AITSL Proficient Teaching Standards
Standard 1 - Know the students and how they learn
1.1 - Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
1.2 - Understand how students learn
1.3 - Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds
1.4 - Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
1.5 - Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
1.6 - Strategies to support full participation of students with a disability
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Standard 2 - Know the content and how to teach it
2.1 - Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area
2.2 - Content selection and organisation
2.3 - Curriculum, assessment and reporting
2.4 - Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous Australians
2.5 - Literacy and numeracy stratagies
2.6 - Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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Standard 3 - Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
3.1 - Establish challenging learning goals
3.2 - Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
3.3 - Use teaching stratagies
3.4 - Select and use resources
3.5 - Use effective classroom communication
3.6 - Evaluate and improve teaching programs
3.7 - Engage parents/carers in the educative process
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Standard 4 - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
4.1 - Support student participation
4.2 - Manage classroom activities
4.3 - Manage challenging behaviour
4.4 - Maintain student safety
4.5 - Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically
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Standard 5 - Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
5.1 - Assess student learning
5.2 - Provide feedback to students on their learning
5.3 - Make consistent and comparable judgements
5.4 - Interpret student data
5.5 - Report on student achievement
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Standard 6 - Know the students and how they learn
6.1 - Identify and plan professional learning needs
6.2 - Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.3 - Engage with colleagues and improve practice
6.4 - Apply professional learning and improve student learning
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Standard 7 - Know the students and how they learn
7.1 - Meet professional ethics and responsibilities
7.2 - Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements
7.3 - Engage with parents/carers
7.4 - Engage with professional teaching networks and broader networks
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