Professional Standards for Teaching School Geography The 'Standards for Teaching School Geography' project is partly funded through an Australian Research Council Linkages grant. It is an initiative of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne Australian Geography Teachers' Association (AGTA) Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria (GTAV) Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) We thank everyone who has contributed, either as one of the ten accomplished geography teachers in government and non-government schools in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia who were filmed, or through attendance at one of the panel meetings or through responding to the online feedback pages. The final draft draws on the: video footage of ten accomplished geography teachers in government and non-government schools in three states;  project website online survey which gathered responses to questions concerning the lesson videotapes of the teachers; 17 panel meetings in five states; summary of responses from the meetings, the online survey and written responses. We hope that you will find it a stimulating document that makes a significant contribution to the development of the national standards for teachers of Geography. The draft of these standards is now complete. The next step in the process to develop standards for teaching school geography is to seek feedback from Australian teachers. The draft can be accessed at www.agta.asn.au The writers and facilitators of the final draft welcome your feedback and ask that you use the online survey to respond to the document by 12 March 2010. Written and telephoned replies are also welcome. Download Standards for Teachers of Geography document (152 KB PDF) Further information If you would like more information regarding this process, please contact jeana@unimelb.edu.au Please contact Jeana Kriewaldt at Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Telephone: 03 8344 3753                            Facsimile: 03 8344 8490 The writers and facilitators for the project’s final draft are: Dr Dianne Mulcahy – monicadm@unimelb.edu.au Jeana Kriewaldt – jeana@unimelb.edu.au Nick Hutchinson – nhut1001@bigpond.net.au Roger Smith – rogersmith@hotkey.net.au