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Maintaining Accreditation


NSW is in a phase of transition to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers that have been agreed to by all Australian states and territories. Use of the Australian standards commenced in 1 October 2012 and is being phased in during 2013 and 2014.The NSW Institute of Teachers will continue to be the organisation managing teacher accreditation. The requirements for accreditation are relatively unchanged from the current process. The roles of teachers, supervisors, principals and school education directors in the accreditation process have not changed.It is expected that most teachers will move to use of the Australian standards during 2013. Teachers who are in the earlier stages of the process of working with their supervisors to prepare for accreditation should use the Australian standards. However, if required, the NSW standards can still be used up until the end of 2014 to support teachers at different stages of their preparation and accreditation, in accordance with the information on the Department’s website.The two sets of standards are very similar in how they describe the work of a teacher. Using the Australian standards in schools will not be very different to using the standards of the NSW Institute of Teachers.Note that the name //National Professional Standards for Teachers// has been changed to //Australian Professional Standards for Teachers//. Some documents continue to refer to national standards.Human Resources Directorate has prepared some advice on the transition to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. It is available on the Department’s intranet at https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/lists/directoratesaz/humanresources/schoolteachers/transition/index.htm Contact Human Resources Directorate on 02 9561 8273 or email nationalstandards@det.nsw.edu.au for further information.