Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher Certification

It has been my absolute pleasure to be supporting several of our staff as they aspire for Certification as a Highly Accomplished or Lead teacher. Certification is a process whereby experienced classroom teachers in Queensland schools voluntarily pursue national certification to demonstrate their teaching skills and abilities at the higher career-stages of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST).

Certification supports teachers to document their practice at either of the higher career stages of the APST. At Ripley Valley SSC, we strive to support our staff on this journey to acknowledge the importance of building our expert teaching teams across the college to drive improved outcomes for our students. 

This term, you may receive notification that your child's class may be involved in a video observation with a nationally trained assessor. This video observation is a requirement as part of the certification process, and we must seek parent permissions for this to occur. More information will be sent out to students who this directly impacts. Please be sure to read this email and return the permission notes as soon as possible, as this will support our teachers and help us to grow our expert teaching teams. 

Year 10

• Industry Connection Program (Week 9 & 10, Term 2) - a reminder to continue to submit any necessary parent permissions or to return Work Experience forms asap. Students are encouraged to visit the Industry Liaison Office in the Library if they wish to explore any remaining opportunities. 
• SET Plan Interviews - these are a requirement for all students to attend with a parent/carer. During these sessions we will explore and confirm your child's subject selection and pathway preference heading into Year 11. Please be sure to book in your meeting when bookings open.

More information about this is included below by Mr James Gerchow.

• As we approach Semester 2, I would like to remind all families that if your child requires additional supports for their learning or assessmen,t they will now require an 'Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments' (AARA) application to be approved. Ms Lola Libbis has recently sent out several email reminders for this paperwork to be completed. If your child is requiring any additional support at school, please don't hesitate to reach out to a member of the Year 10 team.