Reference no: EM132263863
Process
Step 1
PCT to read ‘Our Code Our Standards' and write a summary on their understanding of each of the standards for the teaching profession. Techers should also read and reflect on the key cultural competencies from Tataiako and assess where they are at currently in relation to each. This is to help gain an understanding of the core documents which guide the teaching profession.
Standards for the Teaching Profession.
Standard 1 &Tataiako
TeTitiriti o Waitangi Partnership/TangataWhenuatanga
Demonstrate commitment to tangatawhenuatanga and TeTiriti o Waitangi partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Elaboration
• Understand and recognise the unique status of tangata whenua in Aoteaora New Zealand
• Understand and acknowledge the histories, heritages, languages and cultures of partners to TeTiriti o Waitangi.
• Practise and develop the use of tereo and tikanga Maori.
Cultural Competence for Teachers of Maori Learners/TangataWhenuatanga: Affirms Maori learners as Maori-provides contexts for learning where the identity, language and culture (cultural locatedness) of Maori learners and their whanau is affirmed.
Standard 2 &Tataiako
Professional Learning/Ako
Use inquiry, collaborative problem-solving and professional learning to improve professional capability to impact on the learning and achievement of all learners.
Elaboration
• Inquire into and relction on the effectiveness of practice in an ongoing way, using evidence from a range of sources.
• Critically examine how my own assumptions and beliefs, including cultural beliefs, impact on practice and the
• Achievement of learners with different abilities and needs, backgrounds, genders, identities, languages and cultures.
• Engage in professional learning and adaptively apply this learning in practice.
• Be informed by research and innovations related to: content disciplines; pedagogy; teaching for diverse learners,
• Including learners with disabilities and learning support needs; and wider education matters.
• Seek and respond to feedback from learners, colleagues and other education professionals, and engage in
• Collaborative problem solving and learning-focused collegial discussions.
Cultural Competence for teachers of Maori leaners/Ako: Takes responsibility for their own learning and that of Maori learners.
Standard 3 &Tataiako
Professional Relationships/Whanaungatanga
Establish and maintain professional relationships and behaviours focused on the learning and wellbeing of each learner.
Elaboration
• Engage in reciprocal, collaborative learning-focused relationships with:
- Learners, families and whanau
- Teaching colleagues, support staff and other professionals
- Agencies, groups and indicifuals in the community
• Communicate effectively with others
• Actively contribute, and work collegially, in the pursuit of improving my own and organisational practice, showing leadership, particularly in areas of responsibility.
• Communicate clear and accurate assessment for learning and achievement information.
Cultural competence for teachers of Maori learners/Whanuangatanga: Actively engages in respectful working relationships with Maori learners, partners and whanau, hapu, iwi and the Maori community.
Standard 4 &Tataiako
Learning-foucused culture/Ako
Develop a culture that is focused on learning, and is characterised by respect, inclusion, empathy, collaboration and safety.
Elaboration
• Develop learning-focused relationships with learners, enabling them to be active participants in the process of learning, sharing ownership and responsibility for learning.
• Foster trust, respect and cooperation with and among learners so that they experience an environment in which it is safe to take risks.
• Demonstrate high expectations for the learning outcomes of all learners, including for those learners with disabilities or learning support needs.
• Manage the learning setting to ensure access to learning for all and to maximise learners' physical, social, cultural and emotional safety.
• Create an environment where learners can be confident in their identities, languages, cultures and abilities.
• Develop an environment where the diversity and uniqueness of all learners are accepted and valued.
• Meet relevant regulatory, statutory and professional requirements.
Cultural competence for teachers of Maori learners/Ako: Takes responsibility for their own learning and that of Maori learners.
Standard 5 &Tataiako
Design for learning/Ako/Wananga
Design learning based on curriculum and pedagogical knowledge, assessment information and an understanding of each learner's strengths, interests, needs, identities, languages and cultures.
Elaboration
• Select teaching approaches, resources, and learning and assessment activities based on a through knowledge of curriculum content, pedagogy, progressions in learning and learners.
• Gather, analyse and use appropriate assessment information, identifying progress and needs of learners to design clear next steps in learning and to identify additional supports or adaptations that may be required.
• Design and plan culturally responsive, evidence-based approaches that reflect the locl community and TeTiriti o Waitangi partnership in New Zealand.
• Harness the rich capital that learners bring by providing culturally responsive and engaging contexts for learners.
• Design learning that is informed by national policies and priorities.
Cultural competence for teachers of Maori learners/Wananga: Participates with learners and communities in robust dialogue for the benefit of Maori learners' achievement.
Standard 6 &Tataiako
Teaching/Ako
Teach and respond to learners in a knowledgeable and adaptive way to progress their learning at an appropriate depth and pace.
Elaboration
• Teach in ways that ensure all learners are making sufficient progress, and monitor the extent and pace of learning, focusing on equity and excellence for all.
• Specifically support the educational aspirations for Maori learners, taking shared responsibility for these learners to achieve educational success as Maori.
• Use an increasing repecrtorie of teaching strategies, approaches, learning activities, technologies and assessment for learning strategies and modify these in response to the needs of individuals and groups of learners.
• Provide opportunities and support for learners to engage with, practise and apply learning to different contxts and make connections with prior learning.
• Teach in ways that enable learners to learn from one another, to collaborate, to self-regulate and to develop agency over their learning.
• Ensure learners receive ongoing feedback and assessment information and support them to use this information to guide further learning.
Cultural competence for teachers of Maori learners/Ako: Takes responsibility for their own learning and that of Maori learners.