He tino ahurei a mātou tamariki; kaore te rahi- kotahi - e rite ana-ki te katoa, ki roto i te pūnaha mātauranga, e mahi tika ana. He tino waiwai a tātou Umanga mātauranga kia mōhio tika ngā hiahia i tua atu o ngā tamariki, a, me kī kia kore rātou e whara ki te taha.
NZEI Te Riu Roa members come under the collective agreement negotiated between member led negotiation team and the Ministry of Education. See below for the current active collectives for learning support kaimahi.
He nui ngā tamariki o Aotearoa kāore i te whai wāhi ki te mātauranga i te mea he iti noa te tautoko ā-pūtea i te tautoko akoranga. Ko te hua o ngā take pūtea me ngā wā tatari tino roa, he nui ngā tamariki kāore i te whiwhi i te tautoko e tika ana e puāwai ai rātou. Mā te mahi ngātahi, ka taea te uruhi i te kāwanatanga ki te whakapiki i ngā pūtea tautoko kia rongo te tamaiti i te wairua tūhonohono, tautoko, ā, kia whai uara ia i te kura, i tōna whare ako kōhungahunga rānei.
In June 2022, NZEI Te Riu Roa, PPTA, PSA, NZNO, E Tū and other public sector unions agreed to ask members to discuss and vote on whether to go forward with a Council of Trade Unions (CTU) initiative to negotiate with the Government for a unified pay increase across the wider public service.
No matter who you are or what kind of work you do, you deserve to be paid fairly. Our pay equity claims are about addressing the historical undervaluing in both pay and status in roles that society has perceived to be ‘women’s work’.
David Stewart was a primary school principal, an academic, a researcher, education centre director and the author of several books. He initiated and developed Te Ariki Project, a professional development programme for school principals.
Join over 11,000 other learning support professionals in calling for better for our most vulnerable tamariki.
