1. ICTEV international
delegation
Keren Caple
General Manager
8 October 2012

2. AITSL works with the education community to:
 Define and maintain standards
 Lead and influence improvement
 Support and recognise quality
We don’t...
 Act as a regulator
 Produce educational resources for use
by children
 Employ teachers
 Formulate the national curriculum

5.  Public statement
 Common understanding and language
 Intended for every teacher of every child
 Define the work of teachers and make explicit
the elements of high quality, effective teaching
in 21st Century schools
 Dual purpose – improvement and accountability
 Map career progression

6.  7 standards grouped into 3 domains
• Professional knowledge – 2 standards
• Professional practice – 3 standards
• Professional engagement – 2 standards
 Each standard broken into between 4 and 7
focus areas
 Each focus area differentiated at 4 career
stages (descriptors)
• Graduate, Proficient, Highly Accomplished, Lead

7. Standards for Teachers -
improvement
 Professional learning
 Peer coaching / observation
 Self assessment
 Career progression

9.  Relevant
 Collaborative
 Future Focussed

11.  Creating a culture of improvement, feedback
and growth for all teachers within all schools
 Recognises the entitlements of teachers to
receive feedback and support

15. Instructive – questions to
prompt reflection
Standards referenced:
• One career stage
• Multiple focus areas
Links to the Australian
Curriculum where
relevant
Information about the
school context and
geographical location
Information about the
lesson intentions
Information about the
students

25. Standards for Teachers -
accountability
Graduate
Proficient
Highly
Accomplished
Lead
Accreditation of initial
teacher education
Registration
Re-registration
Certification
Certification
Mandatory
Voluntary

26. Registration
Full registration
 Evidence against the Proficient Standards
 Within 5 years of employment
 No less than 80 days of professional practice
 Suitability requirements
Renewal of registration
 100 hours of Standards-referenced
professional learning over 5 years
 Maintain proficiency and suitability

28. Certification of Highly Accomplished &
Lead Teachers
 Recognise and promote quality teaching
 Provide an opportunity for teachers to reflect
on their practice
 Provide a reliable indication of quality
teaching that can be used to identify,
recognise and/or reward Highly
Accomplished and Lead teachers

31. Context: School, sector, community: socio-economic, geographic: and education
systems at local, regional, national and global levels
High quality
learning,
teaching
and
schooling
Successful
learners,
confident
creative
individuals
and active
informed
citizens*
The standard for principals : The role in action
Vision
and
values
Knowledge
and
understanding
Personal
qualities,
social and
interpersonal
skills
Professional
practices
Leading teaching and learning
Developing self and others
Leading improvement, innovation and change
Leading the management of the school
Engaging and working with the community
Leadership requirements

32.  interactive
 up-to-date repository of the latest research and
best-practice in the field of school leadership
development
 designed especially to support the learning and
growth of leaders in Australian schools

33. • Matrix
• Activity cards
• Scenarios
• iTunes Application:
www.aitsl.edu.au
 School Leaders
 Roadshow
itunes.com.au/apps
• 360° refelction tool
• More resources to support the principal to
implement the National Professional Standards
for Teachers
Coming soon

35. aitsl.edu.au & newsroom.aitsl.edu.au/
teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au
teacherfeature.aitsl.edu.au
iTunes U > Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
youtube.com/aitsleduau