Current Submission Consultation:December 2008 to January 2009 - Tertiary Education Commission (PBRF) Consultation: Performance Based Research Funding (PBRF) was introduced in 2004 to ensure that excellent research in the tertiary education sector is encouraged and rewarded. NZEI research evidence and membership comments indicate that PBRF does not meet the needs of teacher educator researcher.  Tertiary Education Commission (PBRF) Consultation document (0.1mb pdf)Please send your feedback on this consultation by 12 January 2009 to: susan.elliot@nzei.org.nz. Your comments will be incorporated into the NZEI organisational submission. |
2008 Submissions:October 2008 - The revised Satisfactory Teacher Dimensions are to be known as the Registered Teacher Criteria (RTC). NZEI’s submission on the draft RTC sought a reduction in the number of the criteria, rewording and reordering of the criteria and indicators, and improved alignment with the New Zealand Curriculum, Te Whariki, and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. Draft Registered Teacher Criteria (0.3mb pdf) June 2008 - NZEI supported the Lawyers and Conveyancers Bill which proposed to remove restrictions on the legal services that organisations such as unions can provide for members. Justice and Select Committee on the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill (No2) (0.1mb pdf) June 2008 - NZEI was concerned that the proposal to introduce a new category with lower standards would undermine advances that has been made in achieving quality education for young children. NZEI argued that teaching and learning would be hampered by having staff with no qualifications and a ratio of 1:4 was inadequate for children under two. Ministry of Education on Limited Attendance Early Childhood Education (ECE) Services (0.1mb pdf) May 2008 - NZEI supported the principles and goals of Schools Plus but argued that it was unrealistic to expect schools to accomplish these goals in isolation and resources for the implementation of the initiative needed to examined and discussed with all stakeholders. Ministry Of Education on Schools Plus (0.1mb pdf) April 2008 - The Ministry has undertaken a final round of consultation before publication, in July, of its ICT Strategic Framework for Education. A number of welcome improvements on the earlier draft have been made which were raised by NZEI but issues such as who takes responsibility for the financial costs remains. ICT Strategic Framework for Education (0.1mb pdf) April 2008 - The processes developed in Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are significant in ensuring that the curriculum incorporates and reflects, in content and approach, a Māori worldview and upholds the cultural identity and heritage of the learners and their families. Te Marautanga (0.2mb pdf) March 2008 - NZEI opposed the proposed amendment to the New Zealand Teachers Council (Making Reports and Complaints) Rules. NZEI stated that the Council should not be seeking to regulate every aspect of teachers’ lives. NZTC (Making Reports and Complaints) (0.1mb pdf) |
2007 Submissions:November 2007 - NZEI stated that the review of initial teacher education failed to address long-held concerns that an adequate range of practicum experiences was not being made widely or equitably available to student teachers. MoE on Initial Teacher Education Review Becoming a Teacher in the 21st Century (0.1mb pdf)August 2007 - NZEI Te Riu Roa informs the New Zealand Teachers Council of the political, industrial and logistical implications of its current approach to the Satisfactory Teacher Dimensions (S.T.D.s), and requests the Teacher Council to reconsider the timing, pace and content of the current review. NZTC Satisfactory Teacher Dimensions (0.2mb pdf)July 2007 - Parental Leave (PPL) Evaluation NACEW Submission Parental Leave Evaluation (0.1mb pdf)June 2007 - NZEI Te Riu Roa support of the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW) recommendations on priorities for possible improvements to the parental leave scheme. Parental Leave Scheme (0.3mb pdf)June 2007 - NZEI Te Riu Roa Response to Te Reo Maori in the New Zealand Curriculum: Draft. Response to Te Reo in the NZ Curriculum Draft (0.1mb pdf)May 2007 - This policy articulates the perspective and processes that the Teachers Council will use in determining whether applicants meet the statutory criteria of “good character” and “fitness to teach”. NZTC Good Character and Fitness to Teach #3 (0.1mb pdf)May 2007 - This submission provides a NZEI overview on the implications of the policy for the early childhood sector, schools and kura, and comments on each section of the draft policy. NZTC Limited Authority to Teach (0.1mb pdf) |
