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2012
February
Education should not be a government cash cow
2011
December
No appetite for charter schools in south Auckland
Government needs to come clean on principal plans
NZEI hopes to be able to forge constructive working relationship with new minister
Charter schools should be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny
November
"National Standards" obsession drives education policy
National Standards for bi-lingual and ESOL students is cultural bullying
Debate on compulsory te reo Māori welcome
Comprehensive policy to help deliver high quality education
Green Party ticks the boxes for quality public education
October
World Teachers Day to celebrate high quality teaching and learning
NZEI says extraordinary circumstances in Christchurch call for extraordinary measures
September
Mixed messages about the value of education in Christchurch rebuild
Christchurch teacher cuts short-sighted
Labour's policy will spell a welcome end to 'National Standards'
Petition on early childhood funding cuts goes to Select Committee
Fight against National Standards will move to new battleground
Government has a responsibility to protect children's education in Christchurch
August
Call for full funding for quake-hit schools and ECE centres until end of 2012
School support staff set for pay packet boost
Marlborough schoolchildren take out top prize in online art competition
Educators honoured for outstanding contribution
100,000 conversations about education
Restructuring of RTLB service not a done deal
Government cuts threaten progress for Pasifika students
Poverty plan would help improve educational achievement
Skilled education workforce essential to Christchurch rebuild
Finalists announced in School is Cool competition
July
Mandatory reporting of child abuse needs careful consideration
Help needed to secure breakfast in schools programmes
Good progress on the curriculum compromised by National Standards
NZEI hopes to build constructive relationship with new Secretary for Education
More than 60,000 sign petition against cuts to early childhood education
Government only interested in 'tick-the-box' compliance on National Standards
Full funding for Christchurch schools and centres must extend into next year
Proposed pay equality legislation will help shame the government into action
June
Deadline for "School is Cool" competition extended
Time to recognise those who support teaching and learning
Government can’t ignore its own advice on early childhood investment
May
Concern increased retirement contributions could result in backdoor education cuts
Critical links between breakfast-in-schools and student achievement
Sugar-coated education budget with a rotten core
Christchurch schools will welcome additional funding but early childhood needs same guarantees
Kawerau hikoi highlights clear problems with community consultation
Budget must treat education as an investment not a cost
Better Use Of One Third Of Education Workforce Needed, Report Finds
April
Fast-track teacher education programmes will result in undercooked teachers
Government rams through New Zealand’s first PPP in education
Employment law changes will penalise education workers
March
Pay talks for school support staff as they battle pay inequity
Government disingenuous on public service frontline claims
Government Clutches at National Standards Straws
Big tick for report which recognises value of qualified early childhood teachers
Detailed Research into the Impact of National Standards in Schools
February
School Support Staff Prepare for Fresh Pay Negotiations in Fight for Fair Deal
Principals and Teachers Urged to Stay Away from Quake-Affected Buildings
Blunt welfare reform will put children at risk
MR 2011/108 - Frustration and disappointment leads to withdrawal from National Standards Group
MR 2011/107 - Government Record on Pay Equity Deserves a Bagging
MR 2011/106 - Government Confidence in National Standards Falters
MR 2011/104 - Skewed Government Priorities Take their Toll on Children and Families
MR 2011/103 - Government Sticks with Failed Education Policy
Notice For NZEI Te Riu Roa Worksite Representatives
MR 2011/101 - Risks Outweigh Benefits Of PPPs In Education
MR 2010/99 - Petition launched against early childhood education cuts
2010
December
MR 2010/98 - END OF YEAR REPORT MARKS NATIONAL STANDARDS “WELL BELOW”
MR 2010/96 -Confidence in Ngā Whanaketanga highlights flaws with National Standards
MR 2010/95 - Local Body Action on National Standards
MR 2010/94 - High levels of student success without National Standards
MR 2010/93 - New Minister needs to turn around Government's shameful record on pay inequity
MR 2010/92 - THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW THE LESS THEY LIKE NATIONAL STANDARDS - POLL
