In her first year as a secondary teacher, Louise Ryan was shoulder tapped and encouraged to get actively involved in PPTA Te Wehengarua – and she hasn’t stopped. Louise is Head of Media Studies at Western Springs College Ngā Puna o Waiōrea. “I’m incredibly lucky to currently work at a school where the support of ...
The huge changes that lie ahead for secondary education have exciting potential and are absolutely necessary to improve education for kaiako and ākonga alike but we need to take a pause on some aspects to ensure we get the best possible outcomes long term, PPTA Te Wehengarua national executive member, Louise Ryan, told Annual Conference. ...
When Daniel Hāpuka’s son was in his last year of high school in 2015, he was told he was not a suitable candidate for NCEA Level 3 Maths and Science, despite having passed Levels 1 and 2. “My wife and I kept fighting for this young Māori lad who was ours and we ended up ...
“We would much prefer to be beginning the term in a settled environment but after 11 months of negotiations we haven’t been able to make satisfactory progress on some major issues,” says Kieran Gainsford, a member of PPTA Te Wehengarua negotiating team. “There is a worsening shortage of secondary teachers, and we need salary rates ...
“The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) decision issued today has correctly identified that pay is one of the key areas of concern for our members. Facilitation will continue the negotiating process and we hope that having an independent person in the room will be helpful.” In the decision, the ERA aknowledged PPTA’s position that the Ministry’s ...
“We welcome the Minister’s decision to defer the implementation of changes to NCEA Levels 2 and 3 by a year. These new timelines will enable the changes being made to the national curriculum to be more properly aligned with the changes to assessment – we had serious concerns about the fact that these changes were ...
“PPTA Te Wehengarua members have shown they are serious about getting a new collective agreement with salaries and conditions that will stem the worsening secondary teacher shortage throughout the motu,” says Chris Abercrombie, acting president of PPTA Te Wehengarua. Members voted in an electronic ballot this week, for a one-day national strike next Wednesday ...
This Thursday PPTA Te Wehengarua secondary and area school members will be striking in protest at the lack of support in our collective agreement negotiations. Huge thanks to regional and branch officers who have been organising activities in your communities on the day. The schedule of what is happening around the motu is here Strike ...