skip to contentskip to secondary navigation
  • Tools & resources
  • Research & evidence
  • Australian Teacher Workforce Data
  • About AITSL
  • News and media
  • Contact us & Support
AITSL - Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited
Use arrows to navigate.
  • Teacher Standards
    • Graduate
    • Proficient
    • Highly Accomplished
    • Lead
  • Prepare to teach
    • Become a registered teacher
    • Prepare for practice
  • Teach
    • Improve Practice
      • Feedback
      • High Quality Professional Learning Toolkit
      • Improving Teacher Professional Learning
      • In the Classroom
      • Reflect on practice
      • Start your career
      • Teacher Self-Assessment Tool
      • Live advice for beginning teachers
      • Indigenous Cultural Self-reflection Tool
    • Understand certification and HALT status
      • About certification
      • Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher Network
      • HALT Summit 2025
    • Understand your impact
      • Quality teaching modules
      • Growth-focused evaluations
    • Building a culturally responsive Australian teaching workforce
    • Supporting students with disability
    • Early Childhood Education and the Teacher Standards
  • Lead & develop
    • Understand the Principal Standard
      • Unpack the Principal Standard
      • Leadership Profiles
    • Develop yourself as a leader
      • Reflect on your leadership
      • Learn from practising leaders
      • Leadership Reflection Tool
      • 360 Reflection Tool
    • Develop others
      • Classroom observation
      • Coach others
      • Support new teachers
      • Build a professional growth culture
    • Build leadership in Australian schools
    • Teachers who lead
      • Professional Standards for Middle Leaders
    • Induction
      • Support for new teachers
      • Support for new leaders
  • Migrate to Australia
    • Before applying
    • Fees
    • Agent information
    • Applicant portal
    • Teaching in Australia
    • Making the move
    • Studying in Australia
    • Links
    • Contact us
  • Deliver ITE programs
    • Understand ITE program accreditation
    • Standards and Procedures
    • Learn about ITE accreditation reform
      • Next steps in initial teacher education reform
      • Strengthening ITE
      • Improving ITE assessment
      • Understand ITE student selection
      • Improved beginning teacher induction
      • Primary specialisation
      • Improved Professional Experience for ITE students
      • Understand the literacy and numeracy test
      • Previous accreditation system
      • Revised Guidelines for the accreditation of initial teacher education programs in Australia
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
    • ITE accreditation guidance & research
    • Accredited programs list
    • Teaching performance assessment
  • My profile
  • Logout
  • Join
Join Login

Spotlight: Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers

You are currently:
  • Home 
  • Tools & resources 
  • Resource (collection item page)>

Nationally certified Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers (HALTs) are expert teachers and reflective practitioners who lead and support colleagues towards better outcomes for learners. Being certified equips HALTs with an understanding of their own impact in leading improvements in teaching and learning within and beyond their schools.

Download (PDF, 917.08kB)

Join the conversation

  • Instagram
  • X
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Youtube

We’re here to inspire, empower and educate. And we’re here with the knowledge, guidance and resources so you can become the best teacher you can be.

Copyright © 2017, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership

ABN 17 117 362 740


Other than in relation to third party expressions of opinion or views aired on this website, the views expressed on this website are solely those of the Board of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited and not of any other party or organisation

Contact Us

PO Box 299
Collins Street West
VIC 8007

Phone: 03 9944 1200

  • Contact us & Support

Help

  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Accessibility
  • Login
  • Glossary

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands, sea countries, and waterways from across Australia. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and living cultures; and to Elders past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following may contain images and voices of people who are deceased.