Pip Tinning: Secondary school Deputy Principal on teachers accepting the Government's pay offer

80% of trained secondary teachers will have a base salary of more than $100 thousand from late next month. 

PPTA members have voted to accept a collective agreement offer from the Government. 

The settlement includes a 4.6% pay increase over two years, increased allowance for teachers with greater responsibilities, and a million dollar a year fund for professional development. 

Secondary school Deputy Principal Pip Tinning told Ryan Bridge she felt this was as good as it was going to get. 

She says they’ve got a lot of stuff coming up, and it feels like time to just move on. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Finally we have an outcome with the secondary school teachers.
They've settle on in a pay agreement with the government
that we'll see teachers get four point six percent over
two years. Remember the government started with one percent a year.
Pip Tinning is deputy principal at a secondary school in
the Bay of Plenty, joins us this morning. Pip, good
morning morning. Did you vote know last time? And then
yes this time? Oh?

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yes, that's actually threat. Yeah it was right on the nose,
wasn't it.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, Dad, Actually, And.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
What's changed for you? Or is it the vibes that
have changed? And a time to move on that sort
of thing.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
I think what actually swayed me was I didn't think
anything more attractive was going to come with any other offer.
I thought that was as good as it was going
to get. And I just really believe that it's just
one of those things where yeah, I just needed to
vote yes just to get things shifting. We've got a
lot of stuff coming up, and yeah, it was just

(00:57):
it just felt.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Right time to move on, did the union, Because I've
had teachers texting this morning and messaging me saying that
the union didn't recommend Normally they will say recommend don't
vote for this offer, or do vote for this offer,
And this time it was a neutral offer. Do you
think that makes a difference for people.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
I think it allows people to make their own minds up.
I think if you've got the union telling you no,
then you know full well that actually it is a
poor offer. And if they're telling you yes, then yeah,
it definitely has a sway. I think this time people
were really pragmatic around their vote.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
Do you, if you're being honest, Pip does sometimes does
the union negativity all you?

Speaker 2 (01:44):
No?

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Okay? Do you think the public is angry at teachers
about results? Well, not teachers, but they're angry upset about
the results that we've been seeing slipping.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
I think teachers are doing a fantastic job. I think
the rhetoric around what teachers do or don't do is
really damaging. It's been increasing. I've noticed it's been really
increasing in the media, attacks on teachers, attacks on principles
in our schools, and that's really concerning. We work really hard,

(02:19):
We work really hard for your kids. We love teaching.
You know. We don't get into this because it's like
there's nothing else to do. We get into this because
it's a deliberate choice, so you know where it's Yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
But can you understand why people get frustrated with the results,
the fact that they have been going backwards.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
They've been going backwards globally. It's not just New Zealand,
it's a global slip. So potentially we all need to
be looking at what's happening within our education sector and
what's happening for our young people.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
All right, but appreciate your time this morning. Thank you,
Pip Tinnick.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
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