2006 Submissions:September 2006 - NZEI Te Riu Roa response to the New Zealand Curriculum Draft. NZEI response to the NZ Curriculum draft (0.4mb pdf)August 2006 - NZEI supported the proposal to publish reports of Tribunal decisions, but opposed the inclusion of teachers' names or any details leading to their identification except where the Council is legally required to do so. NZEI response to the NZ Curriculum draft (0.1mb pdf) April 2006 - Submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the Kiwisaver Bill. Kiwisaver Bill (0.1mb pdf) April 2006 - Submission to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee on the Minimum Wage (Abolition of Age Discrimination) Amendment Bill. Minimum wages submission (0.1mb pdf) March 2006 - Submission to Parliament's Education Select Committee from NZEI Te Riu Roa and the Service and Food Workers' Union: Funding of Non-Teaching Staff in Schools. Support Staff Select Committee submision (0.1mb pdf) February 2006 - Position paper to the Ministry of Education's Schools' Operational Funding Reference Group. Support Staff position paper (0.1mb pdf) |
2005 Submissions:September 2005 - NZEI argued that technology was a tool for learning, rather than a learning mechanism itself. It sought funding for equitable access for all students to electronic technology, and for professional development for education staff. e-learning Framework for the Schools Sector (0.1mb pdf)June 2005 - NZEI did not object to the proposals, but sought assurances that the Council would deal administratively with various potential issues that were identified. NZTC (Competence) Rules 2004 (0.1mb pdf)June 2005 - NZEI endorsed the focus on ensuring high quality teacher education provision, and hoped this would rectify the confusion caused by the proliferation of teacher education programmes and qualifications developed during the past 12 years. Tertiary Education Commission Discussion Document (0.3mb pdf)March 2005 - NZEI noted that providing a high-level five year framework to guide teaching was positive. It welcomed the recognition that teachers alone cannot ameliorate the effects on learning of social and economic disadvantage, but pointed out that this recognition became a platitude if what a teacher or a school was expected to achieve was unrealistic. Ministry of Education’s Schooling Strategy (0.5mb pdf)March 2005 - The NZEI Principals Council noted that the main focus appeared to be on the classroom teacher and an implication that they are solely responsible for improving student achievement. The Council argued that the influence of the Principal as the educational leader, and the relationship that effective educational and professional leadership by the principal had in ensuring quality teaching in schools needed to be more directly acknowledged. Principals’ Council to MoE’s plans for a 5 year schooling strategy (0.1mb pdf)March 2005 - NZEI argued that changes to the kindergarten system must not involve any diminution of current requirements for the employment of qualified and trained teachers. It suggested that extension of the National Student Number system be phased in with adequate provision of school support staff. It argued that the imposition of a Ministerial to the Teachers Council Disciplinary Tribunal undermined the fundamental premise that the Council is the means by which the profession governs itself. Education and Science Select Committee / Education Amendment Bill (0.1mb pdf) |
2004 Submissions:July 2004 - NZEI was generally supportive of the government’s policy direction in regards to proposed changes to ECE funding and regulations. NZEI suggested additional positions in ECE be created for fluent speakers of Te Reo Maori and other languages. Ministry of Education Initial Teacher Education (0.1mb pdf)July 2004 - NZEI endorsed the focus on ensuring high quality teacher education provision, and hoped this would rectify the confusion caused by the proliferation of teacher education programmes and qualifications developed during the past 12 years. Regulatory Review of Early Childhood Education (0.4mb pdf)June 2004 - NZEI argued that there had been an over-reaction to the Court of Appeal’s Ngati Apa decision. It contended that the Bill was arguable in arguable breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi, the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act. It urged the Select Committee to recommend the Bill not proceed, and asked the Government to “…take all possible steps to resolve this difficult issue through dialogue.” Fisheries and other sea-related legislation (0.1mb pdf) |