the Australian teacher performance and development framework is based on the
best national and international approaches to performance and
development the endorsement of the national framework by education
ministers recognises improving teaching as a crucial focus for all schools and
teachers and as a primary lever in improving student outcomes the framework
calls for the creation of a performance and development culture in all
Australian schools and identifies what is needed to build that culture so an
effective performance and development culture incorporates obviously a focus
on student outcomes a very clear understanding of effective teaching
strong leadership flexibility to apply in a range of circumstances and it must
link to and be coherent with all of the other things that happen in the school
having such a framework supports the teacher in ensuring that they are giving
the students in their care the best possible teaching and learning
opportunities that they can high-quality teaching is very very important
definitely because um you know that's the place where we first get information
from and so if you don't understand a topic first off it's harder to build on
those concepts later in life Australia now has national professional standards
for teachers which outlined what teachers should know and be able to do
at four career stages the professional standards give teachers a map if you
like to really focus their teaching practice to be reflective of their own
practice to have evidence to support that practice and then to look forward
to okay this is where I want to be the national professional standard for
principals makes clear the role of the principal in leading teaching and
learning developing self and others and leading improvement in a school school
leadership supports performance and development within the school but I see
a performance and development in school really supporting teachers to
become leaders flexibility is central to a performance and development culture as
schools vary widely and their existing approaches this framework describes the
elements of an effective approach to teacher performance and development but
also acknowledges that these elements will look different in each school the
framework will be most effective in implementation when it has coherence
with other processes such as school goals and system initiatives teacher
registration and certification our approach to appraisal and professional
development is very much linked to our strategic plan and where we want ahead
it's very much linked to that strategic priority of teaching and learning to
promote genuine professional conversations and practices that improve
teaching a teacher needs to understand what's expected of them they need
support to grow and then in feedback on how they're gone so the framework
incorporates a performance and development cycle that includes each of
those elements the goal can be related to something in the teacher standards
that they like to focus on it can be related to our annual action plan it can
be related to system goal or it can be related to some professional learning
that they've just been engaged in accompanying the framework ministers
have also endorsed the Australian charter for the professional learning of
teachers and school leaders the Charter identifies high-quality professional
learning as being relevant collaborative and future focused to improve their
practice and inform their growth and work out the sorts of professional
learning that are going to be most beneficial teachers need to collect and
reflect on evidence students should provide feedback to their teachers
because it lets them know what the students want in their learning so we
get to observe others and their style of teaching and then sit back and reflect
on what we've seen and relate it to our goal and be able to continue to learn
from what we're seeing even though I'm not a beginning teacher I still really
and value any feedback from my colleagues that can
help improve my teaching and possibly help improve theirs as well everything
we do here is based on improving our performance both of the children and the
staff and myself too so everything is about performance and development the
whole way through teachers and school leaders across Australia do an amazing
job each and every day so it's with a real sense of optimism that we look
ahead to win a strong professional performance and development culture is
the norm in every school with the benefits experienced by every young
Australian
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