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Research, guides, information and policies published by PPTA Te Wehengarua
Negotiations in full swing
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May 17, 2023
17/22/2023
Needs-based staffing for secondary schools (2008)
2008 Annual conference paper. We have a staffing model that creates large classes as a by-product and does not recognise different needs in schools, and that is structured to…
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August 17, 2020
17/50/2020
NCEA: Nothing endures but change... (2007)
2007 Annual conference paper. PPTA representatives will continue to use every opportunity to warn of the dangers inherent in some of the recent changes, to seek to have them implemented…
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August 17, 2020
17/50/2020
NCEA: A pathway to the future (2008)
2008 Annual conference 2008. This paper is largely a forward-looking paper, seeking to identify possible ways forward in terms largely of the design of the NCEA. The fact that the…
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August 17, 2020
17/50/2020
NCEA-review
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August 17, 2020
17/54/2020
NCEA-Level-1-Pulse-Check-survey-to-members-Nov-2024-Update.pdf
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November 21, 2024
21/12/2024
NCEA the work continues (2006)
2006 Annual conference paper. PPTA’s consistent position is that the union is opposed to substantial change to the design of the NCEA without extensive consultation with teachers and robust research.
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August 17, 2020
17/50/2020
NCEA Review 2018: what is in scope, what is out of scope
(August 2017) This document has been prepared to assist members during discussion of the NCEA Review 2018 Annual conference paper. It summarises the scope of the NCEA review planned for…
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August 17, 2020
17/51/2020
NCEA review 2018: an opportunity for change (2017)
2017 Annual conference paper. Between October 2017 and December 2018, there will be a major review of the design of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) conducted by the…
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August 17, 2020
17/51/2020
NCEA Review - SPC submission
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August 17, 2020
17/52/2020
NCEA Monitoring System Report (2003)
2003 Annual conference report. There is no doubt that there are implementation issues remaining, and issues which have been raised with the President or Executive members or directly with National…
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August 17, 2020
17/51/2020
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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August 17, 2020
17/50/2020
NCEA can it be saved (2015)
2015 Annual conference paper. This paper examines why teacher support for the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) has struggled to rise beyond a "fragile consensus" since its 2002
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July 19, 2021
19/47/2021
NCEA a work in progress (2005)
2005 Annual conference paper. This paper picks up and develops the theme of the 2002 Conference paper ‘The NCEA. Result: Not Yet Achieved’, published halfway through teachers’ first year of…
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July 19, 2021
19/46/2021
NCEA - Result: Not Yet Achieved (plus Supplementary paper) (2002)
2002 Annual Conference Paper. This paper summarises PPTA’s policy positions on qualifications as they have evolved from the early 1990s, then looks in detail at the problems which have arisen…
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August 17, 2020
17/51/2020
NCEA
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September 15, 2023
15/13/2023
National Standards: Report on assessment workload survey (2011)
Many PPTA members who teach and assess in Years 7 and 8, either in a Year 7-13 or 7-10 school or in an area school, are experiencing negative impacts on…
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August 17, 2020
17/49/2020
National Standards background paper (2010)
The government seems bent on implementing National Standards in New Zealand's primary schools from 2010, yet there is no robust evidence to show that this policy will result in improved…
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August 17, 2020
17/49/2020
National Education Leaders Partnership (NELP) - School resourcing principles
The National Education Leaders Partnership includes: NZSTA (New Zealand School Trustees Association) NZPTA (parents), NZPF (Primary and intermediate school principals), NZSPC (secondary and area school principals), SPANZ (secondary and area…
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August 17, 2020
17/48/2020
NANP211201-Accomplishments-challenges-and-reflections-report-v4.pdf
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March 28, 2022
28/30/2022
NANP-report-re-collaborative-practice-in-Kahui-Ako.pdf
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March 28, 2022
28/29/2022
NANP Report Accomplishments challenges and reflections
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April 5, 2022
5/35/2022
Māori Teachers’ Conference 2022
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May 17, 2023
17/22/2023
Mā te mahi tahi, ka ora ai te taitamaiti (2017)
2017 Annual conference paper. Working together to support māori student success. Ko te whāinga o tēnei pepa, he āwhina i ngā kura me ngā hapori Māori ki te mahi ngātahi,…
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August 17, 2020
17/51/2020
MX20-003-MC-20-Feb
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August 17, 2020
17/54/2020