Practicing Teacher Criteria
Practising Teacher Criteria Introduction Overarching statements Criteria and key indicators Professional relationships and professional values Professional knowledge in practice Introduction The Practising Teacher Criteria describe the criteria for quality teaching that are to be met by all fully certificated teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Practising Teacher Criteria recognise that teaching is a highly complex activity, drawing on repertoires of knowledge, practices, professional attributes and values to facilitate academic, social and cultural learning for diverse education settings. The criteria and indicators should be viewed as interdependent and overlapping. Overarching statements Teachers play a critical role in enabling the educational achievement of all ākonga/ learners 1 . The Treaty of Waitangi extends equal status and rights to Māori and Pākehā. This places a particular responsibility on all teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand to promote equita
