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Speaker 1: So more resource being parted into schools this time. Are

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Speaker 1: math's got one hundred million over four years, one hundred

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Speaker 1: and forty three maths intervention teachers. They'll help primary school

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Speaker 1: kids who are struggling from next year to every child

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Speaker 1: will have their math's ability checked in the first couple

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Speaker 1: of years of schooling. Now, the Principal's Federation National President

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Speaker 1: Lee is with us Land Morning Morning. Mike hi Ka, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: well thank you. You can't argue the government and the

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Speaker 1: Minister Stamford isn't working hard to write the ship. Is

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Speaker 1: that fair?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Absolutely, I mean she wants exactly the same as principles,

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Speaker 2: and that is that every young person thrives in school.

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Speaker 2: So you know, any investment into supporting children who are

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Speaker 2: struggling at schools is a good thing.

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Speaker 1: Do teachers fix maths issues?

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Speaker 2: They definitely can if they're given the support that they need.

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Speaker 2: And you know, this funding injection into maths is you know,

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Speaker 2: it's a start. But what we need is to make

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Speaker 2: sure that every single one of our teachers is an

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Speaker 2: expert of teaching on maths. And that's not a dressing

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Speaker 2: this in the latest now it is not.

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Speaker 1: Which was my next question. If you do need specialists?

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Speaker 1: What's that say about what we're training as generalists? And

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Speaker 1: do we need to do something about that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're absolutely right. Every single teacher needs to be

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Speaker 2: a math specialist, and unfortunately, you know, we do not

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Speaker 2: have the professional developments that we desperately need for all

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Speaker 2: of our teachers. And it starts with training of course,

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Speaker 2: you know, when they were training to be teachers, but

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Speaker 2: it then continues on when they're at school, I mean

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Speaker 2: when they're working. So we really need to make sure

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Speaker 2: that the money that is invested in helping our students

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Speaker 2: and our schools is invested in teachers too, and that

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Speaker 2: they have the professional development they need to up the

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Speaker 2: guild to be able to deliver.

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Speaker 1: Where are we getting all these teachers from? Are we

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Speaker 1: growing them or importing them?

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Speaker 2: Well that's the problem, isn't it. We don't have enough

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Speaker 2: teachers as it is, So you know, to take one

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Speaker 2: hundred and forty three I think it is out of

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Speaker 2: our school system and make them the experts then deliver.

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Speaker 2: You know, basically, a program where you withdraw children from

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Speaker 2: the classroom is not going to solve our problem in

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Speaker 2: the long run.

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Speaker 1: No, No, it's interesting, is now I don't know how

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Speaker 1: they're going to do it. Next time I get Erica on,

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Speaker 1: I'll talk to her about it. Lee, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: New Zealand Principles Federation National President Leaning which brings me

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Speaker 1: to Rod, who's with us after eight thirty. I just

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Speaker 1: cannot wait to talk to them. What they're trying to

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Speaker 1: do with immigration in Britain is you will in the

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Speaker 1: rest time area no longer be able to import somebody

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Speaker 1: into the country, so you'll need to have a locally grown,

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Speaker 1: trained person to work in the rest time area. Now,

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Speaker 1: if we did that in this country, whether it be teachers, nurses,

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Speaker 1: or restaurant, people would collapse literally overnight. For more from

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