The teacher unions oppose Charter Schools because the legislation does not require compulsory registration of teachers. They argue that the kids are safer with registered teachers…
A primary school teacher has been arrested and charged with indecently assaulting pupils at the Auckland school where he worked.
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It is understood that police from the child protection unit conducted video interviews with pupils aged between 5 and 10.
In at least three interviews, the children’s statements about the circumstances around the alleged offending were almost identical.
When is the Teachers’ Council going to stop acting like a union protecting its own at any costs and start looking after our children?
The Herald usefully summarises:
- In August, Kaitaia man James Parker, 37, pleaded guilty to 49 charges of sexually abusing boys at Pamapuria School
- In July, Papatoetoe High School teacher Damian Christopher Gillard, 43, was suspended after police charged him with a raft of sex and drug-related offending in connection with seven young women.
- In September, teacher aide Kevin Dean McMillian, 19, was to serve an 18-month intensive supervision order and 200 hours of community work for offending that included exchanging more than 400 text messages, many of a sexual nature, with a 13-year-old girl.
