AITSL Standards
AITSL Standards
Areas Standards
Items Standard 1, Standard 2, Standard 3, Standard 4, Standard 5, Standard 6, Standard 7
Dated Friday, 22 November 2013
Professional Knowledge
Standard
Know students and how they learn
Focus area Career stages
Graduate
Proficient
Highly Accomplished Lead
1.1 Demonstrate knowledge Use teaching strategies Select from a flexible Lead colleagues to
Physical, social and and understanding of based on knowledge of and effective repertoire select and develop
intellectual physical, social and students’ physical, of teaching strategies to teaching strategies to
development and intellectual development social and intellectual suit the physical, social improve student learning
characteristics of and characteristics of development and and intellectual using knowledge of the
students students and how these characteristics to development and physical, social and
may affect learning. improve student characteristics of intellectual development
learning. students. and characteristics of
students.
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1.4 Demonstrate broad Design and implement Provide advice and Develop teaching
Strategies for knowledge and effective teaching support colleagues in programs that support
teaching Aboriginal understanding of the strategies that are the implementation of equitable and ongoing
and Torres Strait impact of culture, cultural responsive to the local effective teaching participation of
Islander students identity and linguistic community and cultural strategies for Aboriginal Aboriginal and Torres
background on the setting, linguistic and Torres Strait Strait Islander students
education of students background and Islander students using by engaging in
from Aboriginal and histories of Aboriginal knowledge of and collaborative
Torres Strait Islander and Torres Strait support from community relationships with
backgrounds. Islander students. representatives. community
representatives and
parents/carers.
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Standard
Know the content and how to teach it
Focus area Career stages
Graduate
Proficient
Highly Accomplished Lead
2.1 Demonstrate knowledge Apply knowledge of the Support colleagues Lead initiatives within
Content and teaching and understanding of the content and teaching using current and the school to evaluate
strategies of the concepts, substance strategies of the comprehensive and improve knowledge
teaching area and structure of the teaching area to knowledge of content of content and teaching
content and teaching develop engaging and teaching strategies strategies and
strategies of the teaching activities. to develop and demonstrate exemplary
teaching area. implement engaging teaching of subjects
learning and teaching using effective,
programs. researchbased learning
and teaching programs.
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Islander people to and Torres Strait and Torres Strait respect for Aboriginal understanding of and
promote Islander histories, Islander histories, and Torres Strait respect for Aboriginal
reconciliation cultures and languages. cultures and languages. Islander histories, and Torres Strait
between Indigenous cultures and languages. Islander histories,
and nonIndigenous cultures and languages.
Australians
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Professional Practice
Standard
Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
Focus area Career stages
Graduate
Proficient
Highly Accomplished Lead
3.1 Set learning goals that Set explicit, challenging Develop a culture of high Demonstrate exemplary
Establish challenging provide achievable and achievable learning expectations for all practice and high
learning goals challenges for students goals for all students. students by modelling expectations and lead
of varying abilities and and setting challenging colleagues to encourage
characteristics. learning goals. students to pursue
challenging goals in all
aspects of their
education.
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Select and use of a range of resources, use a range of create, select and use a and lead colleagues in
resources including ICT, that resources, including ICT, wide range of selecting, creating and
engage students in their to engage students in resources, including ICT, evaluating resources,
learning. their learning. to engage students in including ICT, for
their learning. application by teachers
within or beyond the
school.
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7
Standard
Create and maintain supportive and safe learning
environments
Focus area Career stages
Graduate
Proficient
Highly Accomplished Lead
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safety wellbeing and safety within school by implementing current wellbeing policies and
working within school implementing school school and/or system, safe working practices
and/or system, and/ or system, curriculum and using current school
curriculum and curriculum and legislative requirements and/or system,
legislative requirements. legislative requirements. to ensure student curriculum and
wellbeing and safety. legislative requirements
and assist colleagues to
update their practices.
9
Standard
Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
Focus area Career stages
Graduate
Proficient
Highly Accomplished Lead
5.1 Demonstrate Develop, select and use Develop and apply a Evaluate school
Assess student understanding of informal and formal, comprehensive range of assessment policies
learning assessment strategies, diagnostic, formative assessment strategies and strategies to
including informal and and summative to diagnose learning support colleagues with:
formal, diagnostic, assessment strategies needs, comply with using assessment data
formative and to assess student curriculum requirements to diagnose learning
summative approaches learning. and support colleagues needs, complying with
to assess student to evaluate the curriculum, system
learning. effectiveness of their and/or school
approaches to assessment
assessment. requirements and using
a range of assessment
strategies.
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learning and modify subject/content, evaluating learning and external student
teaching practice. identifying interventions teaching, identifying assessment data to
and modifying teaching interventions and improve teaching
practice. modifying teaching practice.
practice.
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Professional Engagement
Standard
Engage in professional learning
Focus area Career stages
Graduate
Proficient
Highly Accomplished Lead
6.1 Demonstrate an Use the Australian Analyse the Australian Use comprehensive
Identify and plan understanding of the role Professional Standards Professional Standards knowledge of the
professional learning of the Australian for Teachers and advice for Teachers to plan Australian Professional
needs Professional Standards from colleagues to personal professional Standards for Teachers
for Teachers in identify and plan development goals, to plan and lead the
identifying professional professional learning support colleagues to development of
learning needs. needs. identify and achieve professional learning
personal development policies and programs
goals and preservice that address the
teachers to improve professional learning
classroom practice. needs of colleagues and
preservice teachers.
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Apply professional understanding of the learning programs to evaluate the and lead strategies to
learning and improve rationale for continued designed to address effectiveness of teacher support highquality
student learning professional learning identified student professional learning professional learning
and the implications for learning needs. activities to address opportunities for
improved student student learning needs. colleagues that focus on
learning. improved student
learning.
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Standard
Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and
the community
Focus area Career stages
Graduate
Proficient
Highly Accomplished Lead
7.1 Understand and apply Meet codes of ethics Maintain high ethical Model exemplary ethical
Meet professional the key principles and conduct established standards and support behaviour and exercise
ethics and described in codes of by regulatory authorities, colleagues to interpret informed judgements in
responsibilities ethics and conduct for systems and schools. codes of ethics and all professional dealings
the teaching profession. exercise sound with students,
judgement in all school colleagues and the
and community contexts. community.
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professional teaching and community community networks and and associations and community networks and
networks and broader representatives in forums to broaden build productive links support the involvement
communities broadening teachers’ knowledge and improve with the wider of colleagues in external
professional knowledge practice. community to improve learning opportunities.
and practice. teaching and learning.
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