4. Principles

The following general principles underpin the policy:

• accredited initial teacher education programs are an essential element of the teaching profession in NSW and are the product of providers working collaboratively with NESA, employing authorities, schools and other major stakeholders to ensure that graduates meet the professional teaching standards, as required under the TA Act
• initial teacher education providers, being either self-accrediting institutions or non-self-accrediting institutions regulated by the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA), are subject to rigorous processes to assure quality, diversity, and innovation in their initial teacher education programs
• the principles of the national accreditation system for initial teacher education programs as described in the Standards and Procedures are acknowledged as driving high quality provision of initial teacher education in Australia.