Network of Education Associations of
Tasmania
November 14 2013
 Connecting policy platforms to teacher and principal
activity
 New work from AITSL
 Communication networks
• The Standard is a public statement which sets out what Principals
are expected to know, understand and do.
• It is represented as an integrated model.
• The Standard aims to:
• define the role and unify the profession nationally
• describe professional practice in a common language
• make explicit the role of quality school leadership in raising
standards for the 21st century
Context: School, sector, community: socio-economic, geographic: and education
systems at local, regional, national and global levels
The standard for principals : The role in action
Leadership requirements
Professional
practices
Vision
and
values
Knowledge
and
understanding
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
Personal
qualities,
social and
interpersonal
skills
High quality
learning,
teaching
and schooling
Successful
learners,
confident
creative
individuals
and active
informed
citizens*
• Developed to support the knowledge and skills of
emerging, aspiring, practicing and experienced school
leaders
• Includes two broad areas:
• research repository
• community resources database
• recently upgraded
• advanced searching and
browsing
• links from relevant research to
the APSP
• monthly Reading Lists
• social media sharing
clearinghouse.aitsl.edu.au
www.aitsl.edu.au/360
The 360o Reflection Tool will provide principals opportunity to:
• reflect on their leadership capacity
• monitor change in their leadership behaviour and actions
• learn more about their strengths
• better understand and explore opportunities for improvement
• gather critical feedback on their performance
• use that feedback to reflect on their leadership and develop a
leadership action plan
• use the feedback as one element of their professional appraisal
• plan professional learning and development opportunities for
themselves.
 Teaching quality is the most significant
in-school factor affecting student
outcomes
 Students with a highly effective teacher
learn twice as much as students with a
less effective teacher
B Jensen, Better teacher appraisal and feedback, Grattan Institute, 2011
A week in the life of a teacher
Lyndall is a primary school teacher
working in the outer suburbs of
Hobart. She has been a teacher for 7
years and has a range of leadership
responsibilities.
Preparation and Selection
Lyndall is preparing for a pre service
teacher based in her classroom for
six weeks as part of their practicum
placement. This is a new experience
for Lyndall and she is not familiar
with the Graduate career stage of
the Standards.
Professional Learning

preparing to supervise a
preservice teacher

mapped to the
Australian Professional
Standards for Teachers

free and open to any
education professional

complete anytime,
anywhere

four modules,
accessed in any order

content is accessed
through enquiry based
questions

film and audio
resources support
learning

forums embedded to
share learning
Induction and Personalised
Support
Lyndall is a mentor to a provisionally
registered teacher in her school. The
teacher is in their second year of
teaching and is working towards full
registration
Self Assessment Tool (SAT)
 Teachers situate themselves in the Standards
 Formative tool used by teachers considering
Certification
 Professional Learning Planner
SAT Results
 supports the
provisionally
registered teacher to
self identify areas for
development
required to meet the
Proficient Career
Stage
 a professional
learning planner to
support teacher’s
meet performance
and development
goals based on the
Standards and
aligned to school
goals
Illustrations of Practice
 bring the standards
to life
 situate teachers
within the Standards
 a resource to support
professional learning
 basis for discussion
and reflection
Learning and Development
Lyndall has a role to play in
coordinating the professional
learning program for her team. She
has been made aware via her
Twitter feed of resources to support
implementing the Standards on the
AITSL website.
Resources
Performance Management and
Feedback
Lyndall is working with the
leadership team implementing the
performance management
framework within the school.
Having found the resources page
on the AITSL website she is keen to
further explore what material is
available.
Performance and Development
Framework
 Appraisal, feedback and
professional learning are powerful
drivers of improvement
 When done well teachers view
appraisal and feedback positively
and see it as fair and helpful
BUT ...
 63% of teachers believe that appraisals are done purely
to meet administrative requirements
 61% of teachers believe that the review of teachers’
work has little impact on classroom teaching
OECD Reviews of evaluation and assessment in education:
Australia, 2009
 99.8% of teachers had a satisfactory performance
review, yet principals estimated 30% were
underperformers
Grattan Institute (Better Teacher Appraisal and Feedback): Australia, 2011
Recognition Reward and Career
Growth
Lyndall is continually improving
and developing professionally and
is looking towards career
progression. She is thinking about
pursuing certification at the Highly
Accomplished or Lead career
stage.
Certification
 recognise and promote
quality teaching

opportunity for teachers to
reflect on practice

reliable indication of quality
teaching used to identify,
recognise and/or reward
Highly Accomplished and
Lead teachers
Certification Evidence
 Provides detailed examples
Self Assessment Tool
Where am I
within the
teacher
Standards?
What evidence
can I use for
Certification?
Teacher Toolkit
One place to locate all practical
and interactive resources
supporting teacher quality
Teacher Feature
Great Teaching Ideas
Student Voice
 Three places for teachers
to join education
conversations and share
ideas
 Based on the Australian Professional
Standards for Teachers
 An important tool for ensuring an effective
performance and development culture within
schools
 Part of the Certification process
 The Australian
Professional
Standards for
Teachers available on
mobiles and tablets
 A resource to collect
and annotate
evidence aligned to
the Standards
 A newly launched project focussing on student
engagement in learning
 Developing professional practices to support the
successful delivery of the Australian Curriculum in
an increasingly digital and globalised environment
Communications
www.teacherfeature.aitsl.edu.au
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likes
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followers
Connecting with AITSL
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