INFORMATION FOR PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS

February 2007

Key Points:

• Congratulations on your teacher registration; being granted provisional registration means you are now a member of the teaching profession.
• This NZEI Update provides a guide containing information to assist you at the start of your employment as a teacher.
• Similar NZEI Updates have been provided for the principal and tutor teachers at your school.

Actions:

Worksite representatives:

Arrange a face-to-face meeting with any provisionally registered teachers and provide a copy of this NZEI Update.

• Explain the benefits of NZEI membership and invite them to join.
• Ensure the PRT ticks the box on the membership form indicating s/he is a Year One or Year Two Teacher.

Provisionally registered teachers:

• Meet with the worksite representative to learn more about NZEI and the benefits of becoming a member.
• Read through the information (guide available for download) contained in this NZEI Update, and discuss this with your tutor teacher at your next meeting.

Enquiries:

Please direct any enquiries to your field officer or Phillippa Ward at National Office, Tel: (04) 382 2759 or fax: (04) 384 9401, or email phillippa.ward@nzei.org.nz.

Download: A guide for Provisionally Registered Teachers in schools

This guide, as a table, is available for download in a Word document format here:

Guide for Provisionally Registered Teachers in schools

Other links:

More NZEI advice to PRTs

The Guide to Starting Out, the NZEI PRT booklet,

The Teachers Council booklet, Towards Full Registration

For Office Use:

NZEI Update 2007/02
To: All Primary and Area Schools
Files: 400.15/430.12