Getting Familiar with the new Teaching Standards

Since I was last teaching the Teaching standards have been revised and consolidated into 6 standards.

Demonstrate commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand. (NEW Commitment to Te Tiriti)

• This links to the old standard 3. Bi-cultural practices, 9. Diversity

Use inquiry, collaborative problem-solving and professional learning to improve professional capability to impact on the learning and achievement of all learners (NEW Use inquiry and Professional Learning)

• This links to the old standard 12. Inquiry, 4. Professional Learning,

Establish and maintain professional relationships and behaviours focused on the learning and wellbeing of each learner. (NEW Relationships and Behaviours)

• This links to the old standard 1. Professional relationships

Develop a culture that is focused on learning, and is characterised by respect, inclusion, empathy, collaboration and safety. (NEW Develop a Culture)

• This links to the old standard 7. Learning Environment,

Design learning based on curriculum and pedagogical knowledge, assessment information and an understanding of each learner’s strengths, interests, needs, identities, languages and cultures. (NEW Curriculum and Assessment)

• This links to the old standards 11. Assessment, 6. Planning, 8 Akonga

Teach and respond to learners in a knowledgeable and adaptive way to progress their learning at an appropriate depth and pace. (NEW Respond to Learners)

• This links to the old standard 8. Akonga, 9. Diversity

Leadership seems to be able to run through all the new standards. Moving forward I will be tagging new entries with the new criteria.

Into the new World of ECE

So I have spend the last 4 years out of teaching in terms of children, and have been working in the professional development of teachers and leaders in education, and helping them get the most out of their SMS system and data analysis.

But now I re-enter the teaching profession - In the role of not only ECE teacher, but ECE centre ownership. What an exciting and somewhat terrifying journey lays ahead...