Quality teaching modules

Improve your teaching practice and maximise impact on learners by demonstrating the Standards.

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These interactive and self-directed modules guide users through the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (the Standards), effective approaches to professional development and ways to demonstrate proficiency against the Standards.

The modules are relevant to:

  • All teachers, from early childhood to secondary school.
  • All leaders who support the professional growth of teachers.

Intended learning outcomes

The modules aim to enhance teachers’ and leaders’ knowledge, understanding and application of the Standards to enable growth-focused evaluations of practice, as well as support improved teaching effectiveness for greater impact on learners.

How to use

The modules are designed for you to use in whatever way best meets your needs. You can complete in order or jump to specific sections, working at your own pace. All of the modules can be completed online or downloaded to be completed offline. The download will capture any text entered on the page, so you can save your answers.

MODULE 1

Understand the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (the Standards)

Description

Module 1 unpacks the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (the Standards). These modules aim to strengthen your understanding and application of the Teacher Standards so you can evaluate practice for professional growth.

Audience

  • All teachers
  • Leaders (including emerging leaders) and mentors

Estimated duration

Approximately 3 hours

Learning sequence

  1. Introducing the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

    Learn more about the Standards and what it means for your practice and quality teaching in Australia.

    55-70 mins

  2. How are the Standards structured?

    Learn how to describe teaching practice using the three domains and four career stages in the Standards

    50-65 mins

  3. How and why does the language of the Standards change across the career stages?

    Reflect on the lexical patterns across the four career stages of the Standards to better understand the different expectations of each career stage.

    75-90 mins

  4. How can leaders use the Standards to support teachers?

    Learn how to better support and mentor teachers in understanding and applying the Standards to their practice and education setting.

    25-40 mins

MODULE 2

Understand effective approaches to professional development

Description

Module 2 unpacks national performance and development frameworks. These modules aim to strengthen your understanding and application of high-quality professional learning approaches, to enable you to evaluate practice for professional growth and nurture a nationwide, high-achieving and vibrant professional learning culture.

Audience

  • All teachers
  • Leaders (including middle leaders) and professional learning coordinators

Estimated duration

Approximately 3 hours

Learning sequence

  1. How do the national frameworks support professional development?

    Learn more about the purpose and benefits of two national performance and development frameworks, and what they mean for your professional development.

    75-90 mins

  2. What is high-quality professional learning, and how can it support the development of effective teaching?

    Reflect on different types of professional learning and what it means to engage in high-quality professional learning.

    45-60 mins

  3. How can leaders support a high-quality professional learning culture?

    Understand how to lead and enable high-quality professional learning in your education setting using different approaches and resources.

    60-75 mins

MODULE 3

Applying the development cycle to demonstrate proficiency against the Standards

Description

Module 3 guides you to apply the essential elements contained within the Performance and Development Cycle. The modules guide teachers to better demonstrate proficiency against the Standards and empower leaders/mentors to better support staff development.

Audience

  • All teachers
  • Leaders (including middle leaders) and mentors

Estimated duration

Approximately 4 hours

Learning sequence

  1. What is reflection and goal setting and why is it important?

    Understand the importance of reflective practice in your role and context and further develop your goal-setting process.

    90-100 mins

  2. What is the role of evidence in effective teaching practice?

    Learn more about effective teaching practice and how to collect quality evidence for evaluating practice.

    80-100 mins

  3. How to use effective feedback practices to support professional development

    Understand the role of feedback in improving teaching practice and learn how to evaluate and improve existing feedback practices.

    45-60 mins

  4. How can mentors/leaders support the implementation of the development cycle?

    Learn more about the role of mentors and leaders in supporting staff professional development and their use of evidence to demonstrate proficiency.

    90-100 mins