Teacher Accreditation 2019

1. Teacher Accreditation 2019 Pacific Group of Schools

4. Why this session? • Orientation to TAA processes- within 3 months of arriving at a new school and changing TAA • Consistency across the Pacific Group • A part of AMT • Need to demonstrate this for NESA registration 2019

5. Christ at the Centre • Our call is to glorify God • We can glorify God in our work here • Our teaching is an act of worship • Lets do every part of it with our whole heart • Accreditation is more than compliance

6. The Standards (APST)

7. Professional Knowledge Standard 1 Know Students and how they learn Standard 2 Know the content and how to teach it

8. 1. Know students and how they learn

9. 2. Know content and how to teach it

10. Standards Professional Practice Standard 3 • Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning Standard 4 • Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments Standard 5 • Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

11. 3. Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

12. 4. Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments

13. 5. Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

14. Standards Professional Engagement Standard 6 • Engage in Professional Learning Standard 7 • Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community

15. 6. Engage in Professional Learning

16. 7. Engage professionally with colleagues, carers and the community

17. Teacher Accreditation

19. All teachers require accreditation • Australia wide, Consistent with other professions • Not directly transferable state to state but some states (Queensland and WA) have reciprocal arrangements for teachers with FULL registration status • You will need to seek accreditation again if you leave teaching for a period of more than 5 years.

20. By the end of January: • Log in • Check your employment details • Pay invoice amount • Log PD hours from Conference

21. Teacher Accreditation Pacific Group • Same structure across all Pacific Schools You are either… • A Teacher Seeking Accreditation (TSA) Provisional OR Conditional • A Teacher Maintaining Accreditation (TMA) Proficient

22. Teacher Seeking Accreditation • Teacher Accreditation Policies • AMT Orientation Program • TSA Handbook • TSA Program (regular meetings & separate training – 1year) • TOP Teacher (mentor)

23. Teacher Maintaining Accreditation • This presentation • AMT staff meeting Term 1 (run by the School Accreditation Leader) • Teacher Accreditation Policies (Complispace) • TMA Handbook • Teacher Accreditation Quiz

24. How do I maintain my accreditation? • Pay $100 each year Log your professional learning at the website • 50 hours NESA registered hours • 50 hours Teacher Identified hours

25. Structure at PHCS

26. Structure at Pacific Schools

27. Roles in the process

29. Completing tasks in eTAMS

30. Tasks in eTAMS Please do not start any of these tasks until you are aware of school processes e.g. attesting to your maintenance, supervising a teacher, submitting a PD application etc. • PD • Further study • Attesting to maintenance • Supervisor (new function)

31. Professional Development

32. NESA Endorsed Courses • Offered by TEC, AIS, NESA, Other Providers • Sign on with your eTAMSat the designated tables • Stay for the complete session in order to claim the hours • Complete the evaluation at the end of the session(strategy varies by provider) • After receiving notification from the eTAMS account and evaluate the course within 3 months of completing it (so it’s actually evaluated twice before you “get the hours”)

33. NESA Endorsed Hours e.g.

34. How do I evaluateineTAMS

35. Teacher Identified PD • Much of our School PL will be able to be used where it is not part of your usual work • Network meetings etc. • Casual teachers will have an opportunity to attend TEC PD • Further Study • You can count relevant further study towards all your 100 hours –application form to NESA

36. Teacher Identified Hours

37. What are Teacher Identified hours • Teacher identified PD NESA • Teacher Identified PD covers formal and informal training, courses, workshops, seminars and activities you might attend either in or outside of working hours. • The following activities may also count as Teacher Identified PD: • reflecting on teaching practice • planning for the delivery of professional learning • observing a teacher or colleague’s teaching • attending an education related talk or seminar, for example at a museum or art gallery.

38. How to log Teacher Identified PD

39. Does anyone check? • Yes NESA audits the process • You will have to give your supervisor access to your PD record which shows your evaluation • Auditing of Teacher Accreditation is part of the NESA School Registration Visit So…. Log carefully, with integrity e.g. you can’t log 24 hours for this conference

40. Are NESA hours enough? • You have to get 100 hours over 5 years (full time)- approx. 10 NESA hours +10 Teacher Identified OR • Just 20 NESA hours OR • Further Study • NESA hours of further study can account for the full 100

41. Further Study

42. Further study • If you complete further tertiary study during your maintenance period that aligns with the Standards, you can apply to have your completed study count towards your PD requirements. • Depending on what study you have done, further tertiary study that you have successfully completed within your maintenance period may satisfy the NESA Registered PD requirement for that maintenance period.

43. Pacific Group Procedures • New NESA procedures • Please notify Accreditation leader if you intend to apply to have further study recognised • We can assist • Create a draft as a Word Doc • Upload

44. NESA Procedures- NEW

46. Casual Teachers (with Pacific School as TAA) • Each year you will need to: • Undertake our Annual Mandatory training in relation to Teacher accreditation • Pay your NESA fees and keep your WWCC up to date • Professional Development • A minimum of 50 NESA Registered hours and the rest as Teacher Identified across 7 yearsif you are a casual. • It is your responsibility to identify and undertake relevant PD • As a casual teacher this may incur some costs

47. Leave of Absence Reasons for a leave of absence can include time away from teaching due to: • travelling overseas • teaching overseas • maternity/parental leave • working in a full-time capacity in another industry or sector • relocating or teaching interstate • not working because of family responsibilities, illness or misadventure. • Apply on line in your eTAMS account

48. Maintaining your Accreditation Attest to Proficient Teacher Status at the end of each 5(full time)/7 (part time) year period- just press the submit??????? School procedures • 5 x Staff Appraisal booklets • Meeting with Supervisor, Accreditation Leader and Authorised Delegate • Record of Meeting Then…press submit

49. Further AMT • Staff meeting • Policies - Complispace quiz (complaints, appeals etc) • TMA Handbook (and procedures) • Staff appraisal process

50. What about the Higher Levels of Accreditation ? • The TAA for higher levels of accreditation for all Pacific Schools is AIS - ISTAA • You are then under their policies and procedures for your accreditation • You are supervised by a staff member in that organisation