A proposal to make teachers prove themselves before they can gain full registration isn't getting a gold star in Rotorua.
The Education and Science Select Committee has recommended that teachers should only be awarded full registration after two years employment and only if they have shown they've consistently
raised the achievement of their students.
It's envisaged the system would apply to all teachers.
John Paul College physical education teacher Anna Bourke says the current way of assessing new teachers is good and doesn't need changing.
While she could understand why the recommendation was made, she wondered how the assessment would be done.
"It would be really, really hard to analyse."
She is in her second year of teaching and is set to become fully registered at the end of the year.
Under the current scheme, Miss Bourke is assessed by her head of department. She said she believed it worked because the head teacher could see the work she did both in and out of the classroom and was able to assess her teaching abilities and achievements.
"They're there every day. They see you from 8 to 3," Miss Bourke said.
Principal Patrick Walsh said there was more to a student's success than the people teaching them.
"I think it's a laudable objective ... [but] all teachers strive to raise achievement," Mr Walsh said.
Schools should not be blamed for students' lack of achievement as parents also needed to support them at home, he said.
"If you don't have parental support, if you have parents on P or on alcohol ... it's hard to made an educational difference," Mr Walsh said.
Students who achieved the most tended to have parents who worked with schools, he said.
"It's a partnership between the home and the school."
He said money for adequate staffing and resources was also something that should be recommended to the Government. He said it was recommended there be one teacher for every 26 students but the reality was more like 30 students.
