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TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONAL LEARNERSTeachers need opportunities to reflect on their practice in the context ofprofessional standards and identify areas of professional knowledge and

practice they would like to develop.

STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FOR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION

PROFESSIONALKNOWLEDGE

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PROFESSIONALENGAGEMENT

1.Knowstudentsand howthey learn

2.Know thecontent andhow toteach it

3.Plan for andimplementeffectiveteaching &learning

4.Create &maintainsupportive &safe learningenvironments

5.Assess,providefeedback &report onstudentlearning

6.Engage inprofessionallearning

7.Engageprofessionallywithcolleagues,parents/carersand thecommunity

Figure 1 Standards of Professional Practice

When teachers engage in professional development activities and are given opportunity to reflecton new knowledge and how it might apply to their classroom practice and their school contextthen professional learning is most likely to occur. Learning is also facilitated when there areopportunities to share knowledge and practice with colleagues.

Figure 2: The relationship between standards, professional development activities and teacher practice

A defined quantity and scope of professional development activities, which reference the

standards, provide the best demonstration of the maintenance of professional practice forteachers to renew their registration. Of those professional development activities, it is important

that teachers are provided with access to research based knowledge and information about

current development in teaching and learning. This allows teachers to remain up-to-date andassess the value of new research and knowledge as it relates to their practice. It also emphasizesthe importance of connecting with the broader educational community.

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RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION FOR TEACHERS WITH FULL REGISTRATION

•  applies to all teachers who have full registration

•  depending on when a teacher gains full registration:

 

for teachers registered before 1 January 2011, following completion of any five year

renewal period occurs annually

  for teachers registered after 1 January 2011, following full registration the first renewalwill generally be the 30 September of the next year and then annually

•  is a retrospective process

•  is the responsibility of each registered teacher

•  requires teachers to demonstrate that they have maintained:

  their suitability to be a teacher, including fitness to teach

  their professional practice having regard for the standards of professional practice

THE SCOPE AND QUANTITY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Professional development activities that are referenced to the standards of professional practice

These activities are identified by teachers as contributing to their professional learning.

They can be undertaken individually and collaboratively within and external to a school orworkplace and support and develop teacher knowledge, practice and/or well being as they

relate to the standards of professional practice.

These activities encompass a wide range of formal and informal activities that teachersundertake.

When teachers identify the activities that contribute most to their professional learning, they are

articulating where their professional knowledge and practice has been supported or enhanced.

This assists teachers to identify their future needs.