Criteria (PTC)

 Professional Relationships and Professional Values

Criteria 1:

Establish and maintain effective professional relationships focused on the learning and well being of all akonga / students.

Indicators:

- engage in ethical, respectful, positive and collaborative professional relationships with:

• students;
• teaching colleagues, support staff and other professionals;
• whanau and other carers of akonga; 
• agencies, groups and individuals in the community.

Criteria 2:

Demonstrate commitment to promoting the wellbeing of all students / akonga.

Indicators:

• take all reasonable steps to provide and maintain a teaching and learning environment that is physically, socially, culturally and emotionally safe
• acknowledge and respect the languages, heritages and cultures of all students /akonga 
• comply with relevant regulatory and statutory requirements

Criteria 3:

Demonstrate commitment to bicultural partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Indicators:

• demonstrate respect for the heritages, languages and cultures of both partners to the Treaty of Waitangi

Criteria 4:

Demonstrate commitment to on-going professional learning and development of personal professional practice.

Indicators:

• identify professional learning goals in consultation with colleagues
• participate responsively in professional learning opportunities within the learning community
• initiate learning opportunities to advance personal professional knowledge and skills

Criteria 5:

Show leadership that contributes to effective teaching and learning.

Indicators:

• actively contribute to the professional learning community
• undertake areas of responsibility effectively

Professional Knowledge in Practice

Criteria 6:

Conceptualise, plan and implement an appropriate learning programme.

Indicators:

• articulate clearly the aims of their teaching, give sound professional reasons for adopting these aims, and implement them in their practice
• through their planning and teaching, demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of relevant content, disciplines and curriculum documents

Criteria 7:

Promote a collaborative, inclusive and supportive learning programme.

Indicators:

• demonstrate effective management of the learning setting which incorporates successful strategies to engage and motivate akonga/learners
• foster trust, respect and cooperation with and among akonga/learners

Criteria 8:

Demonstrate in practice their knowledge and understanding of how akonga learn.

Indicators:

• enable students to make connections between their prior experiences and learning and their current learning activities
• provide opportunities and support for akonga to engage with, practise and apply new learning to different contexts
• encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and behaviour
• assist akonga to think critically about information and ideas and to reflect on their learning

Criteria 9:

Respond effectively to the diverse language and cultural experiences, and the varied strengths, interests and needs of individuals and groups of students.

Indicators:

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social and cultural influences on  learning, by working effectively in the bicultural and multicultural contexts of learning in Aotearoa New Zealand
• select teaching approaches, resources, technologies and learning and assessment activities that are inclusive and effective for diverse students
• modify teaching approaches to address the needs of individuals and groups of akonga

Criteria 10:

Work effectively within the bicultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand.

 Indicators:

• practise and develop the relevant use of te reo Maori me nga tikanga-a-iwi in context
• specifically and effectively address the educational aspirations of akonga Maori, displaying high expectations for their learning

Criteria 11:

Analyse and appropriately use assessment information, which has been gathered formally and informally.

 Indicators:

• analyse assessment information to identify progress and on-going learning needs of students
• use assessment information to give regular and on-going feedback to guide and support further learning
• analyse assessment information to reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching
• communicate assessment and achievement information to relevant members of the learning community
• foster involvement of whanau in the collection and use of information about the learning of akonga

Criteria 12:

Use critical inquiry and problem-solving effectively in their professional practice.

Indicators:

• systematically and critically engage with evidence and professional literature to reflect on and refine practice
• respond professionally to feedback from members of their learning community 
• critically examine their own beliefs, and how they impact on their professional practice and the achievement of akonga