What is my role as an Evaluator?
Your role as an evaluator is to provide mentorship and guidance while assessing Provisionally Registered teachers in your site against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) so they may transition to (full) Registration.
Most Provisionally Registered teachers are new graduates who have been assessed as meeting the Graduate career stage of the APST. It is reasonable to expect that these teachers will need some time in the classroom before they are ready to start building a portfolio of evidence and can sufficiently demonstrate all APST at the Proficient career stage.
As an evaluator you must hold (full) Registration* and have line-management responsibility for the teacher. You should have knowledge of the teacher’s practice and be willing to support them through the transition process.
*Directors of early learning centres do not require (full) Registration to evaluate and/or endorse Provisionally Registered teachers to transition to (full) Registration. Evaluators not registered or fully registered, must follow the modified process. This process includes the following steps with the addition of a phone interview with a Project Officer, Policy and Strategic Development.
You must not have a conflict of interest, real or perceived, in your evaluation. You should not be evaluating the transition of anyone who could be considered a friend or family member.
The process of evaluating Provisionally Registered teachers should be collaborative. This process should include:
- Establishing a schedule with the teacher with when evidence will be provided and in what form (hard copy, e-portal, email etc).
- Review evidence provided by the teacher demonstrating meeting the APST at the Proficient career stage.
- Providing constructive feedback on the teacher’s evidence. It may be appropriate for you to ask the teacher to modify their evidence if you do not feel they have developed to the Proficient career stage. There is no timeframe for this, a teacher may need to make several adjustments to their teaching practice before they are ready to transition.
- Communicate clearly to the teacher where the evidence does not meet the Proficient career stage and offer support and suggestions for them to improve their practice.
- Undertake at least one observation of the teacher’s classroom practice. You may need to do more than one observation as the teacher develops in proficiency.
The evaluation period should go for no less than one month. It is not unusual for a teacher to take a semester, a year or more, to supply sufficient evidence for their evaluation to be completed.
What happens if a teacher does not meet the APST at the Proficient career stage?
It is important that the teacher has had clear feedback throughout their evaluation period regarding their progress. If you do not feel they have sufficiently met the APST and are ready to transition to (full) Registration, it is important that you do not complete their evaluation.
If you have any questions about the evaluation process, please contact the Teachers Registration Board on 8253 9700.
Evaluating Temporary Relief Teachers (TRTs)
It is important to provide opportunities to TRTs at your site to transition to (full) Registration. TRTs can undertake the same process for evaluation including review of their portfolio of evidence and observations of their teaching practice.
Completing the application form
It is important teachers use the most up-to-date version of the Application to Transition from Provisional to (full) Registration form. The applying teacher completes the first page.
As evaluator, you must:
- confirm the portfolio of evidence provided by the teacher sufficiently meets the APSTs at the Proficient career stage.
- Clearly note the dates the evaluation process commenced and was completed
- Clearly show your recommendation to transition, or to not transition, to full registration
- Sign and date the recommendation
If these pages are incomplete the Board may need to contact you for clarification, or the form may be returned to the teacher.
Each site has different delegations regarding who is an authorised Endorser. If you are not certain who is an approved Endorser at your site, check with your Principal/Director.
As endorser, you must:
- Complete your details as Endorser.
- Note your endorsement of the Evaluators recommendation.
- Sign and date the endorsement to transition to full registration, transitioning to the Proficient career stage.
Resources for evaluators
