The Education Review Office review has found many teachers are walking into their first jobs feeling unprepared. The Education Review Office (ERO) review has found many teachers are walking into their first jobs feeling unprepared for managing pupil behaviour, helping pupils with learning needs or using tests and data to assess pupil achievement. "These concerns, while not universal, are widespread, and are compounded by systemic issues such as variation in initial teacher education programmes and components of theory and practice.'' "In the period from 2000 to 2015, we have witnessed a decline in New Zealand's performance as a nation in the critical areas of reading, mathematics and science,'' the ERO report says. Mr Hipkins plans "some things in there for teacher training'' in a pre-Christmas package aimed at tackling teacher shortages, especially in Auckland.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 07, 2017 19:30 UTC