PTC1- Relationships

PTC1 - Relationships

Criteria One: Establish and maintain effective professional relationships focused on the learning and well-being of all ākonga.

Key Indicators:

Engage in ethical, respectful, positive and collaborative professional relationships with:

• ākonga
• teaching colleagues, support staff and other professionals
• whānau  and other carers of ākonga 
• agencies, groups and individuals in the community

Link to the New Zealand Curriculum:

Students should be positive in their own identity, motivated and reliable, resourceful, enterprising and entrepreneurial and resilient and able to relate well to others. (p.8)

RTC 1 & e-learning - guiding question:

How do I/can I embrace e-learning to establish and develop working relationships with my ākonga, their whānau, and my colleagues to support the learning of those I teach?

Questions I have asked myself:

• What is the nature of the relationships I have with students, colleagues, parents and caregivers? How can I develop these further?
• How can the SMT, tutor teacher, team leader, colleagues help me?
• How can I access/use personal information about students that may affect my teaching?
• How can I access agencies, groups, individuals in the community?  
• Who is out there and how might they support me?
• What do I do to establish effective working relationships with my ākonga, their whānau and my colleagues and others to support the learning of those I teach?