AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS

STANDARDS AT THE GRADUATE TEACHER LEVEL

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE


1 2
Know students and how
they learn
1.1
Physical, social and
intellectual
development and
characteristics of
students
Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of physical,
social and intellectual
development and
characteristics of students
and how these may affect
learning.
1.2
Understand how students
learn Demonstrate
knowledge and
understanding
of research into how
students learn and the
implications for teaching.
1.3
Students with diverse
linguistic, cultural,
religious and
socioeconomic
backgrounds
Demonstrate knowledge of
teaching strategies that are
responsive to the learning
strengths and needs of
students from diverse
linguistic, cultural, religious
and socioeconomic
backgrounds.
1.4
Strategies for teaching
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander students
Demonstrate broad
knowledge and
understanding of the impact
of culture, cultural identity
and linguistic background on
the education of students
from Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander backgrounds.
1.5
Differentiate teaching to
meet the specific learning
needs of students across
the full range of abilities
Demonstrate knowledge
and understanding
of strategies for
differentiating teaching to
meet the specific learning
needs of students across the
full range of abilities.
1.6
Strategies to support
full participation of
students with disability
Demonstrate broad
knowledge and
understanding of
legislative requirements
and teaching strategies
that support participation
and learning of students
with disability.
Know the content and
how to teach it
2.1
Content and teaching
strategies of the teaching
area Demonstrate
knowledge and
understanding of the
concepts, substance and
structure of the content and
teaching strategies of the
teaching area.
2.2
Content selection and
organisation
Organise content into an
effective learning and
teaching sequence.
2.3
Curriculum, assessment
and reporting
Use curriculum, assessment
and reporting knowledge to
design learning sequences
and lesson plans.
2.4
Understand and respect
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people to
promote reconciliation
between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous
Australians
Demonstrate broad
knowledge of,
understanding of and
respect for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
histories, cultures and
languages.
2.5
Literacy and numeracy
strategies
Know and understand
literacy and numeracy
teaching strategies and
their application in
teaching areas.
2.6
Information and
Communication
Technology (ICT)
Implement teaching
strategies for using ICT to
expand curriculum learning
opportunities for students.
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
3 4 5 6 7
Plan for and implement Create and Assess, provide feedback Engage in Engage
effective teaching and maintain and report on student professional learning professionally with
learning supportive and learning colleagues,
safe learning parents/carers and
environments the community
3.1 4.1 5.1 6.1 7.1
Establish challenging Support student Assess student learning Identify and plan Meet professional
learning goals participation Demonstrate understanding professional ethics and
Set learning goals that Identify strategies of assessment strategies, learning needs responsibilities
provide achievable to support including informal and formal, Demonstrate an Understand and apply
challenges for students inclusive diagnostic, formative and understanding of the the key principles
of varying abilities and student summative approaches to role of the Australian described in codes of
characteristics. participation and assess student learning. Professional Standards ethics and conduct for
engagement in for Teachers in the teaching
classroom identifying professional profession.
activities. learning needs.
3.2 4.2 5.2 6.2 7.2
Plan, structure and Manage Provide feedback to Engage in Comply with
sequence learning classroom students on their learning professional learning legislative,
programs activities Demonstrate an and improve practice administrative and
Plan lesson sequences Demonstrate the understanding of the Understand the organisational
using knowledge of capacity to organise purpose of providing relevant and requirements
student learning, content classroom activities timely and appropriate appropriate sources of Understand the
and effective teaching and provide clear feedback to students about professional learning relevant legislative,
strategies. directions. their learning. for teachers. administrative and
organisational policies
and processes
required for teachers
according to school
stage.
3.3 4.3 5.3 6.3 7.3
Use teaching strategies Manage Make consistent and Engage with Engage with the
Include a range of challenging comparable judgements colleagues and parents/carers
teaching strategies. behaviour Demonstrate understanding improve practice Seek Understand
Demonstrate of assessment moderation and apply constructive strategies for
knowledge of and its application to support feedback from working effectively,
practical consistent and comparable supervisors and sensitively and
approaches to judgements of student teachers to improve confidentially with
manage challenging learning. teaching practices. parents/carers.
behaviour.
3.4 4.4 5.4 6.4 7.4
Select and use Maintain student Interpret student data Apply professional Engage with
resources safety Demonstrate the capacity to learning and professional
Demonstrate Describe strategies interpret student assessment improve student teaching networks
knowledge of a range that support data to evaluate student learning and broader
of resources, including students’ wellbeing learning and modify teaching Demonstrate an communities
ICT, that engage and safety working practice. understanding of the Understand the role
students in their within school and/or rationale for of external
learning. system, continued professionals and
curriculum and professional learning community
legislative and the implications representatives in
requirements. for improved student broadening teachers’
learning. professional
knowledge and
practice.
3.5 4.5 5.5
Use effective classroom Use ICT safely, Report on student
communication responsibly and achievement Demonstrate
Demonstrate a range of ethically understanding of a range of
verbal and non-verbal Demonstrate an strategies for reporting to
communication strategies understanding of the students and parents/ carers
to support student relevant issues and and the purpose of keeping
engagement. the strategies accurate
available to support and reliable records of
the safe, responsible student achievement.
and ethical
use of ICT in
learning and
teaching.
3.6
Evaluate and improve
teaching programs
Demonstrate broad
knowledge of strategies
that can be used to
evaluate teaching
programs to improve
student learning.
3.7
Engage parents/carers
in the educative process
Describe a broad range of
strategies for involving
parents/carers in the
educative process.