describe the essential professional knowledge in practice and professional relationships and values required for effective teaching
promote high-quality teaching and leadership for all learners across all education settings
set the standard expected for teachers to be issued with a practising certificate
provide a framework to guide our career-long professional learning and development as a teacher
promote the status of the teaching profession through making explicit the complex nature of teachers’ work
strengthen public confidence in the teaching profession
It is understood that high-quality practices will generate naturally occurring evidence that can be used for discussion and analysis. For the purposes of appraisal, it is not expected that teachers would need to identify evidence of individual elaborations; however, the evidence of the quality of their practice would need to be sufficient to reflect the standard.