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Implementing the Revised NZ Teacher Standards for 2026

Barbara Watson takes us through implementing the Revised NZ Teacher Standards to set you up for success in 2026.
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The Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand has released the revised Teacher Standards, set for implementation throughout 2026 - and with them comes a fresh opportunity to strengthen teaching practice across your team.
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As a professional leader or principal, you play a pivotal role in translating these new standards into meaningful practice. This is more than a compliance exercise — it’s about helping your teachers understand what’s new, align their work with the changes, and see how the standards connect to their daily teaching and Professional Growth Cycles (PGCs).

Presented By

Barbara Watson (Ph.D)

Webinar Duration

Approximately 45 minutes

Skill Level

Suitable for all ECE leaders and managers

What will you learn?

In this recorded webinar, Dr Barbara Watson;

  • Unpacks the revised Teacher Standards and what’s changed
  • Explores what these changes mean for leaders and teachers
  • Shares practical strategies for embedding the standards into your key documents, professional learning, and daily practice

This session will give you the clarity and confidence to lead implementation in 2026 — ensuring the new standards are lived, not just written.
Certificate of completion provided for your professional learning records

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About the presenter

Barbara Watson (PhD)

PhD; MEdAdmin; BEd (ECE); Dip.Tchg (Primary)

Barbara is a qualified early childhood and primary teacher and has owned and managed early childhood centres. Having worked as part of the EC Professional Support team at the Faculty of Education for 7 years, she has strong links with The University of Auckland. While in this role Barbara facilitated a variety of workshops and programmes for a wide range of ECE services and also lectured on a number of ECE papers.

Barbara has a passion for supporting teachers to make effective links between theory and practice. Her Masters thesis focused on leadership and adult education and her PhD investigated how induction and mentoring programmes are enacted in education and care services. Barbara works with centre leaders as a mentor, coach and external appraiser. 

What others said about this webinar:

Thanks for the clear and easy-to-follow rundown of the 2026 Standards. You explained the shifts in a really accessible way, and your examples kept everything grounded and practical. A really helpful session
— LYN
Really enjoyed hearing ideas about how to implement this with your team. Loved the idea about matching and will do this with my team at our staff hui in the new year.
— KRISTINA
Love the way you did the comaprison between the old and new and how that looks and the guidance for presenting it to your team is great too. Thanks
— LEDEVIA

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