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…
You inspire your students. Who inspires you?
As a teacher, principal or educator you know the learning never stops. A life-long learner is who you are, and it’s what you’re inspiring in your students. So, what is your next learning adventure? Where are you heading? What are your ambitions? The University of Canterbury can help. Read more
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BRIGHT SPOTS AWARDS TO DRIVE IN-SCHOOL INNOVATION
While we have struggled to achieve system-wide innovation and transformation, there are pockets of innovation and educational success dotted around the country. Much of this innovation is taking place in individual schools, driven by school leaders and teachers who are creating new approaches, constructing new learning environments and providing novel opportunities for their learners in response to the challenges and new demands facing our school system. Read more
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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.
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Sponsored content: You inspire your students. Who inspires you?
As a teacher, principal or educator you know the learning never stops. A life-long learner is who you are, and it’s what you’re inspiring in your students. So, what is your next learning adventure? Where are you heading? What are your ambitions? The University of Canterbury can help. Our postgraduate qualifications are designed for people…
Bright Spots Awards to drive in-school innovation
While we have struggled to achieve system-wide innovation and transformation, there are pockets of innovation and educational success dotted around the country. Much of this innovation is taking place in individual schools, driven by school leaders and teachers who are creating new approaches, constructing new learning environments and providing novel opportunities for their learners in response to the challenges and new demands facing our school system. While effecting positive change in individual classrooms or schools, too often these innovative practices remain unknown and untested outside the school in which they were developed.
Stuff Education
- Are modern learning environments working in our schools? 20 July, 2018
- Auckland and Wellington students say they should get more student allowance than those in regions 20 July, 2018
- A school principal on life at a low decile school 20 July, 2018
- Flavell to head Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 19 July, 2018
- Teacher asked child, 2, to bite another child's finger 'so he knew how it felt' 18 July, 2018
- Schools speak out against fake flower fundraiser 18 July, 2018
NZ Herald Education
- Pakuranga College student Ella Berrington, 13, died in crash 20 July, 2018
- Chester Borrows: International students reveal how easy our kids have it 19 July, 2018
- The changing face of school holiday programmes: Barista courses and coding workshops 19 July, 2018
- Te Ururoa Flavell moving on from politics into new role as CEO of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 18 July, 2018
- Back-up not called when children escaped on trikes 18 July, 2018
- Local Focus: Meet Matua X-Man 'guardian of the environment' in Waikato and Waipa 17 July, 2018
Spinoff Education
- Why must schools be immune to innovation? 15 June, 2018
- Learning (and not learning) about the New Zealand Wars 11 June, 2018
- These education reforms put the sector at the precipice of disaster 5 June, 2018
- Budget 2018: the great Spinoff hot-take fry-up 17 May, 2018
- Penalising part-time teachers is a gender pay gap issue 10 May, 2018
- The Bulletin: Government parties at odds over compulsory te reo teaching 7 May, 2018
