Frequently Asked Questions

The three-year registration term will be replaced by a five-year registration term. After mid-2021, three-year terms will no longer be offered when a teacher renews following their current registration period. This means teachers will only have to renew their registration every five years. The date that a registration expires will remain the same, being 31 January.

Under the Teachers Registration & Standards Act 2004 teachers in South Australia were registered for three years. The Teachers Registration and Standards (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020 has allowed the Board to move to a five-year term of registration.

This will bring South Australia in line with the requirements for nationally consistent teacher registration agreed to by the Ministerial Council in 2011. Many states and territories in Australia now have a five-year term of teacher registration.

Yes. It is a condition of registration that a registered teacher must give written notice to the Board within 14 days if any of the following occur:

• you are charged or convicted of certain offences
• you are dismissed, or resign from employment as a practising teacher in response to allegations of unprofessional conduct, including incompetency
• you are dismissed, or resign from any employment in response to allegations of improper conduct relating to a child.

It is also a condition of registration that if a registered teacher:

• becomes a prohibited person: or
• more than five years have elapsed since a Working With Children Check has been conducted in relation to the teacher,

the teacher must give written notice of that fact to the Board within 14 days.

It is also an offence to fail to advise the Board of a change in name or address within 28 days.

Yes. Previously the application fee and annual fee were merged so that teachers only paid one fee. The separation of fees must occur, as for the first time, registration fees can be paid in yearly instalments, up to a maximum of five years.

There has been no change to fees since 14 August 2014 however the cost of providing registration services has increased significantly in this time. The separation of fees has been introduced by the Teachers Registration and Standards (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020 to assist with these costs.

The Board allocates considerable resources to the application process for both new registrants and renewing teachers to ensure that teachers are qualified, and fit and proper persons to hold teacher registration. New applications involve greater initial verification of matters and therefore take more time to process.

The fee structure has been set out in the Teachers Registration and Standards Regulations 2021 which will take effect from 1 July 2021, subject to the transitional provisions.

The fees will consist of an Application Fee, which must be paid up front, and an Annual Fee, which can be paid either in total for the full five years or on an annual basis.

The fees are set out here
 

There is no direct discount. However, as fees are subject to indexation on an annual basis you will avoid any increase made to the fees through indexation across the five-year term of your registration.

Yes, failure to pay your annual fee on time will incur a $75 fee. You will recieve email reminders before your annual fee payments are due.

If you fail to pay your annual fee, your registration will lapse. You will be considered non-financial and will be unable to teach until the outstanding fees are paid.

More information on fees can be found here. 

Yes, there are additional fees for late renewal applications. You are required to submit your renewal application by 31 December, one month before the expiry date (31 January). If you submit your application within one month before the expiry date you will incur a $25 fee. If your application is submitted within the first month after expiry you will incur a $103 fee. You cannot renew your registration more than one month after it has expired and you will be required to submit a new application for registration. 

More information on fees can be found here. 

If you do not pay your annual registration fee on time (by 31 January in each year), your registration will lapse. This will be noted on the Register of Teachers and you will be unable to teach until the outstanding fee and an additional late payment fee of $75 are paid.

You will receive more than one reminder from the Teachers Registration Board that your annual fee is due. Approximately two months from when it is due you will receive a notification and again one month before it is due. You will also receive notifications regarding late payments.

If your registration lapses for non-payment of fees at any time during your five-year registration term you will be required to pay all outstanding fees to reinstate your registration. Unlike other States and Territories, we do not cancel your registration for non-payment of an annual fee. Your registration merely lapses while fees are outstanding. This means you do not have to reapply for registration and recommence the process.

You are no longer required to pay the annual registration fee. However, if your registration expires and you choose to reapply for teacher registration at a later date you will be required to apply as a previously registered teacher and you may be subject to additional requirements.

If at any stage during your five-year registration term you decide to retire, it is up to you if you wish to keep your registration current through the payment of annual fees.

Fees for a Special Authority to Teach are set out in the Teachers Registration and Standards Regulations 2021.

The Special Authority to Teach Application fee is $260 for an initial 12 month period, plus $110 for each additional 12 month period for which the special authority is to be in force.

More information on fees can be found here.

Other fees that have been introduced or updated by the Amendment Act are:

• Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)                        $25
• Fee for replacement of certificate of registration                                       $30
• Application fee for assessment of qualifications for registration                $130
• Applications for accreditation of Initial Teacher Education programs        $2,500*

*only applies to the providers of higher education ITE programs – not to graduates or students

The cost to teachers for the criminal history check fee has not changed since it was first introduced in 2005. The proposed fee ensures all teachers are fit and proper persons to teach by officer review of a teacher’s criminal history.

There is a new fee payable by providers of ITE programs for each individual higher education program lodged for accreditation.

