have been some positive changes since this report- such as the offer…
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Developing a Community of Learning / Schools (CoL): Consultation with teachers
Developing a Community of Schools (CoS): Consultation with teachers.
If you've been told your school is going to into a community of schools (COS) [as part of the IES initiative] then…
If you've been told your school is going to into a community of schools (COS) [as part of the IES initiative] then…
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Guidelines for the appointment to the across community teacher role in Secondary Schools
(2014) Guidelines for the appointment to the Community of Schools / Community of Learning Teacher (across community) role in Secondary Schools
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Guidelines for the appointment of the within school teacher role in Secondary Schools
(2014) These guidelines provide advice about the Community of Schools / Community of Learning Teacher within school role, and have been agreed by the Ministry of Education (Ministry), Post Primary…
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Investing in Educational Success and PPTA policy
(2014) This paper is an assessment of some of the PPTA policy on which we based our position of cautious support for the government’s latest flagship policy ‘Investing in Educational…
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Charter schools: an update (2015)
2015 Annual conference paper. This paper examines the extent of the failure of the charter school experiment to provide an improved alternative to the public education system in New Zealand.
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Education Amendment Bill (2012): Submission
PPTA comments on three aspects of the Bill:
1 The surrender and retention of property
2 Charter schools
3 Multiple timetabling
1 The surrender and retention of property
2 Charter schools
3 Multiple timetabling
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Charter schools poster: Unwelcome imports
(2014) Possums, gorse, white-tailed spiders, charter schools
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2016 PPTA News December (vol.37 no.9)
Table of contents:
We can be heroes, just for one day - President's viewpoint p.3;
Code of professional responsibility - p.4;
What is Pasifika success? - p.5;
Middle management debate - p.6;
Farewelling…
We can be heroes, just for one day - President's viewpoint p.3;
Code of professional responsibility - p.4;
What is Pasifika success? - p.5;
Middle management debate - p.6;
Farewelling…
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Secondary school staffing report 2015
In term one 2015 the principals of secondary and composite schools with senior rolls were a surveyed about their staffing situation. The questions focused on the broader aspects of the…
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Secondary school staffing report 2016
In term one 2016 the principals of secondary and composite schools with senior rolls were surveyed about their staffing situation. The questions focused on the broader aspects of the teacher…
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PPTA calendar 2018 - including Mahi Tika
Calendar of PPTA events as at March 2018
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Charter School fig leaf poster January 2013
Family time, beach time, down time… that’s the agenda for most of us right The government is happy with that. agenda – the dismantling of New Zealand’s public education system…
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STCA 2015 Terms of Settlement
Terms of Settlement STCA 21 September 2015. This document sets out agreed components of a settlement of the Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2015-2018 (the collective agreement), between the…
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The changing role of distance education in New Zealand (MoE paper OIA response)
PPTA made an Official Information Act request to access this paper from the Ministry of Education. (Note: 60 pages)
It is more about 'opening up the market' than education.
It is more about 'opening up the market' than education.
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Education (Update) Amendment Bill: Submission November 2016
Our submission focuses on the issues that we have with the proposal for communities of online learning (“COOLs”) and we recommend that this part be removed from the Bill and,…
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Updating the Education Act: Submission December 2015
The following submission answers the fifteen questions from the consultation document.
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