The document discusses the Australian Professional Standard for Principals established by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL). AITSL's mission is to promote excellence in teaching and school leadership for the benefit of Australian students. The Professional Standard for Principals defines the key leadership requirements of principals under five domains: vision and values, knowledge and understanding, personal qualities and relationships, professional practice, and engagement and achievement. It provides a common language for leadership and guides principals' professional learning and development.

1. The Australian Professional
Standard for Principals
Keren Caple
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
MATSITI School Leaders Forum | 16 October 2014
www.matsiti.edu.au/events/leaders

2. AITSL’s mission is to promote
excellence in teacher and school
leader practice for the benefit of
all young Australians

3. • defines and maintains national standards
for teachers and principals
• leads and influences improvement and
innovation in teaching and school
leadership
• supports, recognises and extends high
quality professional practice

5. Vision
and
values
Knowledge
and
understanding
Personal
qualities,
social and
interpersonal
skills
Professional
practices
Leading teaching and learning
Developing self and others
Leading improvement, innovation and change
Leading the management of the school
Engaging and working with the community
High quality
learning,
teaching
and schooling
The standard for principals : The role in action
Leadership requirements
Successful
learners,
confident
creative
individuals
and active
informed
citizens*
Context: School, sector, community: socio-economic, geographic: and education
systems at local, regional, national and global levels

6. For individual leaders:
o provided a common language of
leadership
o enabled better understanding of the role
o focused leaders own professional learning
For systems:
o influenced current system initiatives
o shaped professional learning frameworks
o reflected in workforce policies and
processes

7. o directly linked to the
Standard
o supported by broad
consultation
o launched 2013 – extensive
uptake from school and
system leaders
o resource for aspiring and
current leaders

9. o Assists in gaining an
understanding of the
components of
leadership, current skills
and individual capacity
o Provides a road map for
ongoing professional
development

10. o Linked to school leader
network or education
system
o Enables group leaders to
define learning needs
o Assists to focus future
professional learning
opportunities

11. User Guide includes:
o overview of the process
o assistance to interpret
feedback
o an action planner

12. 11
Leadership Strengths - Australian school leaders

14. o 1,100+ leadership resources
o full electronic format
o local and international
journals
o reports and articles
o topical reading lists
o websites/multimedia
o Monthly eNews links

15. o My Standards app
o Classroom Practice Continuum

16. o Self-Assessment Tool
o Illustrations of Practice
o Teacher Toolkit
Teacher Toolkit

17. www.aitsl.edu.au
www.facebook.com/aitsl
@aitsl
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