Accreditation in NSW public schools
This policy was consolidated with the Professional learning, performance and accreditation policy under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program on 30/08/2024.
Refer to the Accreditation procedures for instructions.
Document history
2024 Aug 30 - Accreditation in NSW public schools policy consolidated with the Professional learning, performance and accreditation policy and removed from the policy library. Approved by the Chief People Officer.
2023 Mar 09 - minor wording changes in policy statement.
2022 Dec 8 - consolidated the Accreditation at Proficient Teacher in NSW Public Schools policy with the Accreditation at Highly Accomplished Teacher and Lead Teacher in NSW Public Schools policy. Changed the policy name to Accreditation in NSW Public Schools. The update has streamlined the policy and removed duplication between the department and the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). It names NESA as the regulator and provides implementation support for schools. It also highlights NESA's changed role as the Teacher Accreditation Authority and clarifies the roles of school employees. Improved resources aim to reduce time needed to read accreditation information.
2022 Sep 27 - updated contact details in policy statement.
2022 Feb 04 - policy and procedures updated to reflect the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) policy that teachers must undertake professional development in 4 priority areas. They also reflect the NESA definitions 'Accredited Professional Development' (PD) and 'Elective' (PD), which now respectively replace 'Registered PD' and 'Teacher identified PD'. Changes to the definitions cover teachers employed under the Teacher Services Act 1980 (NSW).
2020 May 27 - minor text and edit update to implementation documents: Accreditation at Proficient Teacher Procedures and Maintenance of Accreditation at Proficient teacher, Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher procedures.
Reference to a new department maintenance procedural document and changes to position titles, governing authority name and nomenclature.
2019 Apr 02 - amendment to phone and email contact information, addition of NESA Proficient Teacher Accreditation Policy to section 3. Context, and, addition of Proficient Teacher Accreditation Policy to related documents
2019 Feb 20 - reference number changed to PD number.
2019 Feb 18 - hyperlinks under Context 3.1 were broken and have been fixed and reference to implementation date removed as this is drawn from metadata.
2019 Feb 06 - change to contact name, phone number and addition of an email address.
Version 6: Accreditation at Proficient Teacher procedures Change to service requirements (revised August 2015).
Version 5: Amended to reflect delegation to principal as Teacher Accreditation Authority for accreditation at Proficient Teacher level (revised July 2015).
Version 4: Updated to reflect formation of Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards, streamlined procedures and revised delegations (revised February 2014).
Version 3: Responsibilities, delegations and process for the Maintenance of Accreditation at Professional Competence (revised February 2008).
Version 2: Responsibilities and delegations so far as management of internal review process and delegation to revoke accreditation (revised May 2007).
Superseded documents
PD/2005/0165 Accreditation of Teachers in NSW Government Schools Policy
PD/2005/0165 Accreditation at Proficient Teacher in NSW Government Schools Policy