BOSTES Teacher Accreditation - Maintenance Reports now online! Thanks @NewsAtBOSTES

I recall being one of the first teachers to go through their first maintenance cycle, with the then NSW Institute of Teachers. I was one of the first to achieve "Professional Competence" at the end of 2005, when the "New Scheme" first came in.

Whilst the report was initially untimely and a frustrating thought, it was a good mark in the sand to stop and reflect on my five years of teaching against each of the standards to ascertain when I had done to progress in each of the areas. This then made me realise that I was in fact meeting many of the "Professional Leadership" standards and as such decided to go through the process of becoming accredited at that level.

I have now been accredited at "Lead Teacher" for around 18 months. Whilst it was a lot of work to go through the process, I learnt a lot from it and indeed developed my teaching practice and leadership as part of this. I now stop and reflect on each of the descriptors annually to see what has escaped my vision and where additional work needs to be done.

AITSL is working on revising the Self Assessment Tool, which is one way to assist you in reflecting on this. I encourage you to set aside the time over the summer break to reflect on where you are at.

The Maintenance report will now be entered online.

For more information, visit: http://www.nswteachers.nsw.edu.au/about-us/news/maintenance-of-accreditation-reports-move-online/