Minister to attend International Summit on the Teaching Profession with Union and Teacher leaders

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Education Minister Hekia Parata will attend the third International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) in Amsterdam next week accompanied by union and teacher leaders...

Two new schools proposed for North-East Hamilton

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced the Government is proposing to build two new schools in North-East Hamilton to help serve the growing population. It is proposed a new $7 - $10 million primary school will open in 2015 in the Flagstaff area and the aim is for new provision for Year 7-13 students to open in 2016. “The Government recognises that Hamilton North is one of the country’s fastest growing areas,’’ says Ms Parata...

Closing Chch schools 'anti-recovery' - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Closing Chch schools 'anti-recovery' Stuff.co.nz The school still had a small roll and only three classrooms, but the individualised attention from the teachers and the whanau feeling about the school made us feel confident about our choice of school for our son. Being an older school too, the large ...

Unit begins work on Novopay error backlog

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A specialist unit will begin work today to clear the backlog of school payroll problems caused by Novopay system.

Shortage of skilled Novopay staff - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Shortage of skilled Novopay staff New Zealand Herald Hundreds of teachers last week protested outside National MPs' offices throughout the country to vent their frustration at progress with the Novopay system. The teachers' union PPTA is considering legal action against the Education Secretary over Novopay.

$5m plan to end teachers' misery - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: $5m plan to end teachers' misery Stuff.co.nz Teachers protested outside National MPs' offices last week and secondary teachers' union the PPTA has started legal action against Education Secretary Peter Hughes on behalf of its 18,000 members over unpaid wages and for allegedly failing in his duty ...

PPTA to sue secretary of education

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The secretary of education is to be sued for damages for allegedly failing in his duty to pay teachers through the botched Novopay system.

Teachers to sue - Stuff.co.nz

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The secretary of education is to be sued for damages for allegedly failing in his duty to pay teachers through the botched Novopay system. The Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) has enlisted lawyer Michael Reed, QC, to take a case to the High ...

Key: Compensation for schools a possibility - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Key: Compensation for schools a possibility New Zealand Herald The PPTA is considering legal action against the Education Secretary over the troubled school staffing pay system, and Mr Key said compensation to prevent that was possible if the PPTA agreed to a package. He did not know what talks the acting ...

New schools announced for Hamilton - New Zealand Herald

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URL: New schools announced for Hamilton New Zealand Herald Whether the schools could be charter schools depended on "the applications made by interested organisations". Parents also queried where exactly the schools would be located and how and when the zoning would be determined. Ms Parata confirmed that ...

Shortage of men taking up teaching - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Shortage of men taking up teaching New Zealand Herald "There has been a stigma around males about sexual abuse in the classroom but the truth is it's just as much females as well as males. I think that [perception] is changing a bit now though." The Early Childhood Council is actively campaigning for more ...

New MOE figures show its true - kids struggling at maths

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Schoolchildren have got worse at basic arithmetic skills since the introduction of new teaching methods designed to lift the country's poor performance in maths.The Ministry of Education figures show the number of Year 8 (12-year-old)...

Teachers 'need to be able to take advantage' of new brain research - Voxy

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She said she believed more attention to findings from brain research would help reduce the achievement tail among New Zealanders. The potential of neuroscience in education has long been touted and is reflected in current trends with brain-based ...

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology gets... | Stuff.co.nz

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Government reviews of tertiary education organisations are conducted every three to four years. Evaluation is based on achievement, educational outcomes, stakeholder needs, learner support, teaching efficacy, and ...

School rolls to tumble as young march out - Stuff.co.nz

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A report released by the Ministry of Education shows secondary schools in the area were teaching just 70 per cent of their capacity in 2012, and in the next two decades Rangitikei's youth population is projected to shrink to almost half. But leaders ...

World's mental health leaders converge on New Zealand - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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... from member countries. Robyn Shearer, chief executive of Te Pou, a New Zealand-based mental health and disability workforce development agency, said the meeting was an opportunity not only for New Zealand to learn from the world's foremost experts ...