Webinars and events
Find webinars and events on various topics to help teachers gain practical knowledge.
Rauhuia: Terenga Huihuinga | Rauhuia Symposia Series
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Professional Growth Cycle
The Professional Growth Cycle (PGC) for teachers has been in place since February 2021. Teachers are encouraged to gain support for their professional growth cycle by consulting the professional leader in their own setting, and by consulting the Teacher PGC resource material. For those who wish to learn more about the Elements please view this: Pre-recorded PGC for teachers. An explanation of the Growth Cycle can be found here: Professional Growth Cycle for Teachers — Elements
If you, your team and colleagues require further information or specific support, please contact us on pgc@teachingcouncil.nz with PGC Support in the subject line.
PGC for Leaders – Professional Growth that makes a difference
An opportunity for Principals, Tumuaki and ECE Professional Leaders to explore the Professional Growth Cycle (PGC) model and gain clarification on its key principles.
This webinar highlights core similarities between the Teacher and Leader PGCs. In the session, participants will understand how professional networks can facilitate efficient leader PGCs and learn how boards/employers connect to the Leader PGC model. The webinar offers chances for participants to share thinking with colleagues.
Invitations to webinars will be sent out as the webinars are scheduled.
Tupuranga Ngaio
Tupuranga Ngaio is the Professional Growth Cycle for Māori Medium. To register for these webinars, head to our Tupuranga Ngaio page.
Early Childhood Education professional leaders
Are you an ECE professional leader?
Are you looking to connect with other ECE professional leaders in your area?
Are you wanting to form or enhance your networks for your Professional Growth Cycle?
Then come and join Teaching Council staff, experienced in ECE, to explore ways to achieve the intent of Tupuranga Ngaio | Professional Growth Cycle (PGC) for ECE professional leaders, and embed them in practice.
The value of growing within a professional learning network of colleagues has long been recognised and is now a key element of PGC. These hui provide you with opportunities to network with others and build your leadership capabilities.
You will also gain the opportunity to hear more about the council’s work and other initiatives such as Rauhuia – the leadership space for the teaching profession of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Early Childhood Education beginning teachers
NZEI Te Riu Roa and the Teaching Council Matatū Aotearoa are co-facilitating a webinar series to help new teachers network, share and learn.
Each webinar introduces you to a wide variety of ECE expertise and invites you to contribute questions for the presenter. Each webinar is less than one hour long.
While the focus is on beginning teachers in early childhood education, all beginning teachers are welcome to attend.
If you have any questions, please contact Karina Bird or Simon Cottle.
First webinar
Topic: ‘Welcome to the professional world of teaching’
Presented by: Dr Alex Gunn, former early childhood teacher who teaches and researches at the University of Otago in Ōtepoti Dunedin. She has research interests in early childhood curriculum, teachers’ practices and beliefs, assessment, inclusion (with a particular focus on sexualities and genders) and teacher education development and practice.
Watch a recorded version of the first webinar.
Second Webinar
Topic: 'Evidence in the age of the Professional Growth Cycle'
Presented by: Dr Christina Thornley, is a Lead Advisor, Teacher Capability and Collaboration at the Teaching Council. Chris leads the Council’s Our Code Our Standards, | Ngā Tikanga Matatika Ngā Paerewa engagement with teachers. More recently this has also involved presenting information about the new the Professional Growth Cycle. Previously, Chris was a primary teacher in English medium schools and then taught in initial teacher education. She later focused on research into teacher professional learning, adolescent literacy knowledge and facilitated professional learning projects across the schooling sectors.
In the past, some evidence collection teachers had done was to “prove themselves”, rather than be useful for reflection or growth. In this webinar to support beginner ECE teachers, Dr Chris Thornley will look at what your evidence looks like in a post-performance appraisal era of teaching.
Initial Teacher Education Symposia Series
Upcoming symposia
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2024 ITE Symposia Series
ITE Supporting LAT student-teachers on practicums
Click on video to watch session - ITE Meet and Greet
Click on video to watch session - ITE monitoring, review, and moderation for Māori medium
2023 ITE Symposia Series
Click on video to watch session - End-of Year ITE provider symposium
Click on video to watch session - Cross-provider Associate Teacher networks
Click on video to watch session - Inclusive education in ITE
Click on video to watch session - Student selection and fitness to teach
Click on video to watch session - ITE meet and greet hui
Click on video to watch session - Professional practice placements
2022 ITE Symposia Series
Click here to watch session - ITE Meet and Greet Hui
Click here to watch session - Language Competency
Click here to watch session - Cultural Equity
Click here to watch session - Literacy/Numeracy Assessment
Click here to watch session - Pacific Student Success
Click here to watch session - Te Reo Māori Competency
Click here to watch session - Inclusive Education
Click here to watch session - End of year provider hui
2021 ITE & partnership symposium
The following videos are recordings from the online partnership symposium the Teaching Council hosted in November 2021. The four sessions cover different aspects of partnership within an ITE context, including Iwi, Inclusive Education and School/Centre partnerships.
Click here to watch session - Powering up ITE Partnerships: Problems and Possibilities
Click here to watch session - Iwi Partnerships
Click here to watch session - Inclusive Education
Click here to watch session - School Partnership Sharing Session
Te Puna Mātauranga
Te Puna Mātauranga is a collaboration between the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, Victoria University of Wellington, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, and the Education Review Office. The goal of Te Puna Mātauranga is to connect thought leadership across research, policy, and practice to deepen understanding and learn about big ideas in education. Anyone with an interest in evidence based education is welcome to join in.
See the Te Puna Mātauranga website for details on upcoming symposia, recordings of past symposia, and more information about the project.