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Our strong belief is that the oversight of initial teacher education should be “by the profession, for the profession”. We do not support the proposal from the Minister of Education to move oversight of initial teacher education from the Teaching Council to the Ministry of Education.

Nineteen education sector groups met 2–3 September to discuss teacher supply in Aotearoa New Zealand. The group comprises peak education bodies including teacher education providers, professional bodies and unions as well as representatives of students and beginning teachers.

It's time to play a key part in our pay equity claim by giving feedback on a document called the General Areas of Responsibility. This report is a summary of the responsibilities identified by teachers and leaders who were interviewed for the pay equity claim.

We are consulting on changes to school strike notifications to extend the required notification of strike action.

NZEI Te Riu Roa members will be running local activities for the first ever Learning Support Awareness Day on Thursday 29 August. Keep your eye out for events happening in your school and make sure to show up and show support. This is your opportunity to raise awareness of the gaps between learning support need and provision impacting you and the tamariki you work with at your school, kura or centre.

The Education and Training Amendment Bill proposes some of the most significant changes to the provision of public education in Aotearoa New Zealand in decades. Most notably the Bill proposes that public schools can be converted into charter schools. Following a first reading on Wednesday 26 June, the bill is now before the Education and Workforce Select Committee. Submissions are open for only a short period until Thursday 25 July.

Tumeke Tumuaki is an initiative created by the Principals’ Council of NZEI Te Riu Roa in 2022 which recognises and celebrates the amazing contribution principals make to education.

Learning Support need far outstrips provision. Teachers, principals, learning support specialists and whānau and parents have long been calling out for learning support to be provided to all mokopuna who need it, not rationed out according to an inadequate funding formula. What is needed is far greater numbers of teacher aides and specialists to provide the learning support needed.