Education profession input sought for $359m investment
Hon Hekia Parata
Minister of
Education 24 January 2014 Media
Statement Education profession input sought for $359m
investment
“The initiative, which proposes to introduce four new roles in our schools, will further help to recognise highly-capable teachers and principals, keep good teachers in the classroom, and share expertise across schools,” Ms Parata says.
“To ensure that we get the best design detail for the initiative, I have tasked Secretary for Education, Peter Hughes, with setting up a working group.”
The working group will be made up of education sector representatives, including unions.
The following sector representatives have been invited to be a part of the sector working group:
•
Lorraine Kerr, President, New Zealand School Trustees’
Association
• Nancy Bell, Chief Executive, Te Tari
Puna Ora o Aotearoa and member, EDUCANZ Transition
Board
• Judith Nowotarski, National President, New
Zealand Educational Institute
• Angela Roberts,
President, Post Primary Teachers’ Association
•
Philip Harding, President, New Zealand Principals’
Federation
• Tom Parsons, President, Secondary
Principals’ Association of New Zealand
• John
Garner, President, New Zealand Area Schools’
Association
• Toni Waho, Tiamana, Te Rūnanga Nui
ō ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori ō Aotearoa
• Arihia
Stirling, Ngā Kura a Iwi o Aotearoa and member, EDUCANZ
Transition Board
• Ross Tyson, President, New Zealand
Association of Intermediate and Middle Schooling
•
Unasa Enosa Auva’a, President, Pasifika Principals
Association
“This initiative draws on what the profession has said it needs, what the best performing countries are doing, and what international research and evidence shows works.
“The Government has a clear plan to raise achievement across the board, which aims for five out of five students to get the qualifications they need to reach their potential.
“This new initiative will be instrumental in ensuring we have the best quality teaching in all our classrooms to help achieve that goal,” says Ms Parata.
For more information visit: www.minedu.govt.nz/InvestingInEducationalSuccess
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