
<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-863" src="http://schoolnewsnz.fastrackdev.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SND04-Wk1-Angela_Roberts2_300x226.jpg" alt="SND04-Wk1-Angela Roberts2 300x226" style="margin: 5px; float: right;" width="300" height="226" />The government&#8217;s $359 million Investing in Educational Success (IES) program has been a positive example of sector collaboration, says PPTA president Angela Roberts.</p>
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<p>Roberts welcomes this week&#8217;s release of the working group report on the initiative, which will see schools across the country collaborating rather than competing.</p>
<p>From PPTA&#8217;s point of view the consultation over IES was comprehensive, robust and genuine, Ms Roberts said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We stepped up to the challenge and engaged as fully as it is possible to do.&#8221;</p>
<p>The sector had worked hard together to find pragmatic answers and there had been significant movement from the originally unacceptable cabinet paper, Ms Roberts said.</p>
<p>&#8220;You know it&#8217;s collaboration when it&#8217;s hard work – and this was really hard work. We feel cabinet has heard us,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>That did not mean there would not be further work to be done or challenges in the future. Details of the new provisions would be a matter of collective bargaining, Ms Roberts said.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is just the next step. We still have a long way to go to make sure that this lands well in schools and look forward to continuing to be part of the process.&#8221;</p>
<p>She was pleased cabinet had affirmed the working group&#8217;s final report.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is not performance pay and it is not a lolly scramble – it&#8217;s an investment that will have a positive impact on our schools and our students.&#8221;</p>
<p>In her engagement with teachers and principals they agree that competition is destructive and that something should change.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is something PPTA has been working towards for more than a decade, we are pleased a government has finally decided to resource it,&#8221; she said.</p>

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