Professional Learning (STP2)

Professional learning 

Use inquiry, collaborative problem-solving and professional learning to improve professional capability to impact on the learning and achievement of all learners. 

Elaboration of the Standard

• Inquire into and reflect on the effectiveness of practice in an ongoing way, using evidence from a range of sources.  

• Critically examine how my own assumptions and beliefs, including cultural beliefs, impact on practice and the achievement of learners with different abilities and needs, backgrounds, genders, identities, languages and cultures. 

• Engage in professional learning and adaptively apply this learning in practice. 

• Be informed by research and innovations related to: content disciplines; pedagogy; teaching for diverse learners, including learners with disabilities and learning support needs; and wider education matters. 

• Seek and respond to feedback from learners, colleagues and other education professionals, and engage in collaborative problem solving and learning focused collegial discussions.