victorian institute of teaching principal briefings 2013

Victorian Institute of Teaching

Principal Briefings

2013

Principal briefing 2013

In this presentation…

• Role of the Victorian Institute of Teaching

• Checking registration

• Interaction of the Institute with national initiatives

• Changes to current processes

• Provisional to full registration

• Renewal of registration

• Support

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What is the Institute?

An independent statutory authority regulating the profession in the public interest

Reports to the Victorian Parliament through the Minister responsible for the Teaching

Profession

118,765 registered teachers• 102, 645 with full registration• 1 in 10 with provisional registration

6,991 new registrants:• 4,309 with Victorian qualifications• 756 with interstate qualifications• 1,048 with overseas qualifications

Figures as at 30 June 2012

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What is the Institute?

Regulates the profession by:

• registering teachers in Victoria

• approving initial teacher education programs

• developing, establishing and maintaining standards of professional practice and a professional learning framework

• developing codes of ethics and conduct

• investigating the conduct, competence and fitness to teach of registered teachers.

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Why teacher registration?

Legal obligation

Professional obligation

Shows the community that a teacher is:

•qualified

•meets acceptable standards

•suitable to teachocurrent and satisfactory criminal record checkocharacter reference.

All teachers must hold a current registration card.

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Checking registration

Legal obligation to ensure all teachers employed are registered

•Card – always sight the original

•Letter – when registration has been approved but a card not yet issued

•Public register

•School portal – registration status of teachers in a school (from census data)

www.vit.vic.edu.au

Principals’ hotline: 1300 650 375

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The national environment

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SCSEECStanding Council on

School Education and Early Childhood

SCSEECStanding Council on

School Education and Early Childhood

VICTORIAN MINISTER

Responsible for the Teaching Profession

VICTORIAN MINISTER

Responsible for the Teaching Profession

AITSLAustralian Institute

for Teaching and School Leadership

AITSLAustralian Institute

for Teaching and School Leadership

TEACHER REGULATORVictorian Institute

of Teaching

TEACHER REGULATORVictorian Institute

of Teaching


AITSL

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership:

• a national body

• established to promote excellence in teaching and school leadership

• committed to the key principles of equity and excellence in the education of all young Australians

• does not replace the Victorian Institute of Teaching as the regulator of teachers in Victoria.

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Standards for registration

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4 years tertiary education including at least 1 year initial teacher education

Provisional registration

Provisional Registration

Full Registration

Renewed regularly

(annual process)

Australian Professional Standards for Teachers underpin all requirements

Meets Graduate Teacher Standards

Meets Proficient Teacher

Standards

Maintains Proficient Teacher Standards


The Standards

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• a public statement of what constitutes teacher quality

• describe what all teachers should know and are able to do

• provide a common understanding and language

• capture the complexity of teaching

• help teachers to focus on student learning


The Australian Standards Framework

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Professional Standards for Teachers

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STANDARDS

Know students and how they learn

Know content and how to teach it

Plan for and implement effective

teaching and learning

Create and maintain supportive and safe

learning environments

Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

Engage in professional learning

Engage professionally with stakeholders


What will change for Victorian teachers?

Very little:

‒ Victorian teachers already use standards

‒ provisional to full registration remains school sited and evidence-based

‒ teachers continue to show they have maintained their professional knowledge, practice and suitability through a renewal process

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Timeline for change

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• Last date for PRTs (experienced) to use overseas teaching experience in full reg. application

31 December 201231 December 2012

• New PRTs use new process for full reg.

• Proficient Teacher Standards

• 80 days teaching in Aust/NZ school for full reg.

1 January 20131 January 2013

• Last date for acceptance of full reg. applications using old process

• APST applied to PD for renewal of reg. after this date

30 September 201330 September 2013


Full registration

New teachers are provisionally registered

Supported entry– from their colleagues, from their school, from the profession

Learn to apply their knowledge in practice

Full registration = demonstration of the Proficient Teacher standards

School based evidence of practice

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Requirements for full registration

80 days teaching in Australia/New Zealand

Evidence of professional practice

•a collaborative inquiry approach to develop practice

•references the Proficient Teacher standards

•draws on normal teaching practice

•results in a school recommendation

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Timeline for evidence gathering

