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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Arial">N</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Arial">SW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Arial">THE AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATORS, NSW</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=7 FACE="Arial">QUALITY TEACHING AWARDS 2009</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><B><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Arial">‘Learning From and Recognising Our Best Teachers’</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Arial">NOMINATION FORMS</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nomination forms should be completed online</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> on or before the closing date of Friday 17 April 2009.</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is the link to the online introduction page for QTA on the ACE website.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.austcolled.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2172&Itemid=523"><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.austcolled.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2172&Itemid=523</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.austcolled.com.au/qta/"><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.austcolled.com.au/qta/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Arial">ELIGIBILITY</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Quality Teaching Awards</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">are open to permanent, part-time and casual teachers in NSW government and non-government pre-schools, early childhood centres, primary and secondary schools, TAFE NSW institutes and universities. Qualities of excellence in teaching as measured against the published criteria for the awards (see below) need to have been demonstrated over at least</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">three</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> years. Where those nominated are in promotion positions or other areas of responsibility, the focus will still be on demonstration of high quality teaching expertise. For the purpose of the awards, the Early Childhood category refers to qualified teachers engaged in educational work with children prior to the commencement of compulsory schooling.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Arial">SELECTION PROCESS</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There are five stages in the selection process for the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Quality Teaching Awards</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, with the stated criteria being utilised for assessment at each stage.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Stage 1:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> On-line</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">nomination</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> of the candidate with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">three</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> nominators, who will become referees.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Stage 2:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Preparation of confidential</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">referees’ reports</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> by the nominators. The referee forms are automatically sent by email to the referees from the ACE website, when the nomination is submitted. Nominators submit their reports directly from this email. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The College is unable to follow up missing referees’ reports. It is the nominee’s responsibility to ensure these have been submitted by consulting his or her referees. Missing referees’ reports will disqualify the nominee at this stage.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Stage 3:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Preparation of a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">professional learning portfolio</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> by the nominee using the guidelines provided.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Stage 4</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">: </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Assessment</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> of referees’ reports and professional portfolios by sub-groups of College members.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Stage 5:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Site visits</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> to the workplace of short-listed applicants after the assessment processes in stage 4.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The ways in which these stages develop are outlined below.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><LI><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The official Nomination is completed and submitted automatically to the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Quality Teaching Awards</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Friday 17 April 2009</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Information required on the submission includes the name and contact details of the teacher being nominated and his/her agreement to the Quality Teaching Awards Terms and Conditions. The names and contact details of the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">three</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">referees need to be provided. One referee</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">must</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> be a workplace or organisation supervisor. The other two referees may be selected from those listed under ‘Nomination’ above.</FONT></SPAN></LI></DIV>
<DIV DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><LI><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Referees are asked to confidentially rate the nominee against each of the stated criteria. There is provision for referees to make open-ended comments about the nominee’s suitability for the award.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Referees submit their report directly from the email generated from the nomination submission.</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The College may choose to contact referees for further information concerning the nomination. It is the nominee’s responsibility to ensure that the three Referees’ Reports are submitted to the Chair of the relevant sub-group by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Friday 22 May 2009</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></LI></DIV>
<DIV DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><LI><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Each person nominated will be asked to prepare and submit a professional learning portfolio. A separate guideline document assists in this regard.</FONT></SPAN></LI></DIV>
<DIV DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><LI><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The sub-groups of the Australian College of Educators NSW will assess the professional learning portfolio using the stated criteria and guidelines. Members of the sub-groups are drawn from early-childhood, primary, secondary, TAFE NSW and university contexts. There are no quotas for the various education sectors or stages although it is hoped to have a representative spread of teachers for the final award recipients. Where possible, previous recipients of the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Quality Teaching Award</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> are involved in the work of the sub-groups.</FONT></SPAN></LI></DIV>
<DIV DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><LI><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The closing date for submission of portfolios is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Monday 27 July 2009 directly to the relevant College sub-group chair (address p5).</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Late submission of either referees’ reports or</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><I></I></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></I></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">portfolios will disqualify the nomine.</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><I></I></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><I></I></B></SPAN></LI></DIV>
<DIV DIR=LTR><LI><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Small teams of ACE members consisting of members of the steering committee, co-opted recipients of previous</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Quality Teaching Awards</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, or other co-opted educators will visit each short-listed nominee during the period from</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">10 August – 25 September 2009</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Teachers will be observed teaching at least two sessions/classes/ lessons/ tutorials and interviewed. Other interviews will also be carried out with students, other staff and community or industry representatives as appropriate. Data gained in this way will be pooled and analysed as part of the research component of the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Quality Teaching Awards</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Nominees organise the program for the day, including observations of teaching sessions, in keeping with guidelines provided by the steering committee to assist each applicant organise the day.</FONT></SPAN></LI></DIV>
<DIV DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><LI><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Final award recipients will be selected after the site-based visits.</FONT></SPAN></LI></DIV>
<DIV DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><LI><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Feedback will be provided, on request, by sub-group chairs to unsuccessful nominees.</FONT></SPAN></LI></DIV>
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