The Federal Government has announced the staged implementation of a reward system scheme linked to first National Professional Standards for Teachers.

 

Under improvements to the Reward Payments for Great Teachers initiative, teachers who are accredited to the highest level of the standards will be rewarded with $7500 for Highly Accomplished teachers and $10,000 for teachers who achieve the Lead Teacher level.

 

Under the system, the first reward payments will be delivered in 2014 to teachers who have been assessed against the standards in 2013.

 

A new performance and development framework for teachers will also be introduced in schools across Australia from 2013 as part of the implementation of the reward payments scheme. Funding for the initiative will increase over time as more teachers are assessed, and as the standards and new performance framework are implemented in schools and school systems.

 

The Australian Teacher Performance and Development Framework will deliver a yearly appraisal of every teacher in every school.

 

Funding under the scheme will be $225 million over the four years to 2014-15.