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Demonstrate commitment to promoting the well-being of all ākonga
i.  take all reasonable steps to provide and maintain a teaching and learning environment that is    physically, socially, culturally and emotionally safe.
Hauora
Taha wairua - Spiritual well-being
Taha tinana - Physical well-being

Providing a spiritually safe environment for my students has included:

-Finding out about and respecting cultural customs

-Allowing students to express their culture and beliefs and providing time to carry out practices

-Catering for students in terms of dietary needs

-Allowing students to explore self, in terms of clothing and through my curriculum area with personalised projects.

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Providing a safe physical environment for my students has included:

-Participating in the bike Safety Course with the Year 9s

-Providing RAMs forms for school trips

-Carrying out my designated duties and being vigilant at other times

-Eliciting health and safety regulations when using Technology spaces

-Providing appropriate health and safety equipment when necessary

Op Shopping RAMs form
Taha hinengaro - Mental and emotional well-being

Providing an emotionally safe environment for my students has included:

-Carrying out a pastoral role as a hub coach (PTC 2:1)

-Identifying when students need extra support and arranging a visit to the school counsellor

-Being warm and demanding in my teaching approach

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PTC 2:1
Taha whanau - Social well-being

Providing a socially safe environment for my students has included:

-Carrying out restorative practices to encourage positive relationships

-Participating in the Bodysafe workshop and being involved in our sexuality education programme

-Supervising social events such as our movie night and school dance

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Bodysafe workshop
ii.  acknowledge and respect the languages, heritages and cultures of all ākonga

In addition to encouraging good Hauora, I try and find opportunities for personalised learning within my curriculum area, which allows each student to express and celebrate their identity.

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In 'Diamonds', students were to design and create a copper jewellery piece based on the things that made them who they were. 

iii.  comply with relevant regulatory and statutory requirements
Code of ethics for certificated teachers

I have read through the code of ethics and believe that I strive to do, or would do if relevant, the following things.

Underlined areas are links to specific PTCs.

1# Commitment to Learners

a) develop and maintain professional relationships with learners based upon the best interests of those learners

b) base their professional practice on continuous professional learning, the best knowledge available about curriculum content and pedagogy, together with their knowledge about those they teach

c) present subject matter from an informed and balanced viewpoint

d) encourage learners to think critically about significant social issues

e) cater for the varied learning needs of diverse learners

f) promote the physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual well-being of learners

g) protect the confidentiality of information about learners obtained in the course of professional service, consistent with legal requirements

2# Commitment to Parents/Guardians and Family/Whanau

a) involve them in decision-making about the care and education of their children

b) establish open, honest and respectful relationships

c) respect their privacy

d) respect their rights to information about their children, unless that is judged to be not in the best interests of the children

3# Commitment to Society

a) actively support policies and programmes that promote equality of opportunity for all

b) work collegially to develop schools and centres that model democratic ideals

c) teach and model those positive values that are widely accepted in society and encourage learners to apply them and critically appreciate their significance

3# Commitment to the Profession

a) advance the interests of the teaching profession through responsible ethical practice

b) regard themselves as learners and engage in continuing professional development

c) be truthful when making statements about their qualifications and competencies

d) contribute to the development and promotion of sound educational policy

e) contribute to the development of an open and reflective professional culture

f) treat colleagues and associates with respect, working with them co-operatively and collegially to promote students’ learning

g) assist newcomers to the profession

h) respect confidential information on colleagues unless disclosure is required by the law or serves a compelling professional purpose

i) speak out if the behaviour of a colleague is seriously in breach of this code

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