Teacher effectiveness training: inducting industry trainers for success

In contrast to education's compulsory sectors, tertiary teachers in New Zealand are not required to have any formal teaching qualification. The authors note that this is especially endemic in vocational training organisations, where industry expertise is highly valued, and often the key requirement for teaching appointments. This report documents the history, process and outcomes of a research project designed to assist vocational education providers to improve the way in which they transition newly recruited teaching staff from different industries to teaching in a classroom environment. Members from five private training establishments (PTEs) developed a proposal to share resources and create an induction pack which they, and other vocational educators, could adapt easily to suit their own organisational context.

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