New Zealand Teachers Council Code of Ethics for Registered Teachers

The overall purposes of the New Zealand Teachers Council Code of Ethics for Registered Teachers are to:

• clarify the ethics of the profession,
  
• inspire the quality of behaviour which reflects the honour and dignity of the profession,
  
• encourage and emphasise those positive attributes of professional conduct that characterise strong and effective teaching,
  
• enable members of the profession to appraise and reflect on their ethical decisions.

Read or download the Code of Ethics:

• Code of Ethics for Registered Teachers (English)
• Ngā Tikanga Matatika (Māori)
• Full Code of Ethics Poster (English)  (pdf 431KB)
• Ngā Tikanga Matatika Pānui (Māori)  (pdf 444KB)

Code of Ethics background information:

• About the NZ Teachers Council Code of Ethics
• Ethical Decision Making
• Background to the development of the Code of Ethics