[Mala V]

Hello,

I'm trying to work out whether or not I need my UK teaching qualifications assesed based on the new regulation? Its so confusing!!!!! does anyone have the answer, or has anyone complete the process recently??...........please help:wah

[JandM]

Hello, and welcome to the forum. :) I'm sure you'll get some help when NZ wakes up later on.

[dilanium]

Well... some of us have been wake for hours. But unfortunately I have no idea about teaching registration. Good luck with it though! :)

[jillzq]

Have you checked out: www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/ or www.teachnz.govt.nz/
I'm a preschool teacher so I've been doing my research. You'd have to get assessed by NZQA to see what level you are at and also for salary rate. NZ and US don't have equilvent qualifcations for my field but for Primary Teachers it is different. Good luck.

Jill

[Mala V]

Hello and thank you for the welcome!! My qualifications are for secondary school and are on the exempt part of the new policy but the agencies that deal witrh education are telling me to have a NZQA assessment!! I have a feeling no one know what s going on!! AAAHHHHHH

[tea drinker]

Can anyone point me in the direction of the new regulations/policy please?
Didn't know there was one so ought to check it out.

[JandM]

I can't see anything new on the teachnz website... ???

[atuffchick]

I just finished the process and it was fairly simple. Get fully assessed by NZQA and apply to the NZ Teaching council. I'd recommend submitting to both agencies simultaneously because of one requiring original documents and the other notorized copies; also because of the length of time each takes to process.

GOod luck

[Mala V]

hey tuffchick, when did you start the process with NZQA and are you PGCE qualified or GTP?

[tea drinker]

I already have NZQA and NCTC but with Mala V mentioning new policy/regulations and now exemptions I would like to check that I still have everything I need.
I've looked on the appropriate websites but can't see any mention.

Mala V could you let us know where these new things are please?

[JandM]

You could email NZTC, in case Mala doesn't come back on line with an answer.

[atuffchick]

hey tuffchick, when did you start the process with NZQA and are you PGCE qualified or GTP?

I started the process the day I submitted my EOI, which was the day before my EOI was selected. I am in a unique situation because I am trained and qualified to teach the full spectrum from primary to uni. I have no complaints about this now but it was a headache when they were assessing my qualifications because they didn't know what to do with me:)

hope that helps

[Mala V]

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/for-international/qual-eval/index.html, here is where I thried to make sense of it, but mines are UK qualifications, apparently more recognised then other countries. I think i'm going with an agent......

[Mala V]

I spoke to a person!!! The PGCE is on the list but has to be assesed in terms of pay and level of entry, as it is above a certain level, so you still have to go theough the NZQA but it should not be a long process....hope this helps!!! thank you also much for the advise

[scottyfox]

Can anyone please help me! My first post on the forum, I'm a secondary teacher in the UK. what qualifications I must have assessed by NZQA to apply for teaching registration in New Zealand. Exactly what documents do I have to send to be assessed?
I would have thought that I only need my Science Degree; Teaching Qualification (PGCE) and Employment Records to be assessed? But do I really need things like certificate of completion of final year at a secondary school and my Higher National Diploma, as these are inferior qualifications and therefore surpassed by my degree (as well as costing money and difficult to source).

Any help gratefully received!

Chris

[JandM]

Hello and welcome. :) I'm sure the NZ teachers will help out when they come online later. By the way, give up the idea that anything in this process will necessarily be logical - everyone has to jump through certain hoops, regardless. :roll

[slim8589]

Hi, UK trained secondary teacher here.
First off you have to have NZQA assessment of your teaching qualifications and experience. Without that you will a. not be registered by NZTC (even provisionally) and can only teach for 5 days in a New Zealand school without that (theoretically) and b. more importantly PayServe cannot pay you until they have your assessment.

Never, ever underestimate the ability of NZQA and NZTC to completely frustrate your plans.
Some examples - I have worked with several teachers from the UK who have had their quals assessed at the wrong level and it has taken months to sort out. In one case he had taught for a year and gone back to the UK before it was sorted. Another example of their general level of incompetence would be a colleague from my old school that we recruited who after 6 months of contact with NZQA/NZTC gave up on the idea and never made it here. I could list several other examples.

As for the process and what is required. First up I don't believe anyone needs to employ an agent, it is money for old rope, they don't have a special batphone to people in charge!
I believe in the belt and braces approach so when I sent my stuff it was in a clearly marked folder with a contents list and each piece of paperwork in an individual clear pocket with a printed sticker indicating what it was!
From memory I needed my degree certificate, my degree transcript, my qualifications right back to my O'Levels, a letter from every school authority outlining clearly when and where I had worked along with payscale and responsibilities and also enhanced police clearance.
My approach was simple for each thing I needed I phoned the organisation (school, uni, education authority) and found out who would deal with my request. Then I spoke to them and outlined what I needed playing on the fact that I was emigrating. Then I sent a letter direct to them with clear instructions for what I needed. A few days later I phoned again to 'check' that the letter had arrived and remind them of the timeframe (which I may have been a little inaccurate about). Everybody, including my old secondary school who had to go back to the paper archives dealt with it really promptly.
A good tip is to ask for at least 2 copies of everything because NZQA require originals. I think I only needed to get my Degree certificate copied and signed as a true copy, which saved time and money!
With everything assembled I sent it to NZQA and it came back done 17 days later. From experience other people, as mentioned above have had to wait months.
Got to go to school now, if I think of anything else I'll add it later.

[slim8589]

I have to say that I would recommend anyone starting out on the whole emigration lark to start sorting through every bit of paperwork they have such as birth certs, marriage, quals, passports, courses, employment etc and start putting it all in a folder. I only started that 6 years ago when we were applying and immediately regretted not doing it sooner. Applying for jobs recently it became obvious how woeful my records of courses I had attended was and meant that constructing a new CV was hard work. On the upside as a result of emigration when I needed all the paperwork for Qatar it was all to hand.:clap

[slim8589]

One piece of info, it's 10 days without registration per year, not 5 as I originally said.