News & Articles

Feedback on early learning regulatory framework

Make sure ECE teachers' voices are heard loud and clear on proposed changes to the regulatory framework.

Teaching Council defends judicial review

The Council acknowledges the right of the PPTA to file for a judicial review, the Council will be vigorously defending the proceedings.

Teaching Council Addresses Inadvertent Privacy Breach

Matatū December 2020: Teaching Council e-newsletter

Read the latest issue of our monthly newsletter for new professional growth cycle webinars and information about applying tikanga to our work.

Enhanced induction and mentoring for new grads

The enhanced induction and mentoring programme is a programme available free of charge to newly qualified teachers whose training was affected by COVID-19.

Child safety and wellbeing at the heart of Teaching Council efforts around physical restraint rules

Child wellbeing and safety is of paramount importance to teachers.

An inside look into the Disciplinary Tribunal

For nearly a decade barrister John Hannan has served as a deputy chair on the NZ Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal.

Learning in lockdown

This brief article explores the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on learning in Aotearoa New Zealand and how it went beyond a centre- or school-led curriculum.

Teacher education programmes are being overhauled

The rollout of new requirements for how tertiary education providers design and deliver teacher education programmes is the result of a massive joint effort.

Disappointment about lack of change to physical restraint framework

The Teaching Council is disappointed changes around the use of physical restraint in schools debated in Parliament last night don’t go far enough for the safety