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Largest ECE survey in years, Kōriporipo, highlights teachers under pressure
The largest survey of the early childhood sector in Aotearoa in recent years, Kōriporipo, shines a light on the immense pressures facing ECE kaiako and kaimahi and makes…
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Do not return to standardised testing, do not run education like a business
Educational success comes from investing in the connection between teachers and learners through smaller class sizes, not running the education system like competing supermarkets…
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Historic first ever collective agreement at large private ECE provider
Early childhood kaiako and kaimahi are celebrating today as a first collective employment agreement is reached between Evolve Education, the country’s second largest private ECE…
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Specialised teachers deliver a petition to Minister to stop cuts that will impact children most in need
A group of teachers took a clear message to the Minister of Education, Jan Tinetti, this morning to urge the Government not to reduce specialist staff who support tamariki in…
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Smaller class sizes will genuinely put tamariki at centre of education
Smaller class sizes are one of the most important steps we can make to improve learning in primary schools, NZEI Te Riu Roa said today off the back of a Ministerial Advisory Group…
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Teachers, not politicians, should decide teaching strategies, education union says
The president of NZEI Te Riu Roa, Mark Potter, says the National Party’s new education policy requiring all schools and all teachers to teach literacy in the same way ignores the…
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Pay parity in ECE needs long term commitment
ECE teachers welcome today’s announcement of funding to match the pay increases won by their colleagues in kindergarten and schooling. However, NZEI Te Riu Roa says that the…
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Learning support for tamariki needs more funding, not budget cuts
Thousands of tamariki are already missing out on the learning support they need to thrive, and any cuts in government budgets must not affect support they need, NZEI Te Riu Roa…
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Proposed teaching requirements must be properly resourced
NZEI Te Riu Roa broadly supports the common practice model which has been designed by educational researchers and experts. However, the union, which represents around 30,000…