1. Gisborne / Wairoa / East Coast Year 1 Beginning Teachers
Kia Ora! Welcome!
Gisborne / Wairoa / East Coast
Year 1 Beginning Teachers
Welcome
Thursday 25th February 2010

2. Aim for the day. To developing a Beginning Teachers network
To consider the nuts and bolts of registration, and our responsibilities in the process
To think how we might manage the classroom for successful student
learning.
Whatever else takes our fancy!!!
Taina may pop in

3. “There is no shallow end in teaching!”

4. What does the role of a teacher look like?
Vital
Very Important
Important

5. Nuts and bolts. Consider: Are you provisionally registered? *
Do you have a letter of appointment and a clear job description?
Are you receiving the correct pay?
Are you receiving an Advice and Guidance programme-
Do you have a tutor teacher – has application been made for release time?
Do you have a mentor or professional support person you can use?

6. Criteria for registration Satisfactory teacher dimensions
Nuts and bolts.
Consider:
Are you keeping clear records? *
How well do you know your school and school systems?
What will you do if you feel overwhelmed, or that things are not going well?
How are you progressing towards full registration
Criteria for registration
Satisfactory teacher dimensions
Professional Standards for Beginning Teachers

7. Create a supportive learning environment
While there is no formula that will guarantee learning for every student in every context, there is extensive well documented evidence about the kinds of teaching approaches that consistently have a positive impact on student learning. This evidence tells us that students learn best when teachers:
Create a supportive learning environment
Encourage reflective thought and action
Enhance the relevance of new learning
Facilitate shared learning
Make connections to prior learning and experience
Provide sufficient opportunities to learn
Inquire into the teaching learning environment.
NZC Page 34

8. What do we as teachers have to do to facilitate this?
What would a “supportive learning environment where children are
actively engaged in learning” look like?
What do we as teachers have to do to facilitate this?
What do we have to know?
What do we have to be?

9. Consider how the things that we expect to see /
hear / feel fit under these headings....
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, symbols and texts
Managing self
Participating and contributing

10. “We alter destinies”
“We enhance life chances”
“We are building the country of the future”