"What we want is a very clear idea that can be applied over the next 10, 15, 20 years to say, 'this is what we're about' and then that will stop a lot of the knee-jerk changes that we are getting all the time in New Zealand in education." 1news.co.nz/2024/09/03/at-…

"It's getting harder and harder for schools and centres to find teachers and we've got a cliff approaching, which is the ageing population of teachers." rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

📢MEDIA RELEASE 📢 Scrapping pay parity for some teachers will not solve early childhood education crisis nzeiteriuroa.org.nz/about-us/media…

“We’re concerned the reduction approach of this Government will see regulation reduced rather than strengthened." stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350401…

📢 MEDIA RELEASE 📢 NZEI Te Riu Roa has signed a joint statement to oppose a proposal by the Minister of Education to move the oversight of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) from the Teaching Council to the Ministry of Education. nzeiteriuroa.org.nz/about-us/media…

"I'm not able to say that they're going to be a model of learning [that'll] influence or impact learning for our Māori and Pasifika learners," Avatea said. pmn.co.nz/read/education…

“More recently this role, this passion, this dream job is becoming overwhelming. The children we support to transition into school often face significant academic, emotional, social and behavioural challenges." stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350403…

A select committee report has revealed previously confidential legal advice that charter school rules will likely breach international labour and free trade agreements rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

In schools and centres across Aotearoa, a growing number of kaiako and support staff are sharing with colleagues that they have a neurodivergent diagnosis. AKO spoke with three NZEI Te Riu Roa members about their experiences as educators with ADHD. akojournal.org.nz/2024/09/03/inc…

Plans to reform early childhood education meet resistance thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350405…

Join me at Webinar: Te Tiriti o Waitangi | What’s at stake for our tamariki mokopuna? action.nzei.org.nz/events/webinar… via @NZEI Te Riu Roa

“Direct political control of professional programmes and standards by ministers through the ministry would be an overreach and is tantamount to political interference." newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/05/war…

Join me at Webinar: Te Tiriti o Waitangi | What’s at stake for our tamariki mokopuna? action.nzei.org.nz/events/webinar… via NZEI Te Riu Roa

📢MEDIA RELEASE 📢 Primary principals and teachers’ groups ask Government to pause the fast-tracking of curriculum change in schools nzeiteriuroa.org.nz/about-us/media…

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📢 MEDIA RELEASE 📢 Curriculum change too fast to be effective, say teachers and principals nzeiteriuroa.org.nz/about-us/media…

Education leaders oppose coalition proposal to ‘demote’ Te Tiriti in schools (teaonews.co.nz)

"We need careful delivery to optimise successful learning for children, and this conversation is not happening at government level; it is happening between teachers and principals." thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-09…

📣 MEDIA RELEASE: Education leaders unite against Government's moves to downgrade place of Te Tiriti in education 📣 nzeiteriuroa.org.nz/about-us/media…

"I was brought up feeling the aroha of te ao Māori values without the knowledge of the reo.” Kaiako and NZEI Te Riu Roa kaimahi Celeste Hawkins shares her lifelong journey to connecting with her reo in this personal essay on AKO: akojournal.org.nz/2024/09/17/aro…