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 Policy states that programmes must be well-structured and include core elements that help graduates show they meet Ngā Paerewa | Standards 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 gives independent feedback and makes recommendations to the Teaching Council. Their main job is to check that the programme helps new teachers meet Ngā Paerewa | Standards and follow Ngā Tikanga Matatika | 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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