Accredited teachers are required to maintain their currency and skills through ongoing professional development, including completing courses delivered by endorsed training providers.

A greater choice in providers is now available with 22 providers newly endorsed or having had their scope of endorsement broadened by the Quality Teaching Council at its December 2013 meeting. These providers include:

Proficient Teacher level

• Ants in the Apple
  
• The Scots College
• Sally Robinson-Kooi – broadened endorsement
• Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College
• Derivan Pty Ltd
• Australian Children’s Music Foundation
• The Art Scene
• SPACE Consultancy
• Generation Next
• Kynuna – broadened endorsement
• Rosemount Good Shepherd Youth and Family services
• Nan Tien Institute
• Linguist Learning
• National Institute for Christian Education
• Maybo
• Academy Travel - broadened endorsement

Highly Accomplished Teacher level

• Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Parramatta
• Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
• Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College
• Design Learn Empower

Lead Teacher level

• Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Parramatta
• Catholic Schools Office, Broken Bay
• Growth Coaching International – broadened endorsement
• Australian Catholic University - Faculty of Education NSW/ACT

Accredited teachers now have 300 endorsed providers and over 8000 courses from which to choose when completing their compulsory 50 hours of BOSTES registered professional development (PD). Courses covering the full range of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and each of the accreditation levels are available. To deliver BOSTES registered courses at any of the accreditation levels, providers undergo a rigorous selection and approval process.

Further information:

Login to your teacher accreditation account to plan your registered PD for 2014

Visit the teacher accreditation website for information about the requirements for maintaining your accreditation

For more information, contact:
contactus@nswteachers.nsw.edu.au
1300 739 338 (within Australia)