Teacher educators meet
TEU’s newly formed teacher education network has set as its first task responding to the Teachers Council consultation document on the requirements and approval processes for initial teacher education...
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Teacher Education Manifesto We believe that teacher education is a lifelong process. The gaining of pre-service qualifications is part of an induction into the profession, during which theory and...
View ArticleSubmission on the Education Workforce Advisory Group report "A vision for the...
Submission of the Tertiary Education Union On the Education Workforce Advisory Group report “A vision for the teaching profession” 6th August 2010 For further information please contact: Jo Scott...
View ArticleStudent teachers should be supervised by registered teachers
A new Teachers Council requirement that anyone supervising a student teacher must themselves be a registered teacher should bring an end to universities pressuring staff without practicing...
View ArticleTeachers Council says only registered teachers to supervise students
Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 38 The New Zealand Teachers Council today released new approval, review and monitoring processes and requirements for initial teacher education programmes. These will apply to...
View ArticleCharter schools an unpleasant surprise
TEU’s national teacher education representative Brian Marsh is surprised the government intends to experiment with charter schools. “If we don’t have strong evidence that charter schools provide better...
View ArticleUniversity of Auckland pushes Teach First
Educators are critical of a plan by the University of Auckland and Teach First NZ to fast track 20 graduates into classrooms after just six weeks of teacher-specific training. The minister of education...
View ArticleTeachers Council review means changes for teacher education
The minister of education Hekia Parata is promising a shakeup of the New Zealand Teachers Council, which would also affect initial teacher education providers, following the release of an independent...
View ArticleGovernment to remove teachers from Teachers Council
The government does not just want to remove staff voices from university and wānanga councils, it also plans to remove school and early childhood teachers from their national professional body, the...
View ArticleTeacher education
Teacher Education Manifesto We believe that teacher education is a lifelong process. The gaining of pre-service qualifications is part of an induction into the profession, during which theory and...
View ArticleNew early childhood qualification with no practicum
Private training enterprise, the New Zealand Tertiary College, is launching a new early childhood qualification that students can complete entirely online with no compulsory practical teaching...
View ArticleTeacher educators meet
TEU’s newly formed teacher education network has set as its first task responding to the Teachers Council consultation document on the requirements and approval processes for initial teacher education...
View ArticleSubmission on the Education Workforce Advisory Group report "A vision for the...
Submission of the Tertiary Education Union On the Education Workforce Advisory Group report “A vision for the teaching profession” 6th August 2010 For further information please contact: Jo Scott...
View ArticleStudent teachers should be supervised by registered teachers
A new Teachers Council requirement that anyone supervising a student teacher must themselves be a registered teacher should bring an end to universities pressuring staff without practicing certificates...
View ArticleTeachers Council says only registered teachers to supervise students
Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 38 The New Zealand Teachers Council today released new approval, review and monitoring processes and requirements for initial teacher education programmes. These will apply to...
View ArticleCharter schools an unpleasant surprise
TEU’s national teacher education representative Brian Marsh is surprised the government intends to experiment with charter schools. “If we don’t have strong evidence that charter schools provide better...
View ArticleUniversity of Auckland pushes Teach First
Educators are critical of a plan by the University of Auckland and Teach First NZ to fast track 20 graduates into classrooms after just six weeks of teacher-specific training. The minister of education...
View ArticleTeachers Council review means changes for teacher education
The minister of education Hekia Parata is promising a shakeup of the New Zealand Teachers Council, which would also affect initial teacher education providers, following the release of an independent...
View ArticleGovernment to remove teachers from Teachers Council
The government does not just want to remove staff voices from university and wānanga councils, it also plans to remove school and early childhood teachers from their national professional body, the...
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