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Teachers still lack confidence in IES scheme, NZEI says

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1433" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;SND14-wk5-NZEI-Louise&lowbar;Green&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND14-wk5-NZEI-Louise Green" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"199" &sol;>The latest announcement that just 129 further schools have expressed interest in the Government&&num;8217&semi;s controversial &dollar;359 million Investing in Educational Success scheme is a clear indication of the lack of confidence that teachers and principals have in the plan&comma; the NZEI says&period; <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It has been more than a year since the Prime Minister announced that the Government was intending to spend millions of dollars creating new roles for teachers and principals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NZEI President Louise Green says to date less than 10 per cent of schools have taken the first step towards signing up to the scheme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This clearly shows that teachers and principals do not believe in the IES top-down managerial approach or that creating new&comma; highly paid roles for some will benefit children&&num;8217&semi;s learning&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s why the majority continue to reject the IES&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Rosie Clarke

Rosie is the managing editor here at Multimedia Pty Ltd, working across School News New Zealand and School News Australia. She has spent 10+ years in B2B journalism, and has spent some time over the last couple of years teaching as a sessional academic. Feel free to contact her at any time with editorial or magazine content enquiries.

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