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Initial Teacher Education (ITE) plays a vital role in our education system. A well-functioning ITE system is led by the profession, replenishes and refreshes the teaching workforce, and sustains the overall sector. Therefore, it’s important we get it right.

Increasing the funding for more staffing and resourcing at primary schools could go a long way to reducing work demands on school leaders and help improve their feelings of hauora according to one of the authors of Deakin University’s annual wellbeing report.

Helping put a support network around principals and constant communication is the key to improving hauora.

A dynamic resource for principal members of NZEI Te Riu Roa, and sections will be updated as necessary in line with legislative and policy changes. Please refer back to this resource for the most current information.

As a result of primary principals’ strong rejection of the offer to settle our collective agreement, the Ministry has made a second offer.