Module 2 - Professionalism, confidentiality, and safety
This module helps teachers and teacher aides develop a shared understanding of their professional roles and the importance of having clear guidelines about confidentiality, advocacy, and safety.
About this resource
Teachers and Teacher Aides Working Together is a set of modules that teachers and teacher aides complete together.
The purpose of the program is to strengthen working relationships, improve role clarity, and build knowledge of inclusive practice that supports student learning.
This module helps teachers and teacher aides develop a shared understanding of their professional roles and the importance of having clear guidelines about confidentiality, advocacy, and safety.
Keeping our work confidential, professional, and safe
The resources for this module come in different formats:
- Narrated presentation.
- PDF version of the workbook.
- PowerPoint presentation.
See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- Module 2 - Keeping our work confidential, professional, and safe. Workbook (.pdf)
- Module 2 - Keeping our work confidential, professional, and safe. Presentation (.ppt)
- Module 2 case study - Porirua College. (.pdf)
Narrated presentation
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Teachers and Teacher Aides Working Together
Teachers and Teacher Aides Working Together is a set of modules that teachers and teacher aides complete together.
1 of 11Module 1 - Teachers and Teacher Aides - Who does what?
This module helps teachers and teacher aides develop a shared understanding of their roles and responsibilities.
2 of 11Module 3 - Supporting students with complex needs
This module helps teachers and teacher aides explore how to support students with complex needs in ways that are safe, respectful, and inclusive.
3 of 11Module 4 - What do we think about disability and diversity?
This module helps teachers and teacher aides examine their attitudes and assumptions about disability and diversity and how they impact on students and their ability to learn.
4 of 11Module 5 - Identifying students' strengths
This module helps teachers and teacher aides to learn about their students and use this information to support their students’ learning.
5 of 11Module 6 - Students' Individual Education Plans
This module shows teachers and teacher aides how the IEP process can provide an opportunity for students and their whānau to express their wishes and preferences for learning.
6 of 11Module 7 - Understanding the 2007 New Zealand Curriculum
This module supports teachers and teacher aides to develop a shared understanding of The 2007 New Zealand Curriculum.
7 of 11Module 8 - Fostering peer relationships
This module helps teachers and teacher aides explore how they can help build connections between students and increase their sense of belonging at school.
8 of 11Module 9 - Creating inclusive classrooms
This module is about how teachers and teacher aides can work together to create learning environments that include all students.
9 of 11Module 10 - Supporting student learning in the whole class
This module helps teachers and teacher aides develop a shared understanding of how they can work together to support learning for the whole class.
10 of 11Module 11 - Interactions that support student learning
This module helps teachers and teacher aides understand how they can use purposeful classroom talk to support student learning.
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