The principles and teaching strategies which drive the Classroom Management and Instructional Strategies (CM&IS) professional learning program are underpinned by the overarching outcomes stated by the Curriculum Framework.

These principles describe the outcomes which all students need to attain in order to:

• become lifelong learners
• achieve their potential in their personal and working lives
• play an active part in civic and economic life
  

The outcomes apply across all learning areas and are the responsibility of all teachers. The CM&IS professional learning program teaches practical, effective strategies to help achieve the 13 overarching outcomes:

1. students use language to understand, develop and communicate ideas and information and interact with others
2. students select, integrate and apply numerical and spatial concepts and techniques
3. students recognise when and what information is needed, locate and obtain it from a range of sources and evaluate, use and share it with others
4. students select, use and adapt technologies
5. students describe and reason about patterns, structures and relationships in order to understand, interpret, justify and make predictions
6. students visualise consequences, think laterally, recognise opportunity and potential and are prepared to test options
7. students understand and appreciate the physical, biological and technological world and have the knowledge and skills to make decisions in relation to it
8. students understand their cultural, geographic and historical contexts and have the knowledge, skills and values necessary for active participation in life in Australia
9. students interact with people and cultures other than their own and are equipped to contribute to the global community
10. students participate in creative activity of their own and understand and engage with the artistic, cultural and intellectual work of others
11. students value and implement practices that promote personal growth and well-being.
12. students are self-motivated and confident in their approach to learning and are able to work individually and collaboratively
13. students recognise that everyone has the right to feel valued and be safe, and, in this regard, understand their rights and obligations and behave responsibly