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Maintenance of Proficient Teacher Accreditation
Maintenance of Proficient Teacher Accreditation
Maintenance of accreditation occurs every 5 years if you are working full time and every 7 years if you are working part time.
Teachers who are not working with NESA Curriculum, should either place themselves on leave of absence or take up the new Non-Practicing Teacher Accreditation as it becomes available.
The process for maintaining accreditation is a direct transaction between the teacher and NESA.
Shortly before your accreditation due date, NESA will contact each teacher directly to remind you that your maintenance is due with details of how to maintain your accreditation.
What are the Teacher's Responsibilities?
What are the Teacher's Responsibilities?
It is the responsibility of each teacher to:
Ensure their contact details are correct in etams
Keep up to date with emails from NESA regarding their accreditation
Ensure that PD requirements are being met in an ongoing manner across the five year maintenance period (7 Year part time)
Maintain a log of Professional Learning
Submit your maintenance, within 3 months of your accreditation due date, according to the guidelines which NESA will provide.
Keep the PL Log in case of NESA Audit, for 12 months post re-accreditation
Pay the annual accreditation fee
Maintain a current Working with Children Check
Update your accreditation details in HERO (click here for instructions)
What is Pymble's Role?
What is Pymble's Role?
The College will:
Provide access to professional learning opportunities that support the strategic goals of the college and develop teacher practice
Provide a log for each teacher where they can record and download their Professional Learning (in Term 1, Week 4 & 5 of 2025 this log is being updated - you can still enter PL and request a record however your latest PL update might not be included in your record until the update has been completed) or
you may choose to use this log created by NESA - https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/bdcd9ebc-8231-4552-89ea-708410843b9d/elective-pd-log-template.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=
Ensure teachers have maintained their Working With Children Check
Meet its obligations to inform NESA if a teacher is no longer maintaining Proficient Teacher Standards or if they have breached the suitability to teach guidelines as outlined in the NESA Teacher Accreditation Manual.
To support teachers in maintaining their accreditation the Director of Professional Learning will:
Email teachers that they are within 3 months of needing to maintain their accreditation.
Send a reminder email approximately one month prior to an accreditation due date, if the accreditation has not yet been submitted to NESA.
How many hours of Professional Learning do I need to complete?
How many hours of Professional Learning do I need to complete?
To maintain your accreditation you must complete 100 hours of professional learning across the maintenance period.
Approved PD activities
Approved PD activities
This list of PD activities can be used by teachers to identify, engage in and log PD to meet their maintenance of accreditation requirements. The list is organised by the activity types represented in the Framework diagram. The list is not exhaustive, and teachers may engage in other forms of PD. Teachers are encouraged to engage in a variety of PD types but there are no minimum requirements.
This list of PD activities can be used by teachers to identify, engage in and log PD to meet their maintenance of accreditation requirements. The list is organised by the activity types represented in the Framework diagram. The list is not exhaustive, and teachers may engage in other forms of PD. Teachers are encouraged to engage in a variety of PD types but there are no minimum requirements.
PD activity type PD activity examples
Aboriginal and/or On Country learning
Torres Strait Islander Cultural responsiveness and cultural safety training
learning experiences Collaborating with local Aboriginal Elders and/or community members on planning and programming
Engaging with local Aboriginal Elders and/or community members in relation to cultural protocols
Development of, and activities to support, whole school/service initiatives, such as a
Reconciliation Action Plan
Action learning Classroom/learning environment observations
Learning walks
Inquiry cycles
Quality Teaching Rounds
Coaching and mentoring Pre-service teacher supervision
Early career teacher mentoring
Coaching
Collegial mentoring
Instructional coaching cycle
Courses Courses developed by sectors, employers, professional teacher associations, teacher unions and other PD providers
NESA Learning (e.g., credentialing, disability provisions, training for HSC exam development and
marking, training for NAPLAN, NSW Curriculum update training, Proficient Teacher and HALT
orientation, HALT Applicant, Accreditation Supervisor orientation, Making consistent Proficient
Teacher accreditation decisions)
Conferences and lectures
Courses in the priority areas
Seminars and webinars
Further study Micro-credentials
Post graduate study in education or a field related to teaching area
Further education with relevancy to teaching and learning
VET training to enable delivery of VET courses to students
One post-graduate unit equates to 50 hours
Mandatory training Employer mandated courses or compliance training e g , anaphylaxis, CPR, first aid, child protection, fraud and corruption, professional responsibilities
Professional commitment Contributions to pilots, trials, projects or sector initiatives
and leadership Research for delivery of PD
Participation on advisory boards
Professional writing
Professional learning Collaborative learning activities
communities Structured professional conversations focusing on improving practice
Professional learning networks
Research-based activities Action research
Professional writing
Professional reading of education-based journal articles, professional reports, research papers,
books, academic podcasts or texts
School/service based Culturally relevant pedagogies
professional development Internal PD sessions and guest speakers
PD in response to identified school/service priorities
What activities are not PD?
What activities are not PD?
Professional development is any activity where you learn new skills or practices that are related to the Standards. Roles and responsibilities that are part of your duties as a teacher are not counted as PD. For example, you cannot record:
programming and planning
administrative staff meetings
event coordination and excursions
writing student/child reports
marking and moderating
extra-curricular commitments or planning
coaching or leadership of student/child initiatives
creation of, or collaboration on, individual learning plans
parent/carer-teacher interviews and meetings
trade union training
courses unrelated to teaching or curriculum
FAQ
FAQ
Where can I locate Professional Learning?
Where can I locate Professional Learning?
It is anticipated that Pymble teachers will engage in a range of learning opportunities to ensure that they are meeting the requirements for Teacher Accreditation.
The College aims to provide a wide range of professional learning opportunities.
Pymble also provides access to external professional learning courses which are advertised regularly in the PL update, as well as by line managers. They can be applied for using the procedure at this link.
Additionally, online and self paced courses can be found at the links below:
To access these courses please:
Log into the NESA Learning Hub using your eTAMS log in details
Sign in directly with any courses which you wish to complete.
Once complete these courses will appear in your eTAMS account.
This list has a mixture of free, low cost and high cost courses that are either online or face to face. To access these courses please:
Discuss the course with your line manager for initial approval
Enrol in the course once you have final HERO approval
How do I request a leave of absence from NESA?
How do I request a leave of absence from NESA?
For any queries regarding your etams account contact NESA at:
For any queries regarding your etams account contact NESA at:
Proficient teacher and maintenance of accreditation: PTenquiry@nesa.nsw.edu.au
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