Step 1 - Begin your application in eTAMS

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Are you beginning your application for Proficient Teacher accreditation? Here’s what you need to do to get started, including information about the online Orientation Course, workshops and understanding the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (the Standards).

Complete the online Orientation Course

Read NESA’s Welcome to Teacher Accreditation pack and complete NESA’s mandatory online Proficient Teacher Orientation Course.

We recommend that you complete the Orientation Course in the first three months of becoming provisionally or conditionally accredited, but you must complete it before you submit your Proficient Teacher application. You can complete the Orientation Course as often as you need to.

We also recommend you attend a NESA workshop on working towards Proficient Teacher accreditation.

Talk with your principal

Discuss your readiness to begin your application for Proficient Teacher accreditation and the allocation of an Accreditation Supervisor with your principal.

Your Accreditation Supervisor will support you through the process to achieve Proficient Teacher accreditation.

Casual teacher tips

Approach the principal at the school where you most often teach.

Accreditation Supervisor is allocated to you

Confirm the school that has agreed to support you with your Proficient Teacher accreditation in your NESA online account (eTAMS). This is so you can have an Accreditation Supervisor allocated to you by your principal.

Read the Standards

Read and understand the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Proficient Teacher career stage.

Next step

Develop your practice

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