November
MR 2010/88 - Employment law changes penalise workers
NZEI Campaign News (Support Staff) 2010/08
MR 2010/83 - T OVERLOOKS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND FAIR PAY
MR 2010/82 - MORE BOARDS PREDICTED TO TAKE ACTION OVER NATIONAL STANDARDS
October
MR 2010/80 - World Teachers' Day to celebrate high quality teaching and learning
MR 2010/78 - Yet more evidence of the chaos around National Standards
MR 2010/77 - Compulsory Te Reo Māori in schools would help keep language alive
MR 2010/76 - Special Education Review must be able to deliver at the chalkface
MR 2010/75 - Ngā Whanaketanga highlight flawed approach to National Standards
MR 2010/74 - Production “Pause” deals blow to Pasifika teaching and learning
MR 2010/73 - NZEI welcomes new requirements for teacher training
MR 2010/72 - High quality support, not National Standards, needed to address maori under-achievement
MR 2010/71 - Tax cuts a bitter pill for low paid education workers
September
MR 2010/70 - BOP Principal to lead education sector union
MR 2010/67 - Government distorts research to manufacture a crisis in education
MR 2010/66 - Opposition to Government’s “sick joke”
MR 2010/62 - School and ECE staff must heed quake zone advice
August
MR 2010/60 - Government can no longer hide behind claims of widespread support for National Standards
MR 2010/50 - Govt shamefully allows gender pay gap to widen
MR 2010/49 - New approach to student achievement makes mockery of National Standards
July
MR 2010/48 - Schools need resourcing and support to provide for high needs children
June
MR 2010/37 - Douglas Education Bill completely out of touch
MR 2010/36 - Survey paints bleak picture of National Standards
SSNCKT newsletter - June 10
May
MR 2010/30 - Budget launches attack on quality teaching for youngest learners
March
MR 2010/14 - SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF WILL SEE PAY PACKET INCREASE
NZEI Campaign News (Support Staff) 2010/02
February
NZEI Campaign News (Support Staff) 2010/01
January
Fair Deal Campaign emails of support
2009
December
MR 2009/69 - Educators wish list for xmas
MR 2009/68 - Support staff crack wage freeze
MR 2009/65 - MP to Walk in Support Staff Shoes
MR 2009/64 - Where's the Investment in Education for 2025?
MR 2009/63 - Taskforce Recommendations Take Education Backwards
November
MR 2009/62 - Think Pink Support Staff Action
Think Pink
MR 2009/61 - Calls mount for National Standards to be road-tested or abandoned
MR 2009/57 - Work for Free Day
MR 2009/56 - NZEI National Standards Forum
2009 Working For Free Day
MR 2009/55 - Support Staff Consider Next Move
MR 2009/54 - Children Right To Access ECE
NZEI Campaign News Support Staff 2009/06
October
MR 2009/53 - Hands Up for Learning
SSCA Paid Union Meeting
NZEI Contact / Worksite Rep Nominations
MR 2009/51 - National standards need close scrutiny
MR 2009/50 - Teacher advisory services cut
MR 2009/49 - No trade off over your pay claim
MR 2009/48 - ACC changes will penalise
NZEI News - 12 October 2009/19e
Women’s Meeting at NZEI Annual Meeting 2009
CTU Women’s Conference
September
MR 2009/46 - School support staff drive powerful fair deal messsage home to education minister
MR 2009/44 - School support staff hope to see better pay offer
NZEI News - 17 September 2009/18e
NZEI Joins Pay Equity Challenge Coalition
MR 2009/42 - Pay Equity petition should force government to sit up and listen
Member Action Successful - Dates Obtained Bargaining
NZEI News - 1 September 2009/17e
August
NZEI News - 25 August 2009/16e
NZEI News - 18 August 2009/14e
MR 2009/39 - Time for government to deliver fair deal to support staff
7 August 2009 - Support Staff Day of Action
MR 2009/38 - Fair Deal Friday!
NZEI News - 06 August 2009/015e
NZEI News - 4 August 2009/14e
Take the Support Staff Survey
July
NZEI News - 22July 2009/13e
MR 2009/35 - Education workers give boost to pay equity petition
NZEI News - 21 July 2009/12e
7 August 2009 - Support Staff Day of Action
MR 2009/34 - Prime Minister needs to put words into action
2009 Claims for Renewal Presentations
Support Staff Annualisation
NZEI News - 2 July 2009/11e
June
MR 2009/32 - Voice of low paid education workers rings out at pay equity rally
Support Staff Negotiations Update 2009/03
NZEI News - 23 June 2009/10e
Join the Pay Equity Challenge - 12:30 Tues 30 June
Support Staff Day, Ministry botches ECE pay, Swine flu - NZEI News 09e
MR 2009/26 - School Support Staff Day to highlight the fight against low pay
May
MR 2009/25 - Budget fails frontline education workers and signals trouble ahead in the classroom
NZEI News 2009/09 - Support Staff Day 2009
NZEI Negotiations News 2009/02 - Government roadblock, 0% for members this year
MR 2009/24 - Budget needs to deliver strategic investment in education
