Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Teach First NZ, Shaun Sutton, was a speaker on day two of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. You can view this presentation on our YouTube channel or play below.

Shaun spoke to the participants about how education can play a part in tackling poverty. He shared three ideas on how to reduce educational inequality with the group. Firstly, by creating multiple pathways to becoming a teacher, to attract top graduates and increase the status of the teaching profession. Secondly, developing clearer career progression for teachers within schools. Finally, focusing on leadership development for teachers within schools.  

About TackingPovertyNZ
The TacklingPovertyNZ workshop brought together 36 young New Zealanders between the ages 18 and 25 to prepare a youth perspective on the issue of poverty in New Zealand and how we might, as a country, go about tackling it. Participants spent most of their 72 hours in Wellington working hard at Treasury, in order to present their findings to MPs and other guests at the finale at Parliament on Wednesday, 9 December 2020. Every year, the McGuinness Institute has worked in collaboration with the New Zealand Treasury to create a place for young New Zealanders to explore complex public policy issues together. The workshops have always proved exciting, enjoyable and insightful. The McGuinness Institute would particularly like to thank the staff at the New Zealand Treasury for their continued support and encouragement. This initiative is ongoing and we will be releasing further developments in the next few weeks on the TacklingPovertyNZ website.