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Template letter for making a mandatory report when a complaint is received about a former teacherThis template letter is for reporting to the NZ Teachers Council if you receive a complaint about the conduct or competence of a former teacher within 12 months after that teacher has left your employment. You can copy and paste it into your own wordprocessing programme to edit and print out on letterhead. You should send this report to the NZ Teachers Council, as soon as possible after receiving the complaint. [insert date]
The Senior Advisor: Teacher Practice I am writing on behalf of [insert name of employer], to report that I have received a complaint about the conduct/competence of a teacher who resigned from this school/centre within the last twelve months. The teacher's full name is [insert]. The teacher's maiden name/former name is [insert if applicable]. The teacher's registration number is [insert]. [NB this is NOT the teacher's MoE number] The teacher's date of birth is [insert]. The teacher's last known address is [insert]. The teacher's last day of employment at this school was [insert date]. The employer received a complaint about [insert teacher's name] on [insert date]. The nature of the complaint was: [Please provide full details, including names and contact details of persons in possession of relevant information, and attach all relevant documentation*] The following additional information is provided: [provide details including information about responses or actions of the teacher and enclose all relevant documentation*] The following people can provide further information about this matter (if applicable): [provide contact details] [eg the Police, CYFS, former pupil who has made a complaint] I have considered this complaint and am satisfied that it is not malicious, vexatious or without foundation, [and, if the complaint is about competence, that it meets the NZ Teachers Council's criteria for reporting about competence issues]. In my opinion, an appropriate outcome for this matter would be [insert] [eg the teacher should be censured, the teacher should be referred to an impairment process, the teacher should be deregistered].
[Signature]
(a) Statements of complainants, witnesses and any other persons;
(b) Letters of complaint received by the employer about the teacher; (c) Recent performance appraisals of the teacher; (d) Reports of independent investigators; (e) Letters between the employer or professional leader and the teacher concerning the complaint or matter of concern; (f) Any statement or responses, or records of these statements or responses received from the teacher or his or her advocate; (g) The teacher's letter of resignation (if applicable); (h) Minutes of Board meetings at which the matter was discussed; (i) Any information provided by other persons or by the police. |
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