Save hours of team time with this fully populated Quality Practice Template (QPT) – aligned to the new Teaching Standards and ready to use.
- Designed specifically for NZ ECE services
- Aligned to the 2026 Teaching Standards
- Save hours of rewriting and formatting
- Supports registered teachers and team discussions
- Editable and ready to adapt for your own centre
The Ministry of Education Quality Practice Template is designed to support Element A of the Professional Growth Cycle—helping teaching teams define what quality practice looks like in their setting.
But starting from a blank template can take hours (or days).
This version has been fully completed for you, using realistic, ECE-specific examples aligned to each Teaching Standard—so your team has a clear, practical starting point.
Designed to align with Te Whāriki and Kowhiti Whakapae.
Instead of starting from scratch, your team can review, discuss, and refine this template together—making it meaningful to your own centre while saving significant time.
What’s included:
- Fully populated Quality Practice Template (Word document)
- Aligned to all Teaching Standards and focus areas
- Practical, real-world examples of quality practice and evidence
- Designed for team discussion and adaptation
How to use:
- Use as a starting point for Element A of your Professional Growth Cycle
- Review as a team during staff meetings or PLD sessions
- Discuss, refine, and adapt to reflect your own centre’s practice
- Build shared understanding of what quality practice looks like in your setting
This resource helps you to:
- Save hours of time by not starting from scratch
- Build consistency across your teaching team
- Clearly define quality practice in your own context
- Strengthen Professional Growth Cycle conversations
- Ensure alignment with Te Whāriki and everyday practice
- Gather strong, meaningful evidence for teacher certification
Anna –
When the Teaching Standards were updated along with Licensing Criteria I could feel the weeks of work ahead of me and my team. When I came across ECE Insight’s Quality Practice’s Template I could have cried with joy! Finally an easy to understand template filled with examples! It has been a fantastic starting point and now all we have to do is tweak it for our own centre. It has saved me hours and hours of work.
Leisa’s practical, common sense approach to policy and practice is refreshing and we will definitely be purchasing more products!
100% recommend.
Diane B. –
Fantastic to have this completed template for us to personalise rather than starting from scratch. It is very helpful with the transition from the prior standards work we had done to be able to have a guide on how to translate to the new standards.