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NESA accredited professional development (PD) courses are aligned to prescribed priority areas. Priority areas are areas of teaching practice that are a priority for all NSW teachers’ ongoing professional growth, and in which NSW teachers must complete PD to maintain their accreditation.
There are mandatory priority areas and an optional priority area. Teachers must complete at least one NESA Accredited PD course from each of the mandatory priority areas:
- delivery and assessment of the NSW curriculum/Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)
- student/child mental health
- students/children with a disability
- Aboriginal education and supporting Aboriginal students.
Teachers may also complete NESA Accredited PD in the optional priority area:
- leadership to support the learning outcomes of students/children.
The scope of the priority areas is described in the NESA content criteria. The NESA content criteria describe the eligible content for each priority area in specific detail across each career stage.
NESA content criteria
Delivery and assessment of NSW curriculum/EYLF
- Proficient Teacher (PDF, 4 pages, 118 KB)
- Highly Accomplished (PDF, 5 pages, 118 KB)
- Lead Teacher (PDF, 5 pages, 123 KB)
Student/child mental health
- Proficient Teacher (PDF, 4 pages, 125 KB)
- Highly Accomplished (PDF, 5 pages, 123 KB)
- Lead Teacher (PDF, 5 pages, 130 KB)
Students/children with disability
- Proficient Teacher (PDF, 4 pages, 99 KB)
- Highly Accomplished (PDF, 5 pages, 132 KB)
- Lead Teacher (PDF, 5 pages, 96 KB)
Aboriginal education and supporting Aboriginal students/children
- Proficient Teacher (PDF, 6 pages, 134 KB)
- Highly Accomplished (PDF, 8 pages, 134 KB)
- Lead Teacher (PDF, 8 pages, 107 KB)
Leadership to support the learning outcomes of students/children
- Proficient Teacher (PDF, 3 pages, 99 KB)
- Highly Accomplished (PDF, 9 pages, 159 KB)
- Lead Teacher (PDF, 10 pages, 162 KB)
NESA Accredited PD courses can only be accredited for one priority area and one career stage. The alignment of a course to a priority area is assessed within principles 1 and 2 of the principles of effective professional learning.
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