The following samples are from a single school context, and reflect some ways teachers have approached the accreditation process. Each sample reflects a different subject area and adheres to the guidelines provided by NESA. All samples are from staff who have used the online submission process.
The NESA website includes the relevant policies on the process of Accreditation. Individual school sectors will realise the principles and procedures of these policies within their context. Regardless of school sector, the process of achieving Accreditation at Proficient can be guided by the following:
Pay Accreditation fee of $100
5 – 8 pieces of evidence. Collect as you work.
Minimum requirement is ONE descriptor from each standard across the pieces of evidence.
Emphasis is on quality not quantity.
Each item of annotated documentary evidence that a teacher submits to finalise accreditation must not exceed 10MB in size. A teacher’s documentary evidence as a whole must not exceed 35 single-sided pages.
Generally, people will use 2 - 4 standard descriptors on each piece of evidence.
The evidence illustrates the teacher’s practice across the entirety of the selected Standard Descriptors, ie the focus area and the actions identified by the verbs in each of the selected Standard Descriptors.
Annotations make an explicit connection between the evidence, the descriptor(s) and your work/practice. Think of an annotation as an opportunity to tell a story about your work.
Can address multiple standard descriptors in one annotation.
Can’t copy the language of the standard verbatim.
The samples below demonstrate how some teachers have effectively annotated their evidence.
The samples to the right have been kindly shared by each staff member. Please be respectful as you view and reflect on these samples, remembering each staff member has spent time to compile their evidence for the purposes of meeting the accreditation requirements.