The President of Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association feels extremely sorry for those employed in the Ministry of Education, who with zealous enthusiasm, have spent the last few years enforcing National Standards on schools. Pat [...]
110 Te Tai Tokerau Principals this week identified 1089 pupils in their schools who need clinical psychological help to recover from often horrific childhood experiences – and there’s little available! Pat Newman, President of Te [...]
Kia ora everyone ...this could be the best professional invitation you receive this year! The Tai Tokerau Principals Association is committed to providing you the opportunity to gather together each year for professional learning and [...]
Is this the best use of scarce funding or is it low on priority considering the real needs of te tai tokerau schools? “As a principal for 40+ years, I am not as convinced and [...]
Last Friday I and another TTPA Executive Robert Clarke met with Ministry of Education officials and representatives of Evaluation Associates. We spent about three hours discussing the resourcing of support for beginning principals, the needs [...]