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Support teachers to meet their professional development requirements
PD supports continual growth
Access to high-quality PD opportunities is key for a teacher’s professional growth and maintenance of accreditation.
Through ongoing PD activities, teachers update their knowledge and skills in:
- pedagogy
- curriculum
- learning and assessment
- wellbeing and safety.
This allows teachers to have the greatest impact on improving student/child learning.
PD requirements
A Proficient Teacher must complete a minimum of 100 hours of PD within their maintenance period.
The 100 hours must consist of:
- a minimum 50 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD
- the balance of the 100 hours can be any combination of NESA Accredited PD and Elective PD.
Mandatory priority areas
To maintain accreditation, teachers must complete NESA Accredited PD in these 4 priority areas:
- delivery and assessment of the NSW Curriculum/Early Years Learning Framework (as applicable)
- student/child mental health
- students/children with disability
- Aboriginal education and supporting Aboriginal students/children.
Optional priority area
There is also an optional priority area:
- leadership to support learning outcomes of students/children.
Elective PD
Elective PD is flexible and helps teachers meet their professional needs by choosing topics relevant to them. This allows them to direct their own learning, accounting for their:
- context
- prior knowledge
- personal interests.
Teachers can follow the guidelines to plan their Elective PD.
You are not required to monitor the teacher’s Elective PD record. It is the teacher’s responsibility to:
- keep a record of any Elective PD completed
- provide the record to NESA if they are randomly selected for an audit.