Understand the structure, domains and key focus areas of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
What are the Teacher Standards?
The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers outline what teachers should know and be able to do at different stages of their career. There are 7 Teacher Standards and they are interconnected, interdependent and overlapping.
The Teacher Standards are grouped into 3 domains of teaching:
Professional Knowledge
Professional Practice
Professional Engagement
Each Teacher Standard is broken down into specific focus areas, which include more detail about each domain. These focus areas are then separated into descriptors at 4 professional career stages: Graduate, Proficient, Highly Accomplished and Lead.
Explore the Standards
The Teacher Standards can be explored in different ways. You can look across a single focus area to see how it develops across career stages, or look at one career stage to see what’s expected from a teacher at that level. For more information about the domains, descriptors and career stages, visit the National Framework.
The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers were developed through extensive research, expert input, and a nationwide consultation. The process built on the work of previous national frameworks and agreements.
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More than 120 submissions
From the Federal, State and Territory governments and regulatory authorities, education unions, professional peak bodies, individual schools and teachers
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Nearly 6,000 teachers & principals
From across Australia helped test and validate the Teacher Standards through surveys and focus groups
AITSL would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who contributed to shaping the Teacher Standards.
