User:Cmaguiness Ashs School Nz/Temp/Being a teacher at ASHS 5.odt
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[[Image:]]Teachers are leaders of learning in a diverse community who nurture, inspire and empower one another...
In our collaborative learning community we:
- Believe in ourselves and have the courage to enact our vision
- Are inclusive, mindful and optimistic about individuals and their learning
- Are open-minded, willing to accept challenge and take risks
- Are resilient learners who aspire to personal excellence
- Build appreciative relationships that guide & support learning
In all that we do we are:
- Respectful
- Research-based
- Responsive
Teachers demonstrate commitment to our learning community through:
- Respectful relationships that promote well being for all members of our community: students, staff, whanau, groups and agencies in the community
- High expectations for all students
- Commitment to bicultural partnership in Aoteoroa New Zealand
- Leadership and support of students’ learning in tutorials, specialist subjects and impact projects
- Leadership and support of teachers’ learning in tutorials, specialist subjects and impact projects
- Ongoing, collaborative professional inquiries that enable more effective teaching and learning and improved outcomes for students
- Connections to external expertise and research that advance professional knowledge
(Professional relationships and professional values, Registered Teacher Criteria, 2010)
In tutorials, specialist subjects and impact projects, teachers are expected to:
- Plan appropriate programmes that acknowledge our young students’ maturity, prior learning and aspirations
- Promote respectful and empowering learning relationships
- Establish productive relationships with Maori students that promote successful learning
- Research and build on individual students’ and groups of students’ learning strengths, interests and needs
- Co-construct effective planning for tutorials, lessons and impact projects that are engaging and responsive to diverse learners
- Monitor the effectiveness of teaching and learning through ongoing professional inquiry that includes student reflection, feedback, observation and assessment data
- Demonstrate responsivity to these inquiries
(Professional knowledge in practice, Registered teacher Criteria 2010)
