Dr. Lawrence Ingvarson

Professional Certification: Promoting, Recognising and Rewarding Accomplished Teaching

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:42:57 PST

This paper focuses on the challenge of developing a national system for recognising and rewarding accomplished teachers. What might be involved and how might this be achieved? It draws on the experience of several countries that have sought to reform teacher career structures and pay systems so that there is a closer alignment between career progression and developing expertise as a teacher. I understand that Brazil has been moving in this direction and I hope this paper will make a useful contribution to the debate here.

Will bonus payments for teachers improve children’s education?

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:09:36 PDT

NAPLAN cannot be used for performance pay: there is a better way.

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:56:14 PDT

Trust the Teaching Profession with the Responsibilities of a Profession.

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:52:43 PDT

Will bonus payments for teachers improve children’s education?

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:35:38 PDT

Assessing Teachers for Professional Certification: Achieving National Consistency

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:58:55 PDT

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has been charged with responsibility for developing and implementing a nationally consistent and credible voluntary system for the certification of highly accomplished teachers in Australia. This article focuses on the challenge of achieving such as system. What might be involved and how might such a system be achieved?

Where is the profession in the National Partnership on Teacher Quality?

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:39:13 PDT

The teaching profession should be a full and genuine partner in the National Partnership on Improving Teacher Quality, argues Lawrence Ingvarson of the Australian Council for Educational Research

The Supplementary Grants Program Evaluation Project

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:47:24 PDT

In Curriculum Evaluation: Commissions

Walk a mile in my shoes: An evaluation of the Dementia Care Demonstration Project

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:38:28 PDT

Prepared for Bundoora Extended Care Centre.

National professional standards for highly accomplished teachers of science

Lawrence C. Ingvarson et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:36:27 PDT

This publication examines what is meant by 'Standards', and the rationale and purposes for standards. The Standards themselves cover areas of professional knowledge, professional practice and professional attributes.

Some perspectives on the development of professional standards-based teacher assessments

Elizabeth Kleinhenz et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:32:22 PDT

Commissioned report prepared for the Interim Committee for the NSW Institute of Teachers.

Evaluation of the CECV Quality Teacher Program

Marion Meiers et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:29:30 PDT

Report prepared for the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria.

Evaluation of the Quality Teacher Program in the Northern Territory

Marion Meiers et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:26:58 PDT

Report prepared for the Northern Territory Department of Education, Employment and Training.

Evaluation of the Access to Excellence Initiative in Victorian Government Secondary Schools

Marion Meiers et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:22:05 PDT

Report prepared for the Department of Education and Training, Victoria.

An Evaluation of the Schools for Innovation and Excellence Initiative in Victorian Government Schools

Lawrence C. Ingvarson et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:20:13 PDT

Report prepared for the Office of Teaching and Learning, Department of Education and Training, Victoria

Leadership in Catholic schools : development framework and standards of practice

Elizabeth Kleinhenz et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:14:58 PDT

This study emphasises the connections between the work of leaders and the core functions of schooling. It draws these connections in the context of the values and beliefs of the Catholic Church and the mission of Catholic schools in their communities. The Framework has been developed with two main purposes in mind. The first is to guide the professional learning and development of aspiring leaders and to encourage teachers to consider movement into leadership positions. The second is to unite Catholic schools around a vision of agreed leadership practices for leaders – 'the standards' – and to provide a foundation for formalised assessment against these practices. The Framework sets out to cultivate the leadership potential that exists within the system. [p.iii, ed]

Conceptual Framework and Plan for the IEA Teacher Education in Mathematics Study

T Tatto et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:04:40 PDT

Prepared for the IEA and the National Science Foundation in the USA.

Toward a National Approach to the Accreditation of Pre-service Teacher Education Programs: A Discussion Paper

Lawrence C. Ingvarson et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:52:59 PDT

Report prepared Teaching Australia: Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.

Principals’ Perceptions of Pre-Service Teacher Education Courses

Lawrence C. Ingvarson et al. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:48:28 PDT

Report commissioned by the Department of Education, Victoria

Charting new waters: Identifying and Rewarding Excellent Scottish Teachers

Lawrence C. Ingvarson — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:33:12 PDT

Australia has made several attempts to implement schemes that provide more recognition and new career paths for accomplished teachers. The first wave of reforms took place in the early 1990s with the concept of the Advanced Skills Teacher, led by teacher unions. The reforms largely failed, for reasons elaborated on in this paper, but the need for policies directed at promoting quality teachers and teaching has intensified. Merit pay schemes have been considered and rejected. There is now an alignment between policies of Australian state and federal governments, teacher unions and the Business Council of Australia to develop a national standards-based system for recognising levels of accomplishment in teaching, based on assessment of performance and linked to salary rewards and career progression. This paper outlines a set of principles and implementation issues that need to be addressed in establishing such a system.