Stephanie Mills
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Last Stop - Parliament!

It really was a sea of orange...what a great sight to see NZEI members from all over the country at Parliament. Lots of colour, noise, passion...and 1000 school community statements to present to Anne Tolley. Kia kaha everyone!See More
Blog post by Stephanie Mills Apr 1, 2010
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Tolley's trail...or was that trial?

Interesting report from Taupo, Clint, thanks! You may be interested to read some more views about the Minister's trials and tribulations as she goes around the country - for example, see The Standard'shttp://www.thestandard.org.nz/tolleys-road-tour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tolleys-road-tourCheers StephanieSee More
Blog post by Stephanie Mills Mar 3, 2010
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A view from the UK from a NZ teacher

Here's the perspective of a NZ teacher working in the UK..."If you are passing on information to the Minister or Prime Minister then here is my five cents worth regarding the proposed National Testing. I am currently private tutoring in the UK picking up the pieces so tospeak of the mess the local state school has created from focusing too hard ontheir league tables and not on the individual needs of the children. It breaksmy heart that I am working with two fabulous 10 year olds who need…See More
Blog post by Stephanie Mills Feb 24, 2010
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Wow - thanks so much to Professor Thrupp, Professor Hattie, Professor Crooks and Lester Flockton - at least you are all qualified to make such informative and realistic comments. Hopefully the Minister understands what you have all said!
Nov 30, 2009
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Blog posts by Stephanie Mills Nov 25, 2009
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Stephanie Mills and Zachary Markham are now friends Nov 25, 2009
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Did anyone see " A Civilised Society" on the Documentary channel September 27th at 9.30pm? It's about the "Untold story of the epic struggle in New Zealand between teachers and the radical right during the 1980's and…
Oct 14, 2009
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BULLDOZER APPROACH TO NATIONAL STANDARDS WON’T WORK

NZEI's latest press releaseThe education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government must recognise that a “bulldozer approach” to the introduction of National Standards will inevitably fail.The new National Standards for literacy and numeracy will be released at the end of October, and schools will then be expected to start working with them when they open their doors for the 2010 school year.That means principals and teachers will have just six weeks, during the busiest time of the year,…See More
Blog post by Stephanie Mills Sep 21, 2009
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DomPost attack on teachers

A number of individual principals' remarks, some of them ironic, about the risks of school league tables - and written in some cases months ago on MoE blogs - have led to a media frenzy this week. The DomPost made a virulent attack on ALL teachers http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/opinion/editorials/2823857/Editorial-Listen-and-learn-teachers yesterday. You can…See More
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0 commented on blog post 'href="http://www.nationalstandards.org.nz/xn/detail/3351536:Comment:669?xg_source=activity"'
I don't think your view's and NZEI's are so very different - you should look at NZEI's public statements and communications to members eg on the NZEI website http://www.nzei.org.nz/.
Jul 1, 2009
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FUZZY NATIONAL STANDARDS FAIL CONFIDENCE TEST AGAIN

The latest press release from NZEI:



The Government should call “time out” on the National Standards after an ERO report released yesterday showed 63% of teachers had only limited or some understanding of them, the education union representing primary teachers, NZEI Te Riu Roa says.

 

NZEI President Ian Leckie said the ERO report again confirmed the Standards were “fuzzy” and unreliable.

 

“The low level of understanding reflects…

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Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:05pm

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Who's really showing leadership here?

A courageous letter to the Minister from an Auckland principal:



Greetings



I am professionally and personally insulted by your remarks as quoted in the

NZ Herald this morning and wish to issue you a challenge and invitation to

stand by your comment and prove its validity. If you are a politician with

integrity I trust you will accept my…

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Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:04pm

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Opposition in Oamaru to National Standards

A great photo and story in the Oamaru Mail:

Go principals in Oamaru!

Posted on April 13, 2011 at 2:49pm

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NZ Principals Federation votes "no confidence" in National Standards - and teachers agree!

700 principals from around the country last weekend voted "no confidence" in National Standards.  The Minister's response:  don't vote for National. Rather than address the professional and ethical concerns professional leaders have, Anne Tolley just politicises the whole debate.  Meanwhile, NZEI has done a survey of teachers in primary schools around the country. More than 70% of staffrooms responding were at "boiling" or "warming up" temperatures in their reaction to the Standards.  And…

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Posted on April 13, 2011 at 12:54pm

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Last Stop - Parliament!

It really was a sea of orange...what a great sight to see NZEI members from all over the country at Parliament. Lots of colour, noise, passion...and 1000 school community statements to present to Anne Tolley. Kia kaha everyone!

Posted on April 1, 2010 at 4:13pm

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