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Resource teachers of Māori are by far the most commonly used form of in-servicesupport accessed by informants.TABLE 14: TYPES OF IN-SERVICE SUPPORT/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTINFORMANTS HAVE USED/PARTICIPATED INIn-service supportsResource Teachers of Māori 10Resource Teacher: Learning and Behaviour 3Advisors 1Professional development opportunitiesLiteracy (including reading) 16Reo Māori 12Networking 10Taiao/Enviro Ed/sport/health/mahi toi 8Numeracy 8Marautanga 8Whakapiki, pedagogy (2nd language acquisition) 7Assessment 5Special needs/behaviour management 3Te Kotahitanga 3NCEA 3Management 2ICT 1Total 100Rate of access(preceding threeyears) %Q4 Why did you select that in-service support or professional development opportunity?We were interested why teachers choose to participate in professional development.Accordingly, this question looked at the motivation/rationale behind informants’ decisionsto undertake professional development or use in-service supports.Informants identified a wide range of reasons, and often multiple reasons for why theychoose to participate in professional developments or use in-service supports.The two most common reasons for undertaking professional development/using inservicesupports identified by almost 43% of informants are; the desire to build capacityand skills for use in the classroom; and to improve reo Māori skills. The next two mostcommon reasons are to address specific areas of need (31.4%) and because it iscompulsory (25.7%).35