AITSL believes that supporting and promoting teacher and school leader professional learning is essential to the nation’s efforts to drive equity and excellence for all young Australians. In this way, AITSL contributes actively to young Australians achieving the goals established in the Melbourne Declaration as successful learners, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens.
The implementation of national professional standards for teachers and principals, the agreement to establish national accreditation of initial teacher education programs and support for nationally consistent teacher registration and certification of highly accomplished and lead teachers are significant steps; but not sufficient.
AITSL is committed to working in collaboration with stakeholders across school education sectors and systems in Australia to nurture a nation-wide, high-achieving and vibrant professional learning culture in school education.
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Draft Australian Charter for the Professional Learning of Teachers and School Leaders
On 28 October 2011, AITSL released a draft Australian Charter for the Professional Learning of Teachers and School Leaders for national consideration and discussion.
AITSL is seeking feedback on the Charter and advice from the profession, interested stakeholders and the broader community about how best it can support the establishment of a vibrant national professional learning culture.
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 Draft Charter - (2011) 762KB PDF
Specific consultation and engagement opportunities and activities will be advertised broadly. If you would like to provide feedback to AITSL on the draft Charter or any aspect of its work in professional learning for teachers and school leaders, please send us an email at professionallearning@aitsl.edu.au.
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Support for excellence in professional learning
AITSL’s national work on professional learning will help all Australian teachers and school leaders close any gaps between the latest research and their professional learning choices and practices and thus contribute to achieving better outcomes for all Australian school students.
AITSL will further promote excellence in professional learning by providing and promoting access to tools, materials and research that will support teacher and school leader learning and improvement.
To inform its work, AITSL commissions research and evaluation studies on key aspects of professional learning. Additional reports commissioned by AITSL will be added here as they become available.
Professional learning - An introduction to the research literature (2010) – Lloyd and Mayer 622KB PDF
A background paper to inform the development of a national professional development framework for teachers and school leaders (2011) – Timperley 405KB PDF
Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change - Literature Review (2011) – Gilbert 748KB PDF
Professional learning programs
AITSL also demonstrates its commitment to innovative and effective professional learning and promotes excellence in teaching and school leadership by commissioning a limited number of quality professional learning programs to develop the capability of teachers and potential, emerging and current school leaders.
AITSL is currently working with the Stronger Smarter Institute at the Queensland University of Technology to develop an online professional learning module to assist teachers and leaders to make a difference in Indigenous education outcomes at their school and in their community.