Minister welcomes vote for new teaching roles

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1194" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;11&sol;SND09-wk4-Vote-Hekia&lowbar;Parata&lowbar;300x224&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND09-wk4-Vote-Hekia Parata 300x224" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"224" &sol;>Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed the vote of secondary teachers in favour of new roles being added to their collective agreement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Parata says the support for the new roles of Community of School Teachers is another significant step forward for the &dollar;359 million Investing in Educational Success initiative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m extremely pleased that secondary teachers have seen the exciting opportunities presented by these new teaching roles&comma; both in terms of lifting student achievement and for their own career pathways&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The PPTA has worked alongside the Ministry of Education and others in the sector to finalise these roles and other aspects of this initiative&period; I want to thank them for their hard work and commitment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Parata says more than 50 expressions of interest have been received to form communities of schools&comma; and the first of them will be operating from Term One of 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s a tremendous way to start the school year&comma; and I know that we will have growing interest from around the country as teachers&comma; parents and students see IES in action and what it has to offer them&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;