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DIRECTOR'S MESSAGEJuly 2008Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou Council Elections 2008 In March, you were alerted to the elections for four Council representatives that will take place in from 1 September to 1 October 2008. Recently, all registered teachers whose email addresses are recorded at the Council, were sent an ‘email alert' about the election. These teachers were invited to choose the vote on-line option. It would be helpful if you as professional leader would reinforce to teachers the importance of taking part in this electoral process to the Teachers Council. We would encourage all of your eligible staff to supply an up-to-date email address through http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/mailformaddress.stm Nominations will open on 9 July 2008 and close on 1 August 2008. You too, of course, will be able to nominate and vote for a ‘principal nominee' to the Council. Please refer to our website for additional information and on-going updates about this election. ForTeachers Newsletter Copies of the latest newsletter from the Council will arrive in your school or learning centre very soon. Would you make sure you access a copy for yourself and that one is displayed for teachers to read as this edition has a limited distribution and is not being sent to each individual teacher. Only two of the four issues each year are distributed to all teachers. I am alerting you to a letter / notice inserted in the newsletter about the consultation that the Council is carrying out with teachers and stakeholders on the draft Registered Teacher Criteria. This is also explained below. Consultation on revised Satisfactory Teacher Dimensions - the draft Registered Teacher Criteria As you know, the Satisfactory Teacher Dimensions were developed as the standards or criteria for registration purposes over a decade ago. Over the last 18 months or so, the Council has worked with a reference group and a writing group to revise these criteria to make them fit for purpose in the contemporary and emerging contexts of teaching and learning. The Council also wishes to ensure that the criteria are well understood and consistently applied by teachers and professional leaders when working with and appraising both provisionally registered teachers and teachers renewing practising certificates. Several drafts have been worked through and discussed in a number of forums and the Council is now seeking wider consultation with the profession on the content of the revised dimensions, currently entitled the draft Registered Teacher Criteria. Further details can be read in the latest ForTeachers newsletter. The two main forms of consultation with teachers and professional leaders are firstly, an online survey of a sample of registered teachers from our database, to be followed up with some focus group discussions. Secondly, we have developed a consultation package for schools and centres to engage in discussion about the criteria and then to provide feedback to the Council. This consultation package is not being sent to all schools and centres automatically, but only on request. Please email comms@teacherscouncil.govt.nz to register interest in receiving this consultation pack. From August, it will also be available from our website. The Council hopes that teachers and professional leaders will want to engage seriously in discussions about these criteria. Not only will your feedback be important for shaping the final version, but we believe that the discussion itself is a great opportunity to think about ‘what is quality teaching' in each particular setting. In other words, the Council and the Reference Group think the consultation is important professional development for all teachers. Renew practising certificates early this year Once again, teachers are reminded that late 2008 is the ‘peak renewal' period in the three year registration cycle; many teachers' practising certificates will expire this October. A new practising certificate will be dated from the expiry of the current one so any teacher whose practising certificates expires this year should send it in now and this will assist efficient processing of the increased numbers.Three months prior to the expiry of a practising certificate reminder notices are sent to the address/email details we have on our database. All teachers whose practising certificates expire in or before October this year have had this reminder information. Teachers need a current practising certificate to be employed in a teaching position and to be eligible to vote in the Council election. In Conclusion I hope you and your teachers are able to spend some of the coming break for schools in rest and recreation. Please feel welcome to be in touch on any issues you may wish to raise with me. You may contact me at peter.lind@teacherscouncil.govt.nz. Kind regards Dr Peter Lind Director This document can be downloaded in PDF format by right clicking here and choosing 'save target as' Click on a date below to view archived messages from the director. December 2009 | October 2009 | September 2009/18 | September 2009 | August 2009 | June 2009 | December 2008 | September 2008 | July 2008 | March 2008 | November 2007 | July 2007 | 12 April 2007 | 12 Feb 2007 | 11 Dec 2006 | 6 Dec 2006 | 2 May 2006 | 6 Mar 2006 | 6 Dec 2005 | 31 Oct 2005 | 31 Aug 2005 | 30 Jun 2005 | 6 Jun 2005 | 5 May 2005 | 15 Dec 2004 | 3 Nov 2003
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