TEFANZ Newsletter, No.4, July 2019

Kia ora koutou, ngā mihi nui ki a koutou.
It was lovely to see representatives of many of our member institutions at the Forum at Canterbury University’s newly refurbished building on July 19th. The Forum was a stimulating day of learning and sharing – and included our AGM in the afternoon.
The executive also met on the day before the Forum, and this newsletter summarises the executive meeting outcomes and the Forum – and provides information about upcoming events and hui.

TEFANZ Forum – Canterbury University, July 19th 2019

The TEFANZ 2019 Forum had the theme ‘Tight but loose regulation of teacher education’, reflecting the Teaching Council’s stated intention with the new approval and review requirements. The keynote speaker was Professor Graeme Aitken, who talked about meeting the standards with support. His slides are attached to this newsletter. He particularly focused on the key teaching tasks and the cumulative integrative assessment. This was followed by an excellent panel discussing assessment in and for teacher education, an opportunity to talk in sector groups about the implications of the new assessment requirements and the AGM.

Notes from the Forum can be found at the bottom of this newsletter and on the forum page of this site: thanks to Misty Sato for compiling these and for co-ordinating the day with the Canterbury team. We were all very well looked after and had plenty to think and talk about.

Joint TEFANZ/ATEA conference: University of Auckland, July 8-10 2020

Make sure that you have these dates in your diary! July 7th will be a pre-conference forum for early -mid career researchers and PhD students. The portal for submissions will open in November 2019 and close in March 2020.

The conference theme is ‘Initial teacher education: Global issues and local responses’, which gives lots of scope for papers. We look forward to receiving your work.

AGM

Alex Gunn, our new TEFANZ chair, chaired the AGM. Alex proposed special thanks to Bev Cooper for her service and leadership as TEFANZ chair and we all acknowledged her huge contribution.

A paper ballot was held on the new constitution, which was drafted in response to confusion about membership of executive and terms of service. The constitution was circulated and passed unanimously. It is appended to this newsletter.

At the AGM we also agreed to keep the fees at the current level. These are: $1000 for institutions with fewer than 500 teacher education EFTS and $2000 for institutions with more than 500 teacher education EFTS.

Executive Meeting News

At the executive meeting before the Forum the following matters were addressed:

– The TEFANZ entry and exit questionnaire has come to an end. We will ask Cyperus to provide institutions with their anonymized data. Executive are considering how we can support ITE providers with a new research project. Some ideas were mooted at the Forum and will be discussed in October.
– TEFANZ is part of the electoral college for NZCER Board. We will nominate Alex for this role, as Lexie Grudnoff, who currently serves on the Board, does not wish to be renominated and we thank her greatly for her past service.
– Lexie Grudnoff will continue to be our representative on the Teaching Excellence awards, unless she wishes to stand down, in which case Bev Cooper will come back to executive for nominations.
– With the Teaching Council Leadership Strategy being promulgated, Alex will write to the Council about leadership and career development opportunities for teacher educators who are registered teachers.
– A research funding policy for TEFANZ had been drafted, but after discussion it was decided that the grants we could give would be too small to be useful, and the money would be better used in national, coordinated projects led through TEFANZ.
– A policy on who would represent TEFANZ at different forums was discussed and adopted.
– Developing a policy about carbon offset for TEFANZ travel was discussed, and this will be brought forward to the AGM in 2020. The next executive meeting will be on October 17th in Wellington, prior to the PPTA meeting. A newsletter will follow this meeting. Upcoming Hui: NZEI The next meeting between NZEI and ECE and primary teacher education providers will be at Education House in Wellington on November 26th 2019. All member organisations who offer ECE and primary qualifications are welcome to send representatives. The agenda is co- constructed, with an opportunity for anyone to put forward agenda items before the meeting. It is usually a wide-ranging discussion where we can ‘join the dots’ with other parts of the education system. PPTA The next meeting between PPTA and secondary teacher education providers will be at the PPTA offices in Wellington on October 18th 2019.

Noho ora ra
Fiona (on behalf of the TEFANZ executive).

The newsletter aims to keep our members up to date on TEFANZ activities and the national ITE landscape more generally. It will also be used to advertise opportunities to participate in policy or research activities that are offered to or generated by TEFANZ. We welcome contributions by member organisations who would like to connect with other members through this medium. We hope you find it useful, and are happy to receive feedback (via Fiona Ell, f.ell@auckland.ac.nz).

TEFANZ Forum

19 July 2019 9:00AM – 4:00PM University of Canterbury

TIGHT BUT LOOSE REGULATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION: EXPLORING THE NEW INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION

Forum Highlights

The Forum registration included 38 attendees from 11 Initial Teacher Education Providers. Opening speaker Graeme Aitken, emeritus professor from University of Aukland, discussed his insider view on the assessment framework and requirements that he and colleague, Claire Sinnema, developed for the Teaching Council’s new program approval requirements, providing some insight into its origins, intentions, and translation by the Teaching Council. A panel comprising Don Klinger, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Education at University of Waikato; Cheryl McConnell, Lecture in Early Childhood Education at Eastern Institute of Technology; and Misty Sato, Head of the School of Teacher Education at the University of Canterbury provided some perspectives on assessment in and for pre-service teacher education from sector perspectives, partnership perspectives, international perspectives, and through the lens of other professions.

