Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

APST presentation slide

The greatest resource in Australian schools is our teachers.
They account for the vast majority of expenditure in school education and have the greatest impact on student learning…
(Jensen 2010)

The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers contribute to the professionalism of teaching and raise the status of the profession, from graduate to lead teacher.

Seven standards outline what teachers should know and be able to do. They are grouped into three domains of teaching:


Phases of teacher career development

Australian Professional Standards for TeachersThis diagram provides an overview of the career development phases of the Professional Standards from Graduate to Lead Teacher.

Further information about the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers is available on the AITSL website.

References

Jensen, B 2010 What teachers want: Better teacher management, Grattan Institute, p. 5, viewed 18 August 2016, 
<http://grattan.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/033_report_what_teachers_want.pdf>