Wide-ranging education changes shouldn’t be rushed

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1951" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"SND22-wk1- NZEI President Louise Green" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;12&sol;SND22-wk1-&lowbar;NZEI&lowbar;President&lowbar;Louise&lowbar;Green&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"199" &sol;>The announcement of wide-ranging changes via a new education Bill signals a potential shift in the structure of schooling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><p>The Education Legislation Bill 2015 includes amendments to eight Acts covering issues from charter schools to student identification numbers and school opening hours&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa President Louise Green said the changes could have wider effects than just administration and governance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Some of the changes indicate a big shift in the structure of schooling&comma; such as enabling principals to &&num;8216&semi;manage&&num;8217&semi; more than one school&period; Principals are leaders of teaching professionals&comma; not a CEO across a chain of stores&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Likewise&comma; allowing tertiary institutions to sponsor charter schools is an unnecessary extension of the model&comma; and enabling the State Services Commissioner to approve changes to terms and conditions of employment raises a raft of questions and concerns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We really need a national conversation about some of these larger changes&comma; rather than rushing them through as part of a grab bag of tweaks and updates&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;p>&NewLine;