Complaint Form
This form will help you to provide the New Zealand Teachers Council (the Council) with enough information to decide if it can investigate your complaint against a registered teacher. Please complete all the questions in this form.
If you want to complain about more than one registered teacher, please complete one complaint form for each registered teacher about whom you wish to complain. Copies of the complaint form and any documents you provide to the Council will be provided to the teacher you are complaining about.
You should make your complaint to the professional leader or employer of the teacher before contacting the Council.
The Council can only consider your complaint if the board was unable to deal with the complaint satisfactorily. This form and all attachments must be sent to:
Manager Teacher Practice
New Zealand Teachers Council
PO Box 5326
Wellington
If you have any questions or require assistance in completing this form, please phone the Council on 04 471 0852.
YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS (THE COMPLAINANT)
Surname:
Address:
First name:
Mr / Mrs / Ms / Miss / Other (please circle)
Telephone (Home):
Mobile:
(Work):
Email address:
DETAILS OF THE TEACHER YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT
Teacher's full name:
Registration number:
School/Centre name: School/Centre address:
Teacher's address (if known):
DETAILS OF THE COMPLAINT
In the space below please:
give the date(s) on which the complaint arose
state what your particular complaints are (eg conduct of the teacher, quality of the teaching, character of the teacher)
describe the complaint (eg what happened, where it happened, to whom it happened).
If you do not have enough space, attach another page
FURTHER INFORMATION
Witnesses: If any other people can provide information about the complaint, please provide their names, contact details and what information they may be able to provide.
Documents: Attach photocopies of any documents you think are relevant to your complaint (eg letters, school work, statements from witnesses or other people involved). If you cannot provide the documents, please provide details of who has access to the documents, their contact details and what information they may be able to provide.
Investigation by the employer: if you have referred this complaint to the teacher's employer (eg board of trustees), what was the outcome of the complaint? If you have not referred this complaint to the teacher's employer, what were your reasons for not doing so?
Outcome: Please specify the outcome you wish to achieve by making this complaint.
Sign and date the form
Signature:
Date:
Print name:
The New Zealand Teachers Council normally sends the teacher a copy of all of the initial information that is received concerning him or her, in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993 and the rules of natural justice. The teacher must be given an early opportunity to answer the allegations that have been made against him or her, and an opportunity to correct any information held on his or her file. The New Zealand Teachers Council will not generally consider any documents that the teacher has not seen. If you require any additional clarification of this aspect of the process, please contact the New Zealand Teachers Council.