Registered Teachers Criteria - Evidence gathering

The Registered Teachers Criteria are the guidelines set by the New Zealand Teachers Council for quality teaching to be met by teachers in New Zealand.  These 12 criteria are both independent and intertwining and are important to ensure that teachers are accountable in their roles across the schools they work in.

This year our staff set about unpacking the criteria, delving into the essence of each criteria and identifying where evidence of each criteria can be gathered and used as a record of their professionalism.   While unpacking the criteria, teachers were given a great opportunity to make links with the criteria and actually see how much they were (...or weren't) achieving in their roles - both inside and outside the classroom.

During our Manaiakalani Lead Teachers Meeting, we also discussed and shared out thoughts on the criteria from a digital perspective.  The evidence identified here enhanced our school documentation which has expanded our ideas for collection.

TPS staff sample of unpacking of criteria

Manaiakalani sample of unpacking of the criteria

 Reflecting on the RTC is a beneficial task to give teachers added clarity of their roles, reinforces their understanding of accountability and assists with setting goals.  We also encourage teachers to use the goals in writing reflections on their professional blogs...a task I will be carrying out on my own blog.