Await NESA's accreditation decision

NESA's decision

The final part of the process is NESA's accreditation decision. NESA makes a decision within 28 days of receiving your principal's/service director's attestation.

NESA's decision to maintain your HALT accreditation will be based on your:

• completed HALT Maintenance of Accreditation Report (PDF 386.42KB)
• principal's/service director's attestation
• record of NESA Accredited PD in eTAMS.

Starting a new maintenance period

NESA will notify you of the accreditation decision by email.

If we decide that you have maintained your accreditation, you will start a new maintenance period the day after your current period ends.

Unsatisfactory performance

Your principal/service director may attest that either your:

• performance is unsatisfactory
• report does not reflect practice at the relevant career level of HALT.

NESA will:

1. Contact all of your nominated referees.
2. Contact you and your principal/service director, requesting further information and documentation to inform our decision.
3. Review all relevant documentation.
4. Make an accreditation decision within 28 days of the attestation.
5. Advise you of the decision.

NESA decides not to maintain your accreditation at HALT

NESA may decide that you have not maintained your practice at HALT. If you have time left in your maintenance timeframe, several options are available to you.

Return to Proficient Teacher

You may choose to stop maintaining accreditation at HALT and return to accreditation at Proficient Teacher.

To do so, you must:

• meet the maintenance requirements at Proficient Teacher
• notify NESA in writing of your decision.

Your maintenance end date will not change.

Resubmit

You can resubmit your HALT maintenance to a different principal who you have worked with during your maintenance period. They can then consider your report.

Apply for an extension

If you are close to, or have reached, the end of your maximum timeframe you may have grounds apply to NESA for an extension (PDF 223.05KB).

Suspension of HALT

If you have reached the end of your maintenance timeframe and NESA finds that you have failed to maintain your accreditation, we will issue 14 days' written notice of our intention to suspend your HALT accreditation.

The 14 days' written notice period includes school holidays and employer shutdown periods.

A NESA officer will provide you with further advice about next steps.

Apply for a review

If a decision is made that you have not maintained your accreditation, you can apply to NESA for an internal review.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you can apply to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) to review NESA's decision.