Validation of Teacher Standards
AITSL has been commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) to validate the newly drafted National Professional Standards for Teachers. The Standards provide a key building block in raising the quality of teaching across Australia.
Any interested teachers outside the schools targeted for participation in the online surveys are invited to take part in Study two which will go live on 8 October 2010. The survey will be available on the SiMERR website: http://www.une.edu.au/simerr between 8 October and 29 October 2010.
National Professional Standards for primary teachers
AFSSSE is assisting Teaching Australia to achieve wide engagement with primary teachers and principals in the development of national professional standards for advanced primary teaching.
Teaching Australia has provided AFSSSE with materials to facilitate the consultation process. These include:
- Draft National Professional Standards for accomplished primary teaching
- Focus questions and feedback on professional knowledge
- Focus questions and feedback on professional practice
- Focus questions and feedback on professional leadership
The key elements of AFSSSE’s work are to:
- plan and conduct consultation activities during June and July 2009
- compile and submit a consultation report to Teaching Australia by 31 July 2009 including:
- feedback on the draft primary teaching standards from each consultation activity
- a final report on the project including an analysis of the feedback.
The activities organised by AFSSSE included:
Online consultation |
Primary teachers and teacher educators around Australia |
July 2009 |
Lunch time focus group discussions |
Primary teachers and school administrators within selected primary schools |
June and July 2009 |
Expert groups – response to questionnaire and teleconference |
Invited experienced teachers and administrators interviewed |
July 2009 |
AFSSSE newsletters / conferences / workshops |
Information circulated through the AFSSSE network |
June and July 2009 |
Further details about AFSSSE's role in relation to the national professional standards for advanced primary teaching are available from AFSSSE's Executive Officer, Sandra Kenman at kenman@edserve.com.au.