One of the foremost responsibilities of the Institute is to assure both the profession and the community of the quality of teacher education programs.
The Institute does this through the approval of programs offered by providers of initial teacher education. The process ensures that the programs meet the requirements of the Professional Teaching Standards at the Graduate Teacher level.
Graduates of approved programs are eligible for provisional accreditation upon employment as a teacher in NSW schools.
This site provides access to the following:
Initial Teacher Education Committee
- information on membership, meetings and meeting updates
ITE Bulletin
- formal notices and information for teacher education institutions, current issues in initial teacher education.
Approved programs
- information on initial teacher education programs currently and recently offered in NSW and the ACT
Program requirements
- the policy and supplementary documentation for approval of initial teacher education programs
Application for approval
- information for teacher educators relating to the approval of initial teacher education programs
ITEC Panel Assessment
- information on establishing ITEC Panels and the review and assessment of an initial teacher education program
Projects
- information on current Institute projects in the initial teacher education area
Research
- information of current Institute research in the initial teacher education area