Sector breakout groups discussed how the new assessment expectations will impact their programme design, partnerships with schools, and research priorities. Notes from these sector groups as follows:

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Discussed the 15-20 skills that we (in programmes) are looking for and that we will stand behind our graduates by
Not tasks (discrete, fixed etc.) but skills.
Skills – internal measures within own contexts focussed on learning
Making meaning to push forward rather than seeking to uncover and save essential fixed truth/meaning.
Evolutionary responses fits with tight/loose formulate and situated
TEFANZ research (Delphi strategy about KTTs? KTS?) PRIMARY

KTT KEY IDEAS: Big difference between skills and tasks o Weneedtodefinehow/whywhatwecallthem
Build over programme as context changes (prac-prac)

Needs to include not only the thing you do but also the why you do it/made those choices
Would be highly problematic if different directions across the nation
o Example:alawyerisalawyerwithexpectationsofwhattheycando
A work in progress
TEFANZ needs to do this Delphi for all to work with/on as needed
CIA is an opportunity to the tie those threads together, not just stand and present e- portfolio
In those 1-year programmes, there is the issue of developing conformity
Many can’t always ask our partners for any more, already time/workload issues
Sustainability is an issue for them/is
Partnerships discussion
- – We already have partnerships o Consultation
  o Inputintostandards
  o Coursedevelopment
- – Opportunities are already there regarding current assessments

o Howdoourassessmentswealreadyhavemaptothestandards(KTT’sand

CIA)?
o Opportunity for renewal and rethinking, constantly striving for

improvement
o Resourcingandtime

SECONDARY

Current assessments may map onto framework moving staff closer to representing standards in their own practice
KTTs – some aspects within campus-based learning?
o 15 – 20 representative skills that we are looking for
Exciting in terms of international connections with practice o What’s important being the focus
Shared understandings and agreement over aspects such as KTTs o KTTs as an internal measure

Context should be at the forefront
Concerned about relationship between research and KTT
Recognising that if there is an uneven playing field – context again!
Chairs will need to be skilled at enabling conversations
Institutions should be encouraged to push back
Excited to be able to demonstrate our values, ideas and vision in our context
Quality of approval panel is critical
Excited about the opportunity to be innovative and to negotiate with TCANZ to suit our context
Panel understanding of context is really important
To do it properly, resourcing needs to be considered o Institution o Sectorpartners
Time/resources/space The Forum closed with the Annual General Meeting of TEFANZ, chaired by TEFANZ President Alex Gunn, University of Otago.

TEFANZ representation policy
Adopted July 18 2019
TEFANZ is at times asked to provide representation and TEFANZ may seek representation on groups or working parties whose work aligns with the purpose of TEFANZ. TEFANZ representation is essential for achieving the purpose of the organisation (see extract from constitution below). This document is intended to provide guidance on protocol for TEFANZ representation.
Principles for decisions on representation of TEFANZ:
Those representing TEFANZ should:

understand and reflect the purpose of the organisation through their representation work
where suitable and possible, consult with the TEFANZ executive prior to the representation regarding background information and views to be shared
provide a written report in a timely manner to the TEFANZ executive on the meetings attended and any related materials, with a view to a version being included in the TEFANZ newsletter for member organisations. Who will represent TEFANZ?

If the chairperson is the person invited, the chairperson or chairperson nominee will be the representative.
If the TEFANZ executive committee is asked to provide representation, the chairperson will communicate the invitation to the executive committee. Representation will be decided on the basis of suitable expertise and availability. If no executive committee member fits these criteria, TEFANZ member organisations will be asked to send the chairperson ideas of suitable people for the representation, with rationale for their suggestions. The chair will then make a recommendation to the executive committee. Costs associated with representation: TEFANZ will meet reasonable costs of representation where these are not met by inviting organisations. From the TEFANZ constitution:
The purpose of this organisation is to promote, foster and advocate for:

High quality, degree level teacher education programmes for early childhood, primary, secondary, and Māori medium
Teacher education as a means to implement a commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi
The role of teacher education in contributing to community and environmental wellbeing
Partnership, cooperation and collaboration within the teacher education profession and with the wider education community, nationally and internationally
Teaching as a graduate profession In order to achieve this, TEFANZ will:

