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The Australian Professional Standard for Principals Presentation by Keren Caple Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership MATSITI School Leaders Forum | 16 October 2014 www.matsiti.edu.au/events/leaders
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The Australian Professional Standard for Principals
Keren CapleAustralian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
MATSITI School Leaders Forum | 16 October 2014www.matsiti.edu.au/events/leaders
AITSL’s mission is to promote excellence in teacher and school leader practice for the benefit of
all young Australians
AITSL …
• defines and maintains national standards for teachers and principals
• leads and influences improvement and innovation in teaching and school leadership
• supports, recognises and extends high quality professional practice
Australian Professional Standard for Principals
Vision and
values
Knowledge and
understanding
Personal qualities,
social and interpersonal
skills
Professionalpractices
Leading teaching and learning
Developing self and others
Leading improvement, innovation and change
Leading the management of the school
Engaging and working with the community
High quality learning, teaching
and schooling
The standard for principals : The role in action
Leadership requirements
Successful learners, confident creative
individuals and active informed citizens*
Context: School, sector, community: socio-economic, geographic: and education
systems at local, regional, national and global levels
The Standard - impact
For individual leaders:
o provided a common language of leadership
o enabled better understanding of the role
o focused leaders own professional learning
For systems:o influenced current system initiativeso shaped professional learning frameworks o reflected in workforce policies and processes
360o Reflection Tool - development
o directly linked to the Standard
o supported by broad consultation
o launched 2013 – extensive uptake from school and system leaders
o resource for aspiring and current leaders
360o Reflection Tool
School leader - individual registration
o Assists in gaining an understanding of the components of leadership, current skills and individual capacity
o Provides a road map for
ongoing professional development
System leader – group registration
o Linked to school leader network or education system
o Enables group leaders to define learning needs
o Assists to focus future professional learning opportunities
360o Reflection Tool User Guide
User Guide includes:
o overview of the process
o assistance to interpret feedback
o an action planner
12
Leadership Strengths - Australian school leaders
What’s next?
o 1,100+ leadership resources
o full electronic format
o local and international
journals
o reports and articles
o topical reading lists
o websites/multimediao Monthly eNews links
http://clearinghouse.aitsl.edu.au/
School Leadership Clearinghouse
(soon to be renamed School Leadership e-Collection)
Teaching and learning tools and resources
o My Standards app
o Classroom Practice Continuum
Teaching and learning tools and resources
Teacher Toolkit
o Self-Assessment Tool
o Illustrations of Practice
o Teacher Toolkit
Connecting with AITSL
www.aitsl.edu.au
www.facebook.com/aitsl
@aitsl
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