OVERVIEW

Quite simply, the MyTeachingApp is an indispensable tool to assist teachers in quickly and comprehensively maintaining  their accreditation and employment.

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The app is downloaded to smart phones or tablets and, once activated, is used to:

• Set PDP goals with reference to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

• Plan lessons to achieve these goals

• Collaborate with peers

• Generate and share reports and outcomes​​
   

Message from the creators of MyTeachingApp to:

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• School Heads

• Principals

• Leadership Teams and

• Head Teachers
   

Your colleagues (teaching staff) will have an unprecedented opportunity to connect multiple times a day to the Teaching Standards and Standard Descriptors.
(See footer below for licence reference)

 

APST (Australian Professional Standards for Teachers) at your 'finger-tips' in the App: 
Two models in the App exist:
 

1. The "Teaching House - 'magnification with two fingers' and the
    

2. "Standards 1 to 7 listings" - having advanced search capabilities ( 🔍 )  - the 37 Standard Descriptors (at Proficient level) and accessible in seconds in the App (5.1.2 + 6.1.2) or choosing  by ticking an identified Standard Descriptor.

 

The App allows all teaching staff to creatively seek pedagogical solutions amongst colleagues (3.3.2, 6.3.2 and 6.4.2) - the App reinforces both collaboration and participation amongst teaching staff.

 

• ​​Dramatically increase the frequency and usage of the App by demonstrating the nexus between classroom work and improved student learning outcomes (6.2.2).   
   

• Resulting in greater confidence with informed staff members precisely because they are able to match almost immediately their professional knowledge and practice (of the Standards) to their everyday teaching work.
   

• Every time teachers use the App, they are committing themselves to their PD (6.1.2) which can be documented almost immediately.
   

• Formal and informal PD and PL work is documented, verified and authenticated in the App.
   

• Teaching staff will have the authority and courage to link their classroom work to specific Standard Descriptors.
   

• Once "maintenance of accreditation cycle" or "cycle of full registration" - is attained  (the past 5 years for full-time teachers and with 100 hours of Professional Learning)  - the archived previous years in the App are retrieved by the teacher who is able to email and inform their State or Territory teaching authority accordingly.
   

• New iteration: in the future, the APST at Highly Accomplished and Lead levels will be added to the App.

 

STEPS 1 & 2 (below) ARE THE MANDATED STEPS THE SCHOOL MUST UNDERTAKE BEFORE INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS CAN DOWNLOAD MYTEACHINGAPP ONTO THEIR OWN MOBILE DEVICES. Everything else in the App is optional. 

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1. MyTeachingApp  can only be made available to the teaching staff once the Subscription has been paid for by the school - see Terms of Use 2.3.
   Teachers ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY the subscription fees. 
    

2. School administration staff will notify all teaching staff of their username, which is their official school email address.”  +
   Be supplied with their Passwords in the first instance;
   Teachers will have the discretion to change their password, but NOT their username.
   Using personal email addresses will disqualify the teacher's participation in the App (security and safety).

3. NO element and/or features in the App are mandated or compulsory:
   ALL decisions as to what is undertaken or ignored in the App is decided by the school's Leadership Teams and School Head.
    

4. The App is designed to be flexible and can be used at any level of professional engagement — or not at all, depending on individual or school preference. For example, while the Performance and Development Framework (PDP – Goals) is available within the App, it is entirely optional and not mandated.
   The App can be adapted to align with each school’s policies and practices.

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