in most jurisdictions teachers reach the first level of accreditation from the relevant authority upon graduation from an approved initial teacher education programme currently each teacher registration authority has its own distinct set of standards for registrationaccreditation however from jurisdictions will be progressively introducing the australian professional standards for teachers the standards which will provide a national measure for teachers professional practice and knowledge advancement to frill registration or professional competence is achieved after a period of employed teaching practice and from an appraisal against the standards at proficient level in all states and territories after teachers have initially become registered within their jurisdiction they must renew their registration