Teaching Council - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 19 Jul 2021 04:50:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Teaching Council - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Dramatic rise in teachers being investigated by the Teaching Council https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/07/19/teachers-investigated-teaching-council/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:52:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=138422 The number of Teaching Council decisions reached a five-year-high in 2020, with physical abuse of young people and inappropriate relationships with students the most common reasons for investigations. It was the final lesson of the day and students in the year 10 class packed away their things. The teacher said everyone would have to wait Read more

Dramatic rise in teachers being investigated by the Teaching Council... Read more]]> The number of Teaching Council decisions reached a five-year-high in 2020, with physical abuse of young people and inappropriate relationships with students the most common reasons for investigations.

It was the final lesson of the day and students in the year 10 class packed away their things.

The teacher said everyone would have to wait for the bell, but - after a brief exchange - a 14-year-old boy, swore, got up and walked out into the hall.

Things escalated quickly. Read more

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