Australian Capital Territory

• Administrative Guidelines for Principal Appraisal
  Word document providing all relevant information.
• Professional Conduct
  Includes several downloadable [.pdf] documents on Professional Practice and Ethics.
• new !Self Assessment
  ‘Self assessment is a process that supports schools in improving learning and teaching through ongoing reflection and review. School self assessment is a whole school process of goal-setting regarding student learning, and sets in motion a continuous cycle of internal self-review.’

New South Wales

• Awards & Conditions
• Case Studies Of Mentoring …
  [In Beginning Teacher Induction Programs]
  ‘Provides a framework for orientation to teaching practice in public education, orientation to work in each school as well as induction into the teaching profession generally.’
• Employment
  Employment awards and conditions.
  [NSW Department of Education and Training]
• New South Wales Institute of Teachers
  Now part of the initial acceptance and ongoing registration of teachers.
• Promotion and Transfer
  Merit Selection, Promotion & Transfer. Includes documentation. [NSW Department of Education and Training]
• Teaching in NSW
  From the Teachers’ Federation. Details what is involved, especially for teachers from overseas.
• Towards Greater Professionalism …
  [Teacher Educators, Teaching and the Curriculum]
  From the Ministerial Advisory Council on The Quality of Teaching.
• Chapter 4 - Towards Greater Professionalism
• Other Related Government Reports

Northern Territory

• DEET Performance Management Framework
  ‘A process to develop high performing, talented and acknowledged staff.’
• Teacher of Exemplary Practice
  Peer Assessment Handbook related to TEP Procedures, .pdf.
• Teacher Registration Board
  Involved in assessment prior to employment and after being employed.

Queensland

• Applying for Teacher Employment 2008
  .PDF document giving information on application and also assessment.
• Draft Expectations of Teachers
  Word document.
  Only available to registered IDEAS 2001 Schools.
• Employee Professional Development and Training
  Part of Department of Education Manual.
• Employee Induction
  Part of Department of Education Manual. [Professional Development and Training]
• Foundation Online - QTP - What is the QTP ?
  Information on the program and guidelines.
• New Professionalism
  ‘A teacher recognition program designed to recognise the exemplary work of teachers, enhance the status of the teaching profession and highlight innovative practices’.
• Professional Practice, Guidelines
  .PDF document that ‘describe[s] the knowledge, skills and abilities that teachers demonstrate while providing relevant and worthwhile learning experiences for individuals and groups of students.’
• Professional Standards …
  Documents for the development and implementation of professional standards. [Learning and Development Foundation]
• Professional Standards for Teachers
  Twelve interrelated strands leading to this.
• School Leaders : Development
  ‘Supporting school leaders at each stage of their the career - aspiring, beginning, consolidation and growth, high performing, alternative career paths, pre-retiring and retiring, and to building their capabilities in line with the Leadership Matters Framework.’
• School Improvement and Accountability Framework
  [SIAF]

South Australia

• Advanced Skills Teacher Assessment
  Information about ASTs and assessment for AST1 positions. Also see the AST2 site.
• Policy and Guidelines
  Documents for handling underperformance. Click on Policy & Guidelines.
• Performance Management Grid
  .PDF document of the grid indicating teacher competency levels.
• Selection Policies and Procedures
  Word and .pdf documents on merit selection. Click on Procedures.
• School Staff Information
  Click on Human Resources for :
• Performance Management;
• Roles;
• Registration;
• Further information.

Tasmania

• Code of Professional Ethics …
  [For The Teaching Profession in Tasmania]
• Discipline & Inquiries
  Covers the relevant part of the Act as well as information on the conduct of investigations, hearings and inquiries.
• Teachers Registration Board
  ‘As well as registering teachers, the Board promotes the teaching profession, take action to improve professional teaching standards … and develops and maintains a code of professional ethics for the teaching profession’.

Victoria

• Human Resources - Careers & Recruitment …
  [Teacher Registration]
  Information on Teachers Registration, including forms and resources.
• Human Resources - Resources - Manuals
  Online, Word or .pdf versions of manuals including guidelines and Performance and Development Handbook.
• Human Resources - Workforce Management
  Access Performance Management, selecting and appointing staff and handling excess staff.
• Human Resources - Workforce Management …
  [Dimensions of Work]
  ‘Within each category of employment, roles and responsibilities expected are defined at each classification level’.
• Human Resources - Workforce Management …
  [Performance Management]
  Details Performance Management for all staff groups.
• Human Resources - Workforce Management …
  [Unsatisfactory Performance]
  Details what is involved when there is unsatisfactory staff performance.
• Teaching@DE&T - Employment Conditions
  Notes and links.

Western Australia

• Competency Framework for Teachers
  .PDF document. Also check the Update for this.
• Managing Unsatisfactory and Substandard Performance …
  [Of Teaching Staff and School Administrators]
  .PDF document giving policy and guidelines.
• Policy Framework for Performance Management
  .PDF document giving policy and guidelines.
• Primary and Secondary Education Award
  Document for Teachers in the Public Sector.
• Senior Teachers
• Western Australian College of Teaching
  Teacher Registration body.