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Our strong belief is that the oversight of initial teacher education should be “by the profession, for the profession”. We do not support the proposal from the Minister of Education to move oversight of initial teacher education from the Teaching Council to the Ministry of Education.

Nineteen education sector groups met 2–3 September to discuss teacher supply in Aotearoa New Zealand. The group comprises peak education bodies including teacher education providers, professional bodies and unions as well as representatives of students and beginning teachers.

It's time to play a key part in our pay equity claim by giving feedback on a document called the General Areas of Responsibility. This report is a summary of the responsibilities identified by teachers and leaders who were interviewed for the pay equity claim.

We are consulting on changes to school strike notifications to extend the required notification of strike action.