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Apply for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program accreditation
Apply for ITE program accreditation
Steps to submit an application
Follow the steps on this page to submit a Stage 1 or Stage 2 application for ITE program accreditation.
1
Complete a Stage 1 or Stage 2 application
You must contact the ITE team to discuss your Stage 1 or Stage 2 submission prior to starting your application.
Contact our ITE team:
- call: 1300 739 338
- email: ITE@nesa.nsw.edu.au
Stage 1 applications are for new ITE programs that have not been previously assessed. If you are submitting a Stage 1 application you should complete Templates 1 to 4 and the Graduate Teacher Standards Map.
Stage 2 applications are for renewals to ITE programs. If you are submitting a Stage 2 application you should complete Templates 1 to 5 and the Graduate Teacher Standards Map.
Application templates
Complete one template per program or suite:
- Template 1 – Application cover sheet (DOCX 913.48KB)
- Template 2 – Program Standards matrix (DOCX 92.32KB)
- Template 3 – Graduate Teacher Standards matrix (DOCX 134.15KB)
- Template 3A – Priority Area Elaborations (DOCX 925.68KB)
- Template 4 – Plan for demonstrating impact (DOCX 103.8KB)
- Template 5 – Stage 2 Report (Stage 2 Only) (DOCX 95.2KB)
- Graduate Teacher Standards Map (DOCX 56.91KB)
Primary teaching specialisations
If you are applying for NESA-recognition of a voluntary primary teaching specialisation you also need to complete the following relevant forms:
2
Submit your application
Please contact the ITE team regarding the submission of your accreditation documentation.
3
Await NESA's assessment decision
- NESA will check your application to make sure it meets policy requirements.
- Our Accreditation Panel will review your application and prepare and email you a Draft Accreditation Report. As an ITE provider, you will need to respond to the report. It may require revising or supplementing the application, or amending the program.
- The Panel Chair will review your response and recommend whether to accredit the program.
- NESA makes its accreditation decision.
- If approved, the program is accredited for up to 5 years and will be included on the:
- NSW list of accredited teaching programs that NESA maintains
- national accredited programs list that AITSL maintains.
- As the ITE provider you must submit to NESA a final electronic record copy of the accredited program to be held as a State Record.
Requesting an internal review
As an ITE provider, if you wish to request an internal review of a decision not to approve or renew a program, you must:
- make the application yourself
- submit the application in writing within 28 days of the date of the written notice of the decision
- identify the grounds for the request
- include relevant documentation that supports the grounds for a review.
Your completed form must be emailed to TA internalreview@nesa.nsw.edu.au.