The New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) guide to the operation of the procedures for review of teacher competence outlined under the teacher collective agreements:
Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement [STCA] 3.3 Terms of Employment - Teacher Competence
Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement [ASTCA] 2.3 Teacher competence
The clause applies both to base scale teachers and to holders of units.
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The Education Act 1989 Part 10A, and such criteria for teacher registration as may be issued from time to time by the Teachers Council, also apply.
There is also an alternative process “Resolving conflict in a Māori context” (STCA 3.5, ASTCA 2.5).
More information
Conduct and Competence on the Teachers Council website
Education Act 1989 No 80 “Part 10A “New Zealand Teachers Council - New Zealand legislation website
Professional standards for secondary teachers - Criteria for Quality Teaching in Supplement 1 of the STCA
Criteria for Quality Teaching in Schedule one of the ASTCA
Resolving conflict in a Māori context [3.5 STCA, 2.5 ASTCA] - an alternative process.






