Queensland College of Teachers

Achievement of the Standards

The process of moving to full registration is built on an assumption of ongoing collegial professional discussions between the provisionally registered teacher and other teachers and administrators in the school/setting(s).

Examples of practice should be used to demonstrate achievement across the standards. These may be selected from those gathered across a number of schools/settings. This provides flexibility for teachers who are not in full-time employment, or teachers who move across locations, to demonstrate attainment of the standards.

Examples of practice should be verified by the relevant person at the time (e.g. by the principal, deputy principal, head of curriculum, head of department, fully registered mentor teacher). The provisionally registered teacher should provide a declaration that examples of practice used to demonstrate achievement of the standards are their own work unless otherwise appropriately acknowledged.

It is necessary for the person reviewing the teacher's practice and completing the recommendation report, such as a principal to have adequate knowledge upon which to base their judgment. They will need to have access to a range of information provided by the provisionally registered teacher, which may be from experience across a number of schools/settings. This should include:

• reports on observed teaching by a mentor/experienced teacher/principal or their nominee
• examples of a planning/teaching/learning/assessing/reporting cycle and analysis (annotation) to link with the professional standards
• involvement in collegial and collaborative teaching activities
• records of guided reflection on professional practice and development against the standards