Towards Full Registration Resource Kit
Towards Full Registration - 2011 Revised Edition
Towards Full Registration: A Support Kit has been revised in 2011 to include the Registered Teacher Criteria and to update the terminology now used to describe effective induction and mentoring.
While the document includes the current and correct terminology for the processes involved in gaining full registration, it will gradually be superseded by the Guidelines for Induction and Mentoring and Mentor Teachers and supporting resources as they are developed. Provisionally registered teachers, mentor teachers and professional leaders should refer to the information on the website and the Guidelines for Induction and Mentoring and Mentor Teachers for the most up to date information about the requirements for gaining full registration.
Background
This resource is a joint publication of the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Teachers Council. It was first published in 2004 as a response to the findings of two New Zealand research reports that raised important issues about effective induction and professional development programmes for beginning teachers in schools. One of the resulting recommendations was the development of a resource that would provide clear directions and guidelines for the processes by which teachers in primary and secondary schools move towards full registration.
Towards Full Registration: A Support Kit for Schools was the result of consultation with many individuals and organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2004 and 2005, it served as a foundation document on advice and guidance programmes for beginning teachers in schools. However, since the publication of the original resource, two key changes have occurred in the regulations relating to teacher registration in New Zealand:
- The strategic plan for early childhood education requires all teacher-led early childhood services to phase in the registration of their staff;
- From the beginning of 2006, as a result of agreement with Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa, all kura kaupapa Māori teachers are required to be registered.
This resource, Towards Full Registration: A Support Kit, takes account of these recent changes. As well as much of the material from the original resource, it includes sections that cover registration for early childhood services and kura kaupapa Māori.
In 2009, the kit was reviewed to include new information that is required in providing effective advice and guidance programmes. Whether teaching in an early childhood setting or a senior secondary school classroom, teachers pride themselves on the difference they can make for their learners. To become accomplished practitioners, beginning teachers must receive effective advice and guidance from their more experienced colleagues. This resource provides a set of working guidelines to aid this important professional work.
PDF version of this resource
The document was created as a printed resource and it is provided on this site as a pdf copy to allow those without the resource itself to access its content.
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