EDUCANZ - between a rock and a hard place
I feel the need to begin this post with a few disclaimers: I am a passionate and committed PPTA member. I am current a member of a NZ Teachers Council. I am feeling genuinely stuck...between a rock and hard place. As many of you will have seen, EDUCANZ announced that nominations are now open. Source: http://www.education.govt.nz/ This was followed (not unexpectedly) by an announcement from PPTA that a ballot would be held to determine whether they will be refusing to put up (or accept) nominations and whether they will be instructing members to do the same. Source: Radio NZ And of course I completely understand where PPTA is coming from. As one of the many who fought a number of the legislations that ended up in the Education Amendment Act 2015 I submitted a written submission and and presented an oral submission that clearly outline what I did and still do see as major flaws in this act. There are several issues with the act in relati...