As of 16th August 2024, the professional development (PD) requirements for NSW accredited teachers has changed to reduce unnecessary burden on teachers maintaining their professional knowledge and practice. These changes remove the Elective and Accredited Professional Development (PD) categories, giving NSW teachers greater flexibility in completing their required 100 hours of PD.
According to the NSW Education Standards Authority, the changes recognise the professionalism of NSW teachers, who typically exceed the required 100 hours of PD across various activities. The new rules apply to all NSW teachers who hold Proficient, Highly Accomplished, or Lead Teacher accreditation and are actively maintaining it.
- Complete Accredited PD across the four mandatory priority areas
- Write evaluations for any Accredited PD courses they complete
- Align PD activities against the 37 Standard Descriptors, instead aligning them with one or more of the 7 Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
You can now use all employer mandated training aligned to the Standards towards your 100 hours.
NESA has developed the NESA Professional Development Framework to help you select, implement and reflect on effective PD activities.
The requirements for Proficient, Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers are now the same. Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers no longer have minimum professional commitment requirements.
NESA is currently re-developing eTAMS to reflect these changes. You can continue to log PD in eTAMS or offline and submit your maintenance of accreditation when due and once you complete 100 hours of PD. All PD activities already logged will count towards your required PD hours.
For more information, please read the following: Changes To Professional Development Requirements
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