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- We make the assumption that everyone knows what we mean when we say “the teaching profession”, but we haven’t really had a professional body for teachers in New Zealand before to professionalise teaching and make that concept a reality.
- The Swahili proverb “Asiye funzwa na mamae hufunzwa na ulimwengu” is recognisable, after translation, both across Africa – where there are many similar sayings – and the world.
- Society is governed by codes - everywhere we go, every community we visit will have its unique set of implicitly agreed upon ways of behaving and doing.
- As the agency primarily concerned with raising the status of the teaching profession we would like any future government to address this fundamental question: how do we properly recognise the positive influence our profession has in creating curi
- I have been reflecting on the fact that 2016 was the bicentenary of the first school in New Zealand as the end of the year approaches. I imagine that first school in the Bay of Islands when it opened back in August 1816.
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You might be surprised to find the person who said that wasn’t a teacher or indeed a union member.
“It appears, therefore, that of all secular professions, teaching is the most profoundly important…” “of all these professions teaching is the worse paid.”
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Traffic on the education information highway moves at speed and we need to merge like a zip. Digital teaching and learning has long been part of modern education.
Dr Graham Stoop, chief executive of the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, outlines the Council’s position on the Government’s announcement on Communities of Online Learning.
- We are working on some new projects to support and champion teachers, and raise the status of our profession. These are important for the future of teaching. We invite you to help shape that future.
- We recently celebrated our first anniversary.
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Outside the family and whānau, the relationship your child has with her teacher could be one of the most influential relationships in her life. The Education Council is the professional body for all teachers in New Zealand.
The Education Council offers some useful tips for parents experiencing teachers for the first time