Professional Knowledge

Standard 1
Standard 2
Know students and
Know content and
how they learn
how to teach it
Physical, social and Content and
intellectual
teaching strategies
development and
of the teaching area
characteristics of
Content selection
students
and organisation
Understand how
Curriculum,
students learn
assessment and
reporting
Students with
linguistic, cultural, Understand and
religious and
respect Aboriginal
socioeconomic
and Torres Strait
backgrounds
Islander people to
promote
Strategies for
teaching
reconciliation
Aboriginal and
between
Torres Strait
Indigenous and
Islander students
non-Indigenous
Australians
Differentiate
teaching to meet
Literacy and
the specific
numeracy
learning needs of
strategies
students across the Information and
full range of
Communication
abilities.
Technology (ICT)
Strategies to
support full
participation of
students with
disability

Department of Education (2015)

Standard 3
Plan for and
implement effective
teaching and learning
Establish
challenging
learning goals
Plan, structure and
sequence learning
programs
Use teaching
strategies
Select and use
resources
Use effective
classroom
communication
Evaluate and
improve teaching
programs
Engage
parents/carers in
the educative
process

Professional Practice
Standard 4
Create and maintain
supportive and safe
learning
environments
Support student
participation
Manage classroom
activities
Manage challenging
behaviour
Maintain student
safety
Use ICT safely,
responsibly and
ethically

Standard 5
Assess, provide
feedback and report on
student learning
Assess student
learning
Provide feedback to
students on their
learning
Make consistent and
comparable
judgements
Interpret student
data
Report on student
achievement

Professional Engagement
Standard 6
Standard 7
Engage in
Engage professionally
professional learning
with colleagues,
parents/carers and
Identify and plan
the community
professional
learning needs
Meet professional
ethics and
Engage in
responsibilities
professional
learning and
Comply with
improve practice
legislative,
administrative and
Engage with
organisational
colleagues and
requirements
improve practice
Engage with the
Apply professional
parents/carers
learning and
improve student
Engage with
learning
professional
teaching networks
and broader
communities

Institute for Professional Learning