Teachers@ PPTA

Official account of PPTA Te Wehengarua. Professional association and union of New Zealand secondary teachers.

Authorised by PPTA, 60 Willis St, Wellington.

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Nau Mai, Haere Mai to all our delegates. #pptaannualconf Day 1| Tahi

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Secondary principals and teachers agree with significant changes, announced by the @EducationGovtNZ on Friday, to the timeline for implementation of new NCEA Levels 2 and 3 qualifications.
https://t.co/8GoZH5fBMy

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'A big overreach' — Govt's sick kids' truancy suggestion slammed
@NZPPTA President @chrisabercromb7 has hit out at the Government's suggestion it could target sick kids skipping school as part of its upcoming anti-truancy package.
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“The new histories curriculum has a big focus on New Zealand and Māori history – something which was missing for more than 160 years,”
says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.

@EducationRevNZ

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More investment in schools and young people needs to be a Government priority
Schools and communities need more help to manage increasing incidents of challenging behaviour in our classrooms, say secondary principals and teachers.
https://t.co/tt36RMuVSh
#education

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It not too late to support the Ka Ora, Ka Ako petition

Ka Ako, the healthy school lunches programme.
https://t.co/4ptEOqABwU

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@chrisabercromb7 President of the @NZPPTA spoke to AEU Federal Conference about the wins secured my teachers in the last enterprise agreement, and the current issues they are having under a new conservative government.

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The Govt is planning to enable local state schools to convert to privately run charter schools – with huge cost and implications – yet it is refusing to release information or consult with those communities who will be directly affected.
https://t.co/i79cvUkM7g

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Celebrating our differences

A new network and advisory committee will be set up to recognise and support the strengths and abilities of neurodiverse kaiako.
https://t.co/Jkf5vYnsO2

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Call for taskforce on flexible learning spaces

PPTA Te Wehengarua Annual Conference has decided to set up a taskforce to work through and make progress on members’ serious and long standing concerns about flexible learning spaces.

https://t.co/4zNTaMI8TN

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Modern learning environments, support for neurodiverse teachers and AI - are all up for debate at PPTA Te Wehengarua annual conference starting today.
Get amongst it online!
https://t.co/hzz6tfmmGc

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The Government's plans to legislate how teachers teach is seriously concerning
https://t.co/OibOXbuA6I

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Hosted by @oxfamnz Aotearoa and the @SalvationArmyNZ with the Fair Tax Coalition. @bettertaxnz - how a better tax system can help solve these problems we face as a country

Tonights webinar | Registration: https://t.co/2zB7BqgLpy

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@chrisabercromb7 - Teaching will consume your life if you let it: be sure you have extracurricular interest.
- Find a mentor.
- No one will tell you if you're working too much. You need to manage your own workload.
- Know your rights. Get a hobby. Find your people.
- It gets easier!
#PCT2023PPTA

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What do you wish you'd known as a PCT? What knowledge do you wish you could pass on to other early career teachers? How do you manage burnout, especially after covid?
Chaired by PPTA Acting President @chrisabercromb7, the panel answers these questions and more.
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@chrisabercromb7 The panel discuss covid:
It's increased the expectations of what kaiako can do. As well as the classroom kids I provided pastoral care for, during covid there were 150 extra kids I had to check in with.
We had to ramp everything up, & we haven’t yet dialled it back.
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@AoteaCollege Some students are disengaged from their own marae so the kura is an important conduit to Māori culture.
Matua Anthony: "I use the pōwhiri concept to set the classroom learning environment and behaviours for students to be the best versions of themselves."
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Day 2 of the Provisionally Certificated Conference opens with a keynote address from Matua Anthony Urwin (@AoteaCollege) on tikanga and kawa in the classroom.
"If the tikanga are right then you get confidence, attitude, affirmation and achievement in the rangatahi."
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This type of learning enables subject specialist teachers to focus on deep learning; is built on culturally empowering pedagogies and concepts such as whanaungatanga and other uara, ako, whānau and mahi tahi; and helps students understand their roles in society.
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Next up, Hagley College kaiako Nik Densem and Tamara Yuill Proctor lead an engaging, discussion-rich workshop on connected learning, a teacher and student agentic, culturally empowering style of teaching that uses a variety of pedagogical approaches.
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