Final Report on the Validation of the NSW Professional Teaching Standards

Abstract

The research documented in this final report represents a broad, extensive and intensive program of professional standards validation conducted through the completion of two interrelated studies. These studies are referred to throughout this report as the Preliminary Study and the Main Study. These two studies used a number of procedures that permitted a triangulation of research findings and the extensive analysis of perspectives from stakeholders. In addition, the research procedures were designed, within the approved budget, to meet fully the specifications laid out by the Interim Committee for a NSW Institute of Teachers (referred to as the Committee in the remainder of this document) in its Guidelines for the Submission of Tenders: Validation Study. The Draft Professional Standards for NSW Teachers (Draft Standards) validated by this research project were prepared under four headings that reflect four career stages of teachers. The first stage, Graduate Teacher, represents the standards of teaching practice expected of graduates of initial teacher education programs, including requirements for professional experience in schools, that would enable graduates to teach in primary and secondary schools in NSW.