Teacher practice improvement tool

The Teacher Practice Improvement Tool (TPIT) provides a point of reference for teachers to reflect on their current practices and identify areas for professional growth. 

What is it that highly effective teachers do that makes a difference to student outcomes? The TPIT sets out to answer this question. It describes the practices of highly effective teachers, based on an extensive review of international research.  

The TPIT provides a point of reference for teachers to reflect on their current practices and identify areas for professional growth. Research shows the profound impact teachers can have on student outcomes.  

Highly effective teachers are driven by a moral imperative and personal commitment to improve student learning. They deeply consider who they are, and who they want to be as a teacher. They are confident in their individual and collective ability to make a positive difference to every learner.  

As skilled professionals, they create a culture of high expectations in their classrooms, plan systematically for learning, optimise learning environments, and draw on a rich repertoire of evidence-informed pedagogical practices to engage and empower learners. Continuously evaluating their impact on student learning and refining their teaching practices are career-long commitments.  

The TPIT does not describe everything effective teachers do but focuses on those practices that, from evidence, have been demonstrated to make a difference to outcomes for learners.