Whanganui educators Brenda Kidd and Nina Miller spoke to a meeting of 700 teaching union members at the Wanganui Racecourse Eulogy Lounge last week.
The Better Funding, Better Learning meeting was one of 50 held on Friday.
Teachers gathered across New Zealand to address the Government's global funding proposal which would give schools a bulk allocation of funding and leaving it up to principals and headmasters to decide how much to use for paying staff.
New Zealand's two major education unions, NZ Education Institute (NZEI) and Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA), oppose the proposal.
Union executives spoke at the Whanganui meeting and Mrs Kidd, who is head teacher at Harriet Vine Kindergarten, spoke on behalf of Early Childhood Education (ECE) staff saying they, as a group, are already bulk funded.
"Every ECE service receives bulk funding or a 'global budget' where teacher staffing is included, based on a per child/per hour formula," she said.