NZEI News 08e - Bargaining success, national standards, PRT support and more
MR 2009/22 - NZEI urges parents and teachers to take part in the National Standards consultation
MR 2009/21 - Nail in coffin for pay equity
NZEI News - bargaining, social networks and WSR seminars
MR 2009/18 - Critical pay talks get underway to deliver fair deal to school support staff
April
NZEI News 2009/06e
MR 2009/17 - NZEI welcomes government's decision to get around the table
NN 2009/06 - Final claim for specialist and school support staff collective agreement
Support Staff rally around NZ
MR 2009/15 - Message to Government MPs around NZ
Support Staff Work Programmes
MR 2009/14 - Government’S state sector pay talk "a bit rich"
NZEI News 2009/05e
Guidelines for entitlement to rest breaks in the ECE and Compulsory Education Sectors
NZEI News 2009/05 - Paid union meeting and draft claims for negotiations
MR 2009/12 - Government stalling on key education employment negotiations
March
NZEI News 2009/04e
Taumata Whanonga - Video coverage
NZEI Organisational Review
MR 2009/10 - Review proves value of frontline school staff
MR 2009/09 - Education workers throw weight behind pay equity
NZEI News 2009/03e
NN 2009/02c - 0800 NZEI HELP service launch
February
NZEI News 2009/02e
NN 2009/02 - NZEI News Fortnightly
NZEI News 2009/01e
MR 2009/04 - Minimum wage rise wont touch the sides
NN SS 2009/01 - Bargaining for SSCA and KRCA delayed
January
Parental Leave
2008
November
NN 2008/95 - Presentation of claims for the renewal of the Support Staff in Schools Collective Agreement
NN 2008/94 - Presentation of claims for the renewal of the Kairahi i te reo, therapists', ATSSD and special education assistants' collective agreement
Disruptive Student Behaviour Guidelines
MR 2008/65 - Education policy acknowledges low paid workers
MR 2008/64 - No 'Ladder of opportunity' for low paid education workers
October
NN 2008/92 - Election of NZEI Worksite Reps
MR 2008/61 - Employment Relations policy furthers commitment to low paid
MR 2008/59 - Crunch meetings ahead for school support staff
NN 2008/82 - Support Staff in Schools PUMs
MR 2008/58 - Lack of commitment to frontline school staff disappointing
NN 2008/85 - Disruptive Student Behaviour Guidelines - rights and responsibilities
MR 2008/56 - Education Crusade fails to recognise contribution of frontline support staff
MR 2008/51 - Pay Jolt not a Politcal Football
September
MR 2008/49 - Pay Jolt for School Support Staff
NN 2008/79 - World Teachers Day
Rourou 2008/09 - Education’s invisible army mobilises
NN 2008/76 - 0800 NZEI Help
NN 2008/74 - Support Staff Campaign for Fair Pay
August
MR 2008/43 - School Support Staff Put Government on Notice
MR 2008/41 - Invisible Army set to invade Rotorua
Support Staff Grading
NN 2008/66 - Electoral Finance Act Checklist
July
NN 2008/65 - Revised NZEI Code of Ethics
NN 2008/64 - Organising Call Centre
NN 2008/62 - NZEI Te Riu Roa Organisational Review
June
NN 2008/57 - Support Staff Increase and Back Pay
MR 2008/29 - Celebrate School Support Staff
May
NN 2008/44 - Kaiarahi i te reo therapists ATSSD Collective Agreement
NN 2008/43 - Support Staff in Schools Collective Agreement
NN 2008/40 - Support Staff Day
NN 2008/38 - NZEI Election ToolKit
MR 2008/26 - Government scores poorly on school funding
NN 2008/34 - Error in Payments to Support Staff
MR 2008/25 - Education’s lowest paid workers must benefit from budget
NN 2008/33 - New Guide to NZEI Available
NN 2008/27 - NZEI Support Staff Scholarships
MR 2008/22 - Any Increase In School Operations Grant Must Target Low Paid Workforce
April
NN 2008/24 - Winner of Coffee Machine
NN 2008/21 - Support Staff Work Programme Phase1 Report
NN 2008/19 - SSNCKT Advisory Group Representative
March
NN 2008/18 - Early Childhood Education Salary Increases and Payments
NN 2008/17 - Support Staff National Caucus
NN 2008/14 - Collective Agreements Ratified
NN 2008/12 - Support Staff Collective Agreements Ratified
NN 2008/09 - (SSNCKT) Advisory Group Representative
NN 2008/08 - Have your say on our on-line Forum
NN 2008/06 - New Agreement for Kindergarten Support Staff
MR 2008/12 - Ratification of education sector settlements
February
NN 2008/05 - NZEI Scholarships for Support Staff Members
NN 2008/04 - NZEI Scholarships for Early Childhood Members
MR 2008/03 - Milestone set of pay settlements to kick off school year
NN 2008/01 - NZEI News Going Electronic
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Proposed pay equality legislation will help shame the government into action
MR 2011/104 - Skewed Government Priorities Take their Toll on Children and Families
MR 2011 - Skewed Government Priorities Take their Toll on Children and Families
MR - Skewed Government Priorities Take their Toll on Children and Families