Accreditation
NSW Department of Education: School Services Directorate
School Services - Learning, Teaching and Leading Team
Essential Links
The Teacher Quality Advisors created this page with links to key documentation to support you in the accreditation process across all career stages.
Please feel free to contact one of the team members in your school area for further assistance. Our contact details are at the end of the flyer - just keep scrolling down.
Accreditation at Proficient Teacher | NESA: Proficent Teacher Accreditation PolicyThis policy describes the requirements for gaining accreditation to teach in NSW at the Proficient Teacher career stage of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Dated January 2018 | NESA: The Australian Professional Standards for TeachersThe Australian Professional Standards for Teachers - do not use the ones from the AITSL website as they use a different numbering system. |
Accreditation at Proficient Teacher
NESA: Proficent Teacher Accreditation Policy
This policy describes the requirements for gaining accreditation to teach in NSW at the Proficient Teacher career stage of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Dated January 2018
NESA: The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers - do not use the ones from the AITSL website as they use a different numbering system.
NESA: Proficient Teacher Support Document: Examples of Practice | NESA: Evidence Guide for the Proficient Teacher StandardsProvides examples of evidence that could be submitted for each Standard descriptor. | NESA: Proficient Teacher Evidence Guide: Casual Teachers |
NESA: Evidence Guide for the Proficient Teacher Standards
Provides examples of evidence that could be submitted for each Standard descriptor.
NESA: Proficient Teacher Evidence Guide: Casual Teachers
NESA: Teacher Accreditation Observation ReportTeachers must submit a report on an observation of their teaching practice to finalise their accreditation at Proficient Teacher. A report on an observation can be submitted using this template or in any format a teacher/supervisor chooses, provided that the required information is provided. | NESA: Accreditation at Proficient Teacher Report | NESA: Proficient Teacher Supervisor Report Samples |
NESA: Teacher Accreditation Observation Report
Teachers must submit a report on an observation of their teaching practice to finalise their accreditation at Proficient Teacher.
A report on an observation can be submitted using this template or in any format a teacher/supervisor chooses, provided that the required information is provided.
TQAs: Sample Cover Page and Layout | NESA: Proficient Teacher Annotation Samples | TQAs: Standard Descriptor Tracking Spreadsheet for Proficient |
Teaching Standards in Action | Strong Start, Great Teachers | DoE Intranet: Teacher Accreditation |
Teaching Standards in Action
DoE Intranet: Teacher Accreditation
Early Childhood Teachers
NESA: Proficient Teacher Evidence Guide: Early Childhood Teachers | NESA: Early Childhood Teachers Accreditation | NESA Contacts: Early Childhood TeachersNESA Senior Policy Officers supporting Early Career Teachers: Meg Madden and Megan Jones 1300 739 338 |
NESA: Proficient Teacher Evidence Guide: Early Childhood Teachers
NESA Contacts: Early Childhood Teachers
NESA Senior Policy Officers supporting Early Career Teachers: Meg Madden and Megan Jones 1300 739 338
Maintenance of Accreditation
Maintenance of teacher accreditation at Proficient, Highly Accomplished and Lead TeacherAll teachers accredited at Proficient, Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher must maintain their accreditation to continue to teach in any NSW school. | NESA: Maintenance of Teacher Accreditation PolicyNESA Maintenance requirements (the NSW Department of Education 'Maintenance of teacher accreditation at Proficient, Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher' refers to this policy). Dated January 2018 | NESA: Professional Development: Maintenance |
Maintenance of teacher accreditation at Proficient, Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher
All teachers accredited at Proficient, Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher must maintain their accreditation to continue to teach in any NSW school.
NESA: Maintenance of Teacher Accreditation Policy
NESA Maintenance requirements (the NSW Department of Education 'Maintenance of teacher accreditation at Proficient, Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher' refers to this policy).
Dated January 2018
NESA: Professional Development: Maintenance
Specific Roles and the Accreditation Process
Administering Accreditation NESA: Information for Principals and their Delegates | NESA: Advice to School Counsellors |
Administering Accreditation NESA: Information for Principals and their Delegates
ALIA Schools: AITSL Standards for teacher librarian practice The document, AITSL Standards and teacher librarian practice has been developed to assist principals, teacher librarians, and school communities. *Please note, the AITSL numbering system, which is different to the NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, is used in this document. | Teacher of the Deaf Elaborations of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers The document, Teacher of the Deaf Elaborations of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers has been developed to assist principals, teachers of the deaf, and school communities. *Please note, the AITSL numbering system, which is different to the NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, is used in this document. |
ALIA Schools: AITSL Standards for teacher librarian practice
*Please note, the AITSL numbering system, which is different to the NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, is used in this document.
Teacher of the Deaf Elaborations of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
*Please note, the AITSL numbering system, which is different to the NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, is used in this document.
The Higher Levels of Accreditation
Accreditation of Teachers at Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher
NESA: Policy for Accreditation at Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher (2016)
NESA: Evidence Guides and Assessment Rubrics for Highly Accomplished and Lead
TQAs: Highly Accomplished and Lead Administration Essentials
Map out your evidence with these handy mapping tools:
Highly Accomplished and Lead Audit and Evidence Record
Other useful links:
Professional Standards & Accreditation Officers
Ann Gibney: ann-maree.gibney@det.nsw.edu.au (46 332 711)