Motivating Teachers through Registration Standards: a shield, a map and a lighthouse

Dr Peter LindRegistrar

UNESCO: International Task Force on Teachers

International Forum of Teacher Regulatory Authorities (IFTRA)

Edinburgh 2005Melbourne 2006Cardiff 2009Durban 2011Toronto 2014Dublin 2016Representatives from Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, Jamaica, United Kingdom, United States

Principles that distinguish Teaching Councils

Teaching Councils work first and foremost for the common good and in the public interest

Teaching Councils have an established statutory and legal basis

Teaching Councils promote the teaching profession rather than the interests of individual teachers

Teaching Councils promote professionally-led regulation

Effective Teaching CouncilsCommand the respect of the public and the

professionAre the pivotal agency for governments on teaching

qualityEnhance teacher professionalism by raising

standards of practice, and improving initial and continuing education

Maintain and make public an accurate register of teachers’ qualification status and fitness to practise

The ultimate guardians of excellence are not external forces, but internal professional responsibilities.(Ramsden, 1992)

Right Touch Regulationhttp://www.professionalstandards.org.uk

1. Identify the problem before the solution2. Quantify and qualify the risks3. Get as close to the problem as possible 4. Focus on the outcome5. Use regulation only when necessary6. Keep it simple 7. Check for unintended consequences 8. Review and respond to change

COMPLIANCE

• Required professional knowledge, practices and relationships

• Standards against which teachers are endorsed as competent

• A Code of Ethics that guides professional practice

GUIDANCE

• Standards to guide the professional learning and the assessment of teachers.

• Framework to guide career long professional learning.

ASPIRATION• To promote the status of the teaching

profession through raising awareness of the complex nature of teachers' work.

• To strengthen public confidence in the profession

Teaching Qualification:Graduating teacher standards

Induction into the teaching profession Move from graduate to proficient

Framework for career long professional learning and development. Common language for professional reflection and dialogue

INCREASED INTERNATIONAL

MOBILITY

PROTECTED NATIONAL

SYSTEM

Improved recognition and transferability of

qualifications

Improved recognition and transferability of professional

registration status

Comparability of

qualifications Benchmarking of

professional status

Regional Qualifications Frameworks

Regional Professional Registration

National Qualifications

Frameworks National Professional

registration

Mutual Recognition ArrangementsEstablished internationalised professions eg accountancy, surveying, architecture, engineering Promote information exchange and dialogue on the education and training systems of the members. Agreements entail international standards for education & professional skillsGuidelines for assessing professional capabilities & competence guidelines for the member associations. These standards are nonbinding and considered to be “good practice”.