Step 4 - Develop and submit your final module

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Here’s what you need to know about the final step in applying for HALT, including developing and submitting your third module, requesting revisions and the accreditation decision.

Developing your final module

To prepare the final module - Module 3 - follow the same process as for Modules 1 and 2.

Refer to the module reports for Modules 1 and 2 to address the feedback you have received. Develop your annotated documentary evidence to fully demonstrate any Standard Descriptors not previously met.

Module 3 does not have the same limits on the number of items of evidence or Standard Descriptors as Modules 1 and 2.

Submitting your final module

Before you submit Module 3, ensure you have met any outstanding requirements, including:

  • a minimum of three referees
  • the two internal observations of your practice
  • your observation of a colleague’s practice
  • documentary evidence from each of the six evidence categories.

After the third module has been assessed by the HALT Assessors, you will receive a detailed HALT Module Report with feedback and advice on the Standard Descriptors identified in this module which are fully, partially, and not demonstrated.

Requesting revisions

After assessing your third module, NESA may ask you to revise and resubmit documentary evidence where one or more Standard Descriptors have not yet been successfully demonstrated.

You will have three months to submit these revisions.

Module 3 is reassessed, and a HALT Module Report is sent to you.

NESA makes the accreditation decision

The final part of the process is the accreditation decision, which is made by NESA within 28 days of you submitting your third module (or within 28 days of your revisions, if applicable).

If your application is successful, you and your principal/service director and employer will be notified of the accreditation decision.

If NESA accredits you at Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher, NESA will issue a certificate to you, and you’ll start your first maintenance period at the relevant level.

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