ITE programme review
To get an ITE programme approved, a panel of representatives from the teaching profession will review it and make a recommendation about whether it should be approved.
How programme approval panels work
The Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Programme Approval, Monitoring and Review Requirements state that programmes must be well-structured and include core elements that help graduates show they meet Standards | Ngā Paerewa in a supported environment.
The panel process is run by the Teaching Council and:
- NZQA for private training organisations, wānanga, and polytechnics
- CUAP for universities
This panel give independent feedback and make recommendations to the Teaching Council. Their main job is to check that the programme helps new teachers meet the Teaching Standards and follow the Code of Professional Responsibility.
The panel recommends whether to approve the programme or not, and the Teaching Council makes the final decision.
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Programme approval panels will test:
- how recent relevant research such as current socio-cultural, historical, political, philosophical, and curriculum and pedagogical perspectives have informed the various programme elements
- how culturally responsive teaching has been integrated into the programme
- how the programme will prepare graduates with the knowledge, skills and teaching strategies to teach in inclusive ways
- how the programme reflects the setting(s) (early childhood, primary, secondary, Māori medium) or phases of child development in which graduates are likely to teach
- the extent to which the programme adequately models the skills and practices required for effective teaching in the learning context(s) in which the graduates will be teaching
- whether the depth of curriculum knowledge that student teachers will graduate with is sufficient
- whether the programme will enable graduates to have sufficient knowledge of assessment across the learning areas and curriculum levels they will be expected to teach.
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