Education Aotearoa has been relaunched as Ako journal
Focus on pay equity
Thousands of New Zealanders work in professions—including education—that have been historically underpaid, just because they're seen as women's work. That's all set to change as women make historic pay equity claims over the coming months.
Pay equity stories: Mel’s story
“I think people see us as just performing our natural womanly instinct to care and nurture. There is a common perception that ECE is not ‘proper teaching’; that it’s just glorified child minding. I get that reaction all the time to my job and it drives me crazy. I worked my butt off to educate myself on all that theory and pedagogy. But after four years and two degrees in a BA/BTeach I graduated into a marketplace that deemed me worth the same as a data entry operator or a mail room clerk.”
Pay equity stories: Maryann’s story
“I love my job. I love seeing the children I work with achieve their goals and develop and grow. My goal is to see Support Staff and particularly TAs paid a fair wage for the work they do.”
Pay equity changes with new government
Pay equity claims for NZEI support staff in schools and staff in early childhood have new hope with the change in Government. An early childhood teacher and a teacher aide share their stories about how pay equity would make a difference to their lives.
We’re not going to take it any more!
Teachers are seeking a big pay jolt and more time to teach in next year’s primary campaign.
On the way to equal pay
Three support workers, special education, have stepped up to take a case for equal pay. Mary Jones from Masterton (centre) and Kathy Power, (left) Christchurch, are pictured here with Kristine Bartlett, the aged-care worker who fought her case all the way to the Appeal Court. Denise Tetzlaff, from Auckland, is the third NZEI member to…
EA Magazine: Summer 2018
Watch your mailbox for the Summer 2018 issue of Education Aotearoa. Here's a preview of what's in the magazine.
Jacinda Ardern – It's all about the kids
"It was the 1980s, and I saw the effects of child poverty all the time. Our babysitter got hepatitis, I remember children with no shoes and no lunch - and it was really cold in Murupara in the winter - and I remember my mother having to explain to me what suicide was when the neighbour died."
We speak with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about child poverty, additional needs funding, and health. Read more
Changes will attract te reo speakers to teaching
The new government wants more te reo in schools and centres. The work is now beginning to make that possible, writes Heeni Collins.
New hope for kids with change in leadership
The new government has a lot to do in the first 100 days, and education was an area in which it strongly campaigned. Chris Hipkins is up for the challenge writes Melissa Schwalger.
Stuff Education
- Two degrees, no job prospects: Why Gen Z Kiwis are worried about work 17 November, 2018
- Wintec probe: Polytech can spend taxpayers' money on personal items in 'exceptional circumstances' 16 November, 2018
- Teachers' unions agree to join forces in 2019 campaign 16 November, 2018
- More on kei and i and some notes on dialects 16 November, 2018
- The Lost Children of the Holocaust found again in memorial 16 November, 2018
- Teaching problems won't go away 16 November, 2018
NZ Herald Education
- Editorial: Children's school prizes should not be resented 16 November, 2018
- Primary and secondary teachers unite in campaign for better pay 16 November, 2018
- Students won't be marked down in exam for not knowing what trivial means 16 November, 2018
- A nation divided: Kiwis weigh in on school's choice to ditch prizegiving 15 November, 2018
- Primary school cancels prizegiving: 'Schools are not about ranking and sorting' 15 November, 2018
- School scheme finds parents need free driving lessons too 15 November, 2018
Spinoff Education
- The Bad Take Power Rankings: A greatest (s)hits of terrible opinions 26 January, 2018
- Summer reissue: Washington Post reveals the ‘far right agenda’ of the new Labour-led government 26 December, 2017
- The shocking truth: Washington Post reveals the ‘far right agenda’ of the new Labour-led government 9 November, 2017
- Get a haircut, a degree, and a real job: Why a university education still matters 30 October, 2017
- 10 things Auckland desperately needs from the new government 15 October, 2017
- ‘School has been reduced to child care’: A principal speaks out 14 September, 2017
