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Commit to professional practice

Descriptor | Statements | Underpinning knowledge and skills

Descriptor

This standard covers the requirements for reflecting critically on professional practice, establishing professional learning goals, planning and undertaking learning and development and participating in the extended professional community.

Statements

12.1	Reflect critically on professional practice.
12.2	Contribute to learning communities and other professional networks.
12.3	Participate in school governance.
12.4	Meet ethical, accountability and professional requirements.

Further details of statements and related indicators can be found in the Professional Standards for Teachers: Guidelines for Professional Practice (new window) 495k

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Underpinning knowledge and skills

This aspect of professional practice is informed by a knowledge and understanding of:

policies developed by Education Queensland (including Department of Education Manual), the Board of Teacher Registration, and the school, on accountability, and ethical and professional conduct;
strategies for reflective practice;
skills to access major areas of current research in education, including information and communication technologies
learning and development programs, activities and resources;
professional bodies and organisations with the capacity to support learning and development activities;
professional associations;
professional and community networks;
staff/team/work-group dynamics;
research techniques;
teamwork techniques;
problem-solving strategies;
communication and negotiation techniques;
school decision-making processes;
school-management and organisational structures;
ways of sourcing information on educational trends, innovations and issues;
mentoring/coaching techniques;
support services and resources.

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