Provide a national voice for teacher education issues in the political and policy arena.
Advocate for and support Māori and Pacific Peoples within teacher education and teacher education research
Provide a forum for generating and disseminating teacher education research and scholarship, and for discussion of related research, practice and policy matters
Recognise excellence and outstanding contribution to the teacher education profession
Adhere to the rules of Incorporated Societies in New Zealand with regard to reporting and financial accountability

TEFANZ Constitution Adopted 19 July 2019

Constitution of the
TEACHER EDUCATION FORUM OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND (TEFANZ) INCORPORATED Incorporated Society Registration Number 973718,

Incorporated 09-AUG-19991 Current Status REGISTERED

The objects (purpose) of the society

The purpose of this organisation is to promote, foster and advocate for:

High quality, degree level teacher education programmes for early childhood, primary, secondary, and Māori medium
Teacher education as a means to implement a commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi
The role of teacher education in contributing to community and environmental wellbeing
Partnership, cooperation and collaboration within the teacher education profession and with the wider education community, nationally and internationally
Teaching as a graduate profession In order to achieve this, TEFANZ will:

• •

• • •

Provide a national voice for teacher education issues in the political and policy arena. Advocate for and support Māori and Pacific Peoples within teacher education and teacher education research.

Provide a forum for generating and disseminating teacher education research and scholarship, and for discussion of related research, practice and policy matters. Recognise excellence and outstanding contribution to the teacher education profession.

Adhere to the rules of Incorporated Societies in New Zealand with regard to reporting and financial accountability.

Membership

1) Membership will be open on an institutional basis to all New Zealand providers of initial teacher education degree programmes or graduate level programmes which are approved for registration by the New Zealand Teachers Council.
2) Membership will also be open, on application to the Chairperson, to individual teacher educators whose institutions are not members of TEFANZ, or have retired from the teacher education profession.
3) Membership will be contingent upon the payment of annual Institutional and individual membership subscription fees which will be set by the Executive and ratified at the Annual General Meeting. A reduced fee for retired former members will be available.
4) Membership may be suspended, or a member expelled, if:
1. a) The member institution/individual member does mot meet the membership criteria or fails to pay its subscription within one month after having been invoiced
2. b) The member institution/individual member brings TEFANZ into disrepute

1 This constitution was revised and passed by motion put at the AGM, July 19, 2019.

c) Suspension or expulsion will be by majority vote at an ordinary or special meeting of the Executive. There will be a right of appeal to the Executive.

5) If a provider institution wishes to withdraw from membership, written notice should be given to the TEFANZ Chair.
6) Fellow of TEFANZ: may be awarded from time to time by the Executive to a member or former member who has made an outstanding contribution to teacher education in ways that further the objectives of the Association.

Meetings
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
1) An AGM will be held during the TEFANZ annual Forum or Conference meetings. Other

general meetings, workshops or seminars may be organised on recommendation of the

Executive or AGM.

2) An AGM quorum will consist of representation by 50% of the member provider institutions.
3) Each member provider will be represented by one member with one vote. Individual members do not have voting rights at the AGM.
4) The business of the AGM will include: a) Chairperson’s report
b) Financial report
c) Election of members of Executive.

Executive

Membership of the Executive will consist of representatives of member provider institutions.
The executive will normally comprise between 7-10 members. Six members will be elected and have the power to co-opt up to three further members to ensure Māori representation and that of a range of member provider institutions, an immediate past chair may also sit on executive.
One of the elected members will be the Chair who will normally be appointed at the first meeting after the AGM in a TEFANZ Conference year, for a two year term.
The immediate past chair will normally remain on the executive for a period of one year after they vacate their role. At the end of this period, a deputy chair will normally be identified from the remaining executive members. The deputy chair will move to chair the following year.
The normal term for an elected executive member is four years. Elections will occur at the AGM when executive members’ terms of service end.
There is an expectation that members of the executive will attend all meetings of the executive during their tenure.
Co-opted members’ terms of service will be identified at the time of co-opting.
A quorum for the executive meetings will be 50% of the executive committee.
The Executive will determine the venue and nature of annual forums/conferences or other activities in consultation with any host committees.
The Chairperson convenes meetings of the society and ensures that the rules are followed.
The executive may appoint minutes secretary and financial officer roles if deemed necessary. The terms of service will be identified at the time of establishment.

The Chairperson or nominee is able to speak on behalf of TEFANZ, in consultation with the Executive, on teacher education matters.
The Teacher Education Institution of the Chair will host the records and assets of TEFANZ, which will be transferred accordingly. The Chair will maintain scrutiny of funds and ensure preparation of the annual financial report.
A secretary will be elected from within the executive.
The Executive may set up working parties for specific tasks, with membership appointed by the Executive. Control and use of the society’s common seal The common seal of the association will be held by the chair and use of the seal will be restricted to executive members and authorised by resolution of the executive committee. How the society’s property will be distributed if it is wound-up or dissolved

• If the organisation is dissolved, the Chair, in consultation with the Executive, will oversee the winding up process and disbursement of any funds or other assets.