The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers were endorsed by all Australian Education Ministers:
Mr Andrew Barr MLA
Minister for Education and Training (Australian Capital Territory)
The Hon. Peter Garrett AM MP
Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth (Australian Government)
The Hon. Verity Firth MP
Minister for Education and Training (New South Wales)
The Hon. Dr Christopher Burns MLA
Minister for Education and Training (Northern Territory)
The Hon. Geoff Wilson MP
Minister for Education and Training (Queensland)
The Hon. Jay Weatherill MP
Minister for Education Minister for Early Childhood Development (South Australia)
The Hon. Lin Thorp MLC
Minister for Education and Skills, Minister for Children (Tasmania)
The Hon. Peter Hall MLC
Minister for Higher Education and Skills, Minister responsible for the Teaching Profession (Victoria)
The Hon. Martin Dixon MP
Minister for Education (Victoria), Chair, Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs
The Hon. Dr Elizabeth Constable MLA
Minister for Education (Western Australia)
Special Thanks:
Australian Government – Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
National Standards Subgroup – Australian Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs Senior Officials Committee (AEEYSOC)
Chair: Professor Peter Dawkins, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Victoria)
Ms Margaret Banks, Department of Education, Employment and Workforce Relations (Australian Government)
Mr Michael Bateman, Department of Education and Training (Australian Capital Territory)
Mr Patrick Bryan, Department of Education and Training (Queensland)
Ms Lesley Foster, MCEECDYA Secretariat
Ms Susan Halliday, Victorian Institute of Teaching
Mr Mark Hogan, National Catholic Education Commission
Ms Jayne Johnston, Department of Education and Training (Australian Capital Territory)
Dr Kerry Kavanagh, Department of Education and Children’s Services (South Australia)
Ms Chris Keightley, Department of Education and Training (Northern Territory)
Mr Patrick Lee, NSW Institute of Teachers
Ms Estelle Lewis, Independent Schools Council of Australia
Ms Kerrie Moss, Teachers Registration Board of Tasmania
Ms Chris Porter, Department of Education (Western Australia)
Mr John Ryan, Queensland College of Teachers
Professor Sue Willis, Monash University
National Standards Subgroup Expert Writing Group
Chair: Ms Chris Porter, Department of Education (Western Australia)
Writer: Ms Judith Page, NSW Institute of Teachers
Ms Bici Byrnes, Department of Education, Employment and Workforce Relations (Australian Government)
Ms Deborah Kember, Department of Education and Training (Queensland)
Ms Melissa Bennett, Department of Education and Training (Queensland)
Professor Rob Gilbert, University of Queensland
Ms Fran Cosgrove, Victorian Institute of Teachers
Ms Estelle Lewis, Independent Schools of New South Wales
Ms Robyn Mamouney, NSW Institute of Teachers
Ms Madeleine Scully, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
National Standards Validation Steering Group
Mr Scott Bulfin, Australian Association for the Teaching of English
Ms Fran Cosgrove, Victorian Institute of Teaching
Mr Rob Durbridge, Australian Education Union
Ms Sandra Harvey, Australian Primary Principals Association
Mr Will Morony, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers
Mr Kim Tsolakis, Australian Professional Teachers’ Association
Ms Sheree Vertigan, Australian Secondary Principals’ Association
Mr Chris Watt, Independent Education Union of
Australia
University of New England
The National Centre of Science, ICT and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR)
Professor John Pegg, Project Team Leader, Director of SiMERR National Centre
Dr Greg McPhan, Project Executive Office, Postdoctoral Reseach Fellow
Dr Bruce Mowbray, Psychometric Analyst, Research Fellow
Mr Trevor Lynch, Research Fellow
Teaching Australia
Chair: Dr Gregor Ramsay AM
CEO: Ms Fran Hinton
CEO: Ms Helen Tracey
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Professional standards for English/literacy teachers in primary and secondary schools
Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE)
Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)
Monash University
Queensland University of Technology
Edith Cowan University
Department of Education (Victoria)
Department of Education and Training (Queensland)
Department of Education (Western Australia)