Committees of the Board
Under Section 25 of the Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Act, the Board may establish committees as it considers appropriate to assist the Board in performing its functions. A committee is to be comprised of one or more members of the Board and any other persons as the Board considers appropriate.
The Board has established five committees to assist it to perform its functions.
All committees can make recommendations to the Board on matters that have been referred to them by the Board. Membership of the committees is by invitation.
All the committees make a significant contribution to the work of the Board in reviewing processes, developing policy, promoting the profession and fulfilling the regulatory and professional responsibilities for the Board under the Act.
Professional Standards and Ethics Committee (PSEC)
To improve the quality of teaching and raise student outcomes through the promotion of professional standards for teaching and the code of ethics.
Members
Natalie Hyde (Chair), Assistant Principal, The Essington School
Julie House, ANTSEL nominee
Greg Smith, Charles Darwin University
Gary Fry, DET nominee
Brenda KeenanCatholic Education Office
Donessia Macdonald, DET remote schools
Julianne WillisDET, Teaching, Learning and Standards
Meeting dates for 2008
Thursday 5 June
Wednesday 5 November
Writing days
Tuesday 18 March 2008 - draft Standards for Accomplished Teachers
Wednesday 27 August 2008 - draft Code of Ethics
Wednesday 5 November 2008 - draft Code of Ethics
Complaints and Inquiries Committee (CIC)
To improve the quality of teaching and to promote the profession by ensuring that reports of serious misconduct and serious incompetence are investigated.
Members
Elsabe Bott (Chair), Board member
Registration Procedures Committee (RPC)
To ensure that all teachers employed in the Northern Territory schools are appropriately qualified and are of good character.
Members
Steve Carter (Chair), Board member
Karen Blanchfield , Board member
Gail Barker, Executive Director, Australian Independent Schools Association (NT)
Greg O'Mullane, Catholic Education Office
Carol Penglase, General Manager, DET Human Resources Services Division
Meeting dates for 2008
Thursday 21 February
Thursday 1 May
Thursday 29 May
Thursday 24 July
Wednesday 5 November
Initial Teacher Education Committee (ITEC)
The ITEC fulfils the functions of the Board outlined in Section 11(d) of the Act with the following terms of reference To advise the Board and make recommendations on the assessment and accreditation of preservice teacher education programs to ensure graduates meet the Northern Territory Standards of Practice for Graduating Teachers for the purposes of teacher registration
Members
Jean Memery (Chair), Practising teacher
Alison Elliott, Board member and Head of School of Education, Charles Darwin University
Robyn Ober, Board member and Researcher, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Shane Donohue, Assistant Principal, St Pauls Catholic Primary School
Meeting dates for 2008
Thursday 19 June
Thursday 7 August
Wednesday 10 September
The Professional Learning Committee (PLC)
The Board has a statutory responsibility under the Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Act Section 11(e)(h) and (i) to:
- Liaise with the Agency administering the Education Act in relation to strategic priorities for professional development of teachers in the Territory
- Liaise with employers of teachers in the Territory in relation to developing the competencies of teachers during the early stages of the teachers’ careers.
- Research and promote best practice in teaching in the Territory
Member
John Sarev (Chair), Board member and practising teacher, Darwin High School
Karen Piening, Board member and practising teacher, Ludmilla Primary School
Rebecca Maxwell, Catholic Education Office
Nicki Honan, ANSTEL member and Assistant Principal, Anula Primary School
Nadine Williams, President Australian Education Union, NT Branch
Ailsa Purdon, Lecturer in Education, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Helen Spiers, Assistant Principal, Kormilda College
Meeting dates for 2008
Tuesday 2 September
Wednesday 22 October