Teachers
Schools battle to have enough teachers
Teachers in Switzerland earn twice what ours do. Audio
Shortage forces schools to hire weak teachers
A serious shortage of teachers is forcing schools to scrape the bottom of the barrel and hire people they would not normally consider. Schools begin to reopen from Monday and principals say most have… Audio
Back to school: Whetu Cormick
Many schools re-open this week. And we're hearing constantly about the teacher shortage, particularly in Auckland. There are many reasons for that - including the status of the teaching profession… Audio
Physical restraint
Following on from yesterday's discussion about teacher's having to physically restrain students, if they are endangering themselves or others, we ask our panellist school teacher Steve McCabe his… Audio
Maths education: praise works
If your child thinks they are good at maths, then they probably will be. That's the conclusion of a major international study looking at data from more than 15,000 British and American… Audio
Auckland teacher shortage could cause subject cancellations
Some schools are getting no applicants at all for their vacancies, and principals fear they will have to cancel subjects and increase the number of children in some classes next year. Audio
Relief teachers giving up because of retraining rules
Relievers in their sixties say a required course is not relevant for people who don't want a permanent teaching job, and the rules ignore their decades of experience in the classroom. Audio
Graeme Aitken - Called to teaching at 15
Professor Graeme Aitken is about to step down as the Dean of Education and Social Work at The University of Auckland after more than four decades teaching both students and teachers. He's held a… Audio
Council to lobby govt over Auckland teacher crisis
Local principals are begging for help from Auckland Council, which says it will demand the next government do more to fix the city's teacher shortage.
Auckland teaching crisis: Leaders urge govt to act on plan
Auckland teachers say they are still in the depths of a staffing crisis, with resources stretched across the entire region. Four principal and teachers groups have released a plan they want the… Audio
Want to attract teachers to Auckland? Wipe loans & get them on affordable house lists
Wiping teachers' student loans and putting them at the top of affordable housing lists among the ideas in a 10 point plan designed to fix Auckland's teacher crisis. Audio
Severe lack of staff hitting high schools - survey
One in five secondary schools has axed a subject and half have teachers working outside their areas of expertise because of a lack of staff. The figures are from a survey of secondary principals by… Audio
Auckland low decile schools' staffing struggles
A blow for low decile schools struggling to attract new recruits after a 10 thousand dollar incentive scheme has been introduced Auckland wide. Audio
Thousands offered to keep Auckland teachers
Schools in Auckland struggling to attract teachers because of the city's notoriously high housing costs have been thrown a lifeline by the Minister of Education, Nikki Kaye. Auckland Primary… Audio
Auckland grad teachers offered thousands to stay in town
The government has come up with a radical new plan to tackle Auckland's critical teacher shortage offering thousands of dollars to any new graduate prepared to stay at any city school for at least… Audio
Dismay over $10k bonus to keep Auckland teachers
A bonus for teachers who stay more than three years at an Auckland school is being rolled out to try solve the teaching crisis in the city, but principals in poorer suburbs are worried it means… Audio
NGO tackling PNG teacher shortage
A Papua New Guinea NGO that's addressing the country's teacher shortage has started work this week in Manus province. Audio
More and more children need English as second language lessons
A growing number of students in New Zealand schools need English lessons to make the most out of school. In the past decade it has increased by 50 percent. But teachers in some parts of the country… Audio
Teaching computer programming 'incredibly exciting' - teacher
The country's teachers are welcoming the proposal to bring computer programming into the core curriculum, saying it will help set young people up to succeed in any career in the 21st century. Claire… Audio
Brighter Future? A tale of two cities
Same salaries, different lifestyles. The experiences of two teachers and two apprentices show how far the cost of living in Auckland has diverged from the rest of the country.
