Kiwi teachers “very capable” say parents

<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Teachers will welcome a new report finding that 90 per cent of parents in New Zealand consider their child&&num;8217&semi;s teacher to be &&num;8220&semi;very capable&&num;8221&semi;&comma; says NZEI Te Riu Roa president Louise Green&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mediareleases&period;cmail19&period;com&sol;t&sol;r-l-yhlhhjiy-dkehkkyid-n&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">The ASG Parents Report Card<&sol;a> just released also found that 87 per cent of parents believe that their child’s teacher is highly educated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This supports the findings of an <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mediareleases&period;cmail19&period;com&sol;t&sol;r-l-yhlhhjiy-dkehkkyid-p&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">OECD study<&sol;a> earlier this year&comma; which showed that New Zealand teachers are among the most professional in the world&period; Unlike many countries&comma; that quality is consistent across schools&comma; regardless of decile&comma;” said Ms Green&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In the ASG study&comma; eleven per cent parents rated their child’s teacher as capable or below&comma; with some raising concerns about teachers being &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;bogged down” in the curriculum&comma; or a lack of training to deal with different educational needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The report suggested that the concerns of parents could also highlight a gap in their understanding of what teachers do in the classroom&comma; and proposed that involving parents more  in  their  children’s  day-to-day  learning  could change such parental perceptions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;