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TERM ACTIVITY

1 Meet with mentor (if in school)

Become familiar with classes & school routines

Document evidence about student learning levels and factors affecting learning

Visit other teacher's classrooms

2 Work with mentor to develop practice – classroom visits, professional discussions

Consider students and content to be taught and develop inquiry question

Undertake professional learning related to inquiry

Add to documentation

3 Develop and document action plan drawing on professional learning

With assistance of mentor, implement action plan and assess and revise

Evaluate student learning and document

Reflect on the effectiveness of practice and document

4 Collate evidence and reference against the standards and descriptors

Recommendation meeting with school panel

Apply for full registration

This is a suggested timeline only. Teachers have two years of provisional registration in which to meet the professional standards and apply for full registration.


The recommendation process

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MyVIT – applying for full registration

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PRT starts form

Submits to school portal

Principal logs in and completes rec. report

Submits to teacher portal

PRT completes form and submits to Institute

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The school recommendation

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Outcome• recommendation for full registration or• continuation of provisional registration

• copy of report provided to PRT after meeting

Full registration• Institute grants full registration• audit of evidence• review of evidence requested where disagreement

with school recommendation


Renewal of registration

Requirement

Application to continue registration based on maintenance of:

• Suitability to be a teacher‒ current and satisfactory National Criminal History

Record Check‒ declarations related to suitability

• Professional practice

‒ days teaching, equivalent practice or educational leadership

‒ hours professional development activities

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Does not apply to people registered with:

•Provisional registration

•Permission to teach

•Non-practising registration.

Renewal applies to teachers with full registration.

Teachers renewing their registration may be expiring from a renewal period of:•five years; or

•twelve months.

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Changes

• Transition from five-year to annual process

• Australian Standards referencedat the proficient teacher levelfrom 1 October 2013

• Other policy changes to be advised

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Key renewal of registration statistics

118,765 registered teachers

Renewal of registration:

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Transition to annual renewal period –teacher numbers renewing

YEAR Annual expiry 5 year expiry Total to renew

30 Sept 2013 14,449 71,808 86,259

30 Sept 2014 86,259 8,601 94,8601

30 Sept 2015 94,860 8,745 103,605

30 Sept 2016 103,605 2,971 106,576

Data accurate at 17/1/2013Figures do not account for new full registration applications and registration attrition after 17/1/2013



Process to renew registration

1. Payment of annual fee

2. Updating of National Criminal History Record Check where required

3. Online renewal application form - self declarations

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Compliance

Audit process

Expectation that teachers renewing can provide evidence to support their declarations

Random selection of teachers to provide evidence of:

• days teaching, equivalent practice or educational leadership

• hours of standards referenced PD activities

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Professional practice for renewal

Currency of practice

At least 10 days of teaching, equivalent practice or educational leadership annually or 50 days in 5 years

Equivalent practice •teachers working in alternative teaching settings or related fields of education

•a clear relationship between the work and the professional practice standards

Educational leadership•teachers in leadership roles both in and out of schools

•a clear relationship between the work and the professional standards

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Professional practice for renewal

Professional knowledge and practice At least 20 hours of standards referenced PD activities that updates knowledge about content, practice and/or pedagogy annually or 100 hours in 5 years

•Teachers select the activities that support their knowledge and practice

• Activities should relate to the teaching context

•Teachers record their activities

•Teachers identify the contribution of the selected activities to their professional learning

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Making the pieces fit

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Aust. Teacher Performance &

Development Framework

Australian ProfessionalStandards for

Teachers


How will we support these changes?

• Teacher guide for PRTs and mentors

• Mentor training

• Dedicated website for PRTs and mentors

www.vit.vic.edu.au/prt/

• Seminars for PRTs preceded by principal briefings

• Direct communication with teachers and school leaders

• Web-based information www.vit.vic.edu.au

• Online application forms

• MyVIT teacher portal

• Professional Practice

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Contacting the Institute

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Rhonda McPhee 8601 5841 [email protected]

Dawn Colcott 8601 5842 [email protected]

Keith Woodward 8601 5846 [email protected]

George Grosios 8601 5843 [email protected]

Fran Cosgrove 8601 5840 [email protected]

Victorian Institute of TeachingLevel 24, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000PO Box 531 Collins Street West, Victoria 8007T 03 8601 5800 F 03 8601 5801W www.vit.vic.edu.au© June 2011

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