CATE New Zealand—eNewsletter #17

Tēnā koutou katoa,

Welcome back to term 4!

I hope that you managed to enjoy the break and recharge. The temperature has been getting warmer and it feels like summer is finally on the way, with the last term always flying by fast. There is a lot going on this term, not least the CATE Conference in November. I look forward to seeing many of you there.

In this issue:

Remit for AGM
EPIT Research Findings Webinar
Fees free update
TEC Webinar—Gateway Data Submissions
CATE Calendar of Events 2025
IMPORTANT—CATE NZ Remit for AGM in November
Lunchtime byte - 25th October—Projects Abroad
Webinar on a Career in Medical Imaging—Unitec
PPTA Collective Agreement UPDATES—New Allowance for 2025
Competenz Videos
Recording of Lunchtime byte—“Connections” tool on Careerwise

Enjoy your week.

Ngā mihi,
Tara Heta
Kaiārahi CATE NZ

EPIT Research Findings Webinar
Following on from our Empowering our Youth research, EPIT’s very own Dr. Lynette Reid conducted a national survey to collect the voice of secondary School and kura principals, their leadership teams, career advisors and transition leaders.

This research was designed to continue to gain a detailed understanding of career education and transitions pathway landscape and the impact of careers leadership in New Zealand's secondary schools. Further, the research aimed to amplify the voices of those in secondary schools and their explanations and insights into career education and guidance practices and the context they practise in. This research centres responses and stories from a total of 114 staff engaged in career education and guidance and leadership in secondary schools across Aotearoa.

On 17 Oct, we are hosting an online event to present the key findings and recommendations of this research, with a forward looking view to addressing the question—‘so what do we do now?’.

We would love to have you attend this session, and to be part of the ‘so what’ workshop(s).

Fees Free Update
The Government has announced that Fees Free for the first year of study or training will finish at the end of 2024. A final-year Fees Free policy will replace it, starting from 1 January 2025.

If you are a first-time tertiary learner in 2025, you may be able to get Fees Free for your final year of study or training. If you are eligible, you will need to apply for your entitlement through IRD from 2026 onwards.

For more information about the transition from first-year Fees Free or the final-year Fees Free policy, visit FeesFree.govt.nz

Lunchtime byte—25th October—Projects Abroad

When: 25th October, 12pm
Who: Projects Abroad—a prominent organisation in the field of overseas service and internship travel for high school and university students.

Register here

Projects Abroad runs programs for high school students and school leavers in countries such as Fiji, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tanzania and Peru.

In the webinar, the Director for New Zealand and Australia, Will Pashley, will discuss popular programs for year 11-13 students in the areas of community service and gaining early experience in healthcare settings.

The healthcare programs allow students to go on to further studies in medicine or nursing, for example, to intern at hospitals and community health initiatives, a valuable early experience. Students in the service-based programs can choose from conservation projects, construction work, and school-based initiatives, as well as help with English, sports, and creative activities.

The webinar will cover the philosophy and content of the programs, in-country support and safety, costs, and what the students gain from the programs.

Webinar on a Career in Medical Imaging—Unitec
We are excited to invite you and your students to a special webinar about pursuing a career in Medical Imaging, a rapidly growing field in healthcare. This webinar will provide insights into the Unitec Bachelor of Health Science (Medical Imaging) programme and what it takes to become a registered medical imaging technologist.

About the Programme:
The Bachelor of Health Science (Medical Imaging) at Unitec equips students with the clinical and theoretical knowledge to work as a medical imaging technologist, safely using radiation to obtain images for diagnostic purposes. The programme is accredited by the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board (MRTB), preparing students for industry registration. It includes over 2000 hours of clinical placement in radiology departments across New Zealand, giving students valuable hands-on experience.

Key Highlights:
● Clinical placements across New Zealand, offering real-world learning opportunities.
● Internationally recognised qualification.
● Pathways for both New Zealand and overseas registration.
● Expert teaching staff with significant clinical experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for students interested in the health sciences to explore a rewarding career path in Medical Imaging.

Webinar Details:
● Date: Saturday 9 Nov (In Celebration of World Radiography Day on Friday 8 Nov)
● Time: 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Register Now

We would be grateful if you could share this invitation with your students, particularly those interested in health careers. Please reach out if you have any questions.

Blair Sorensen
Secondary School and Community Liaison
bsorensen@unitec.ac.nz

PPTA Collective Agreement UPDATES—New Allowance for 2025

3.8 E Pastoral Care Time Allowances (Secondary Teachers Collective Agreement)
3.8E.1 From 28 January 2025 an employer will be entitled, in each school year, to Pastoral Care time allowances of 0.25 FTTE, the number of which will be generated by formula in the relevant Staffing Order.

3.8E.2 A teacher who has a role with specific leadership or responsibility for the pastoral care of students may be allocated a pastoral care time allowance. Individual teachers may be allocated up to a maximum of three allowances in accordance with the school’s timetable policy.

3.8E.3 The allocated time allowance(s) will be used for the purpose of pastoral guidance or career guidance of students and shall not be allocated for the general administration. The general pastoral care functions of classroom teachers or roles which are primarily administration based, such as form teachers do not create an entitlement to the allowance.

Note: This is not an additional allowance for those with general oversight of pastoral care systems (including those overseeing school-wide pastoral care) or for administrative roles associated with the pastoral care system, but teachers who hold such roles and also engage in direct pastoral care of students will be eligible.

3.8E.4 Each allowance allocated will reduce the teacher’s timetabled contact hours by 5 per week and will be in addition to their timetabled non-contact hours, or any other time allowances the teacher holds under the terms of this agreement or at the discretion of the employer.

3.8E.5 Where the eligible duties are part of the teacher’s ongoing role, any allowances will be permanent. Where duties are allocated for a specified period or project they will be for the term specified in writing by the employer. The allowance will cease when:

(a) the teacher ceases to undertake the pastoral care duties for which it was assigned, from the date that the relinquishment takes effect; or

(b) the teacher’s pastoral care duties are for a fixed-term, when that fixed-term ends; or

(c) the teacher loses the allowance because of a reduction in the number of allowances available to the school, subject to 3.8E.6 below.

3.8E.6 Reduction in allowances

Where a reduction in the number of allocated allowances is required then the employer will first seek to manage any required reduction by attrition. Where the reduction cannot be managed by attrition then the employer will:

(a) Reduce the fixed-term closest to the end of its

(b) Where two or more fixed-term allowances have an equal period to their end of term, the employer will review the pastoral care functions of each allowance holder against the current pastoral care needs of the school to determine which allowance to reduce.

(c) Where there are no fixed-term roles the employer shall review the pastoral care duties of each permanent allowance holder against the current needs of the school to determine which allowance to reduce.

Note: The reduction may be in conjunction with the surplus staffing process but is not of itself sufficient to require in the school the processes outlined in clause 3.9.3 of this agreement.