Conceptualising a voluntary certification system for highly accomplished teachers

Conceptualising a voluntary certification system for highly accomplished teachers

Mayer, Diane 2009, Conceptualising a voluntary certification system for highly accomplished teachers Teaching Australia – Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited, Australia.

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Title	Conceptualising a voluntary certification system for highly accomplished teachers
Author(s)	Mayer, Diane
Publication date	2009
Total pages	17
Publisher	Teaching Australia – Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited
Place of Publication	Australia
Summary	In this paper I argue that a voluntary certification system for highly accomplished teachers must be part of a coherent system of professional accountability which is developed, implemented and managed by the profession. This would be a system that engages professional judgement of evidence provided by teachers in relation to their professional knowledge and practice, and professional standards for teaching would provide the organising framework for that judgment. It would be a system incorporating and aligning all forms of professional licensure, including entry into the profession and subsequent professional milestones. It would be a system that all partners in the profession across Australia—employers, professional associations, and registration authorities—endorse, participate in and align with. The profession can take the lead in developing and implementing such a coherent and coordinated national approach by carefully developing a system to recognise and reward highly accomplished teaching. Such a system should aim to recognise and build teacher quality by defining what it is highly accomplished teachers know and are able to do. Moreover, such a system must fi nd ways of making teaching public and acknowledging teaching as intellectual work which involves professional judgment that draws on a recognised professional knowledge base and contextualised knowledge about students and their learning. The paper is presented in two main sections. First, a proposed conceptual framework for the professional recognition and certification of highly accomplished teachers is outlined. Then, the argument for this proposed conceptual framework is presented drawing on learnings from relevant research and professional activity in both Australia and the USA.
ISBN	9780980332346
Language	eng
Field of Research	130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Socio Economic Objective	939908 Workforce Transition and Employment
HERDC Research category	A4 Major research monograph
Copyright notice	©2009, Teaching Australia – Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30021429

Document type:	Book
Collection:	School of Education

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