Progression for Base Scale Teachers including Unit Holders. (a) Annual Assessment against Professional Standards For the purposes of determining annual progression from one step to the next, each teacher’s performance will be assessed annually against the relevant professional standards as set out in Schedule 2 or 3 as appropriate;
(b) When setting performance expectations and development objectives with individual teachers for the coming year, the professional standards at the relevant level against which the teacher is to be assessed should be confirmed between the teacher and the employer;
(c) For each teacher to progress annually to their next step they will need to demonstrate that they meet the professional standards at the appropriate level;
(d) Beginning Teachers will have at least two annual assessments against the professional standards for the beginning teacher level before moving to the fully certificated level, except where the teacher and the employer agree that assessment against the beginning standards for more than one annual assessment is not appropriate because of the teacher’s previous relevant experience. In such cases teachers may be assessed against the fully certificated teacher standards after one assessment against the beginning teacher standards;
(e) Fully Certificated Teachers will have at least three annual assessments against the professional standards for fully certificated teachers before moving to the experienced teacher level regardless of whether or not they have reached their qualifications maximum;
(f) Experienced Teachers are teachers who have had at least three successful annual assessments against the Fully Certificated Teacher professional standards and who then meet the Experienced Teacher professional standards. Experienced Teachers will continue to be assessed annually against the experienced teacher professional standards.