The Board is responsible for accrediting ITE programs delivered by South Australian providers in accordance with a nationally consistent process. This process is complex and rigorous. It involves the establishment of a panel of nationally trained panellists with expertise as teachers, ITE providers and teacher employers. The process can take up to eight months from the lodgement of applications until final approval by the Board.

Previously, the Board did not have authority to charge for accreditation of ITE programs and the full cost was covered by teacher registration fees. Due to changes to the Act the Board will now charge a fee of $2,500 for accreditation of ITE programs. This is similar to fees charged by teacher regulatory authorities in other states and territories.

The proposed start date for these changes is 1 July 2021. You will be advised of the precise date of commencement of the Amendment Act.

Application and Annual registration fees will be subject to annual indexation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The indexed increase will be applied to application and annual fees on 1 February each year.

During your current three-year registration term, you will not be required to pay any further fees. When you next renew your registration, it will be for a five-year term.

Nothing has changed. You are required to lodge your application for renewal of registration by the close of the renewal period, which is the 31 December of the year prior to when your registration is due to expire.

If you lodge your application after the close of the renewal period, after 31 December and before the 31 January of the following year, the total payable application fee is $100 (instead of $75). If applications for renewal are made after the expiry of the registration, 1 February to 28 February, the total payable application fee will be $175. These dates are mandated by legislation.

Once your term of registration ends, you are no longer required to pay the annual registration fee. If you wish to remain registered, you must renew your registration by the expiry date. If you do not renew your registration before the expiry date you will be removed from the Register of Teachers and you will be unable to be employed as a teacher in South Australia. If you choose to reapply for teacher registration at a later date, you will be required to apply as a previously registered teacher and you may be subject to additional requirements.

The WWCC requirements remain the same. You must contact the Department of Human Services to obtain a WWCC. Find out more about the WWCC here.

No. The WWCC is current for five years from the date it is issued while a five-year term of teacher registration will always commence on 1 February each year. The Board does not administer the WWCC – refer to the Department of Human Services.

A NCCHC will be conducted on initial application of teacher registration and at every five-year renewal of registration. Of course, all registrants are subject to ongoing competency and fitness and propriety requirements.

Completion of MNT training has been part of the renewal and application process for teachers since 2006. The proposed Regulations include identical provisions regarding applicants for teacher registration being required to have completed MNT in the 12 months prior to applying for registration or renewal of registration; and providing proof of this.

The proposed changes do not impact on the MNT requirements. Read them here. However, this provision is currently being considered for amendment.

Note: Special authority to teach (SAT) holders will still be required to have satisfactorily completed a mandatory notification course during the 12 months prior to when an application for a special authority to teach is made. This requirement is imposed as Board policy.

Fees for a Special Authority to Teach are set out in the Teachers Registration and Standards Regulations 2021.

The Special Authority to Teach Application fee is $260 for an initial 12 month period, plus $110 for each additional 12 month period for which the special authority is to be in force.

More information on fees can be found here.

There is a new fee payable by providers of ITE programs for each individual higher education program lodged for accreditation.

The Board is responsible for accrediting ITE programs delivered by South Australian providers in accordance with a nationally consistent process. This process is complex and rigorous. It involves the establishment of a panel of nationally trained panellists with expertise as teachers, ITE providers and teacher employers. The process can take up to eight months from the lodgement of applications until final approval by the Board.

Previously, the Board did not have authority to charge for accreditation of ITE programs and the full cost was covered by teacher registration fees. Due to changes to the Act the Board will now charge a fee of $2,500 for accreditation of ITE programs. This is similar to fees charged by teacher regulatory authorities in other states and territories.

Completion of MNT training has been part of the renewal and application process for teachers since 2006. The proposed Regulations include identical provisions regarding applicants for teacher registration being required to have completed MNT in the 12 months prior to applying for registration or renewal of registration; and providing proof of this.

The proposed changes do not impact on the MNT requirements. Read them here. However, this provision is currently being considered for amendment.

Note: Special authority to teach (SAT) holders will still be required to have satisfactorily completed a mandatory notification course during the 12 months prior to when an application for a special authority to teach is made. This requirement is imposed as Board policy.

The WWCC requirements remain the same. You must contact the Department of Human Services to obtain a WWCC. Find out more about the WWCC here.

No. The WWCC is current for five years from the date it is issued while a five-year term of teacher registration will always commence on 1 February each year. The Board does not administer the WWCC – refer to the Department of Human Services.

Transition to full registration is not in the current Regulations and is a matter of Board policy.

No. Applications to transition from Provisional to full registration will be processed without a fee and a replacement certificate will be issued at no cost once the process is successfully completed.

Yes. Provisionally registered teachers are required to move to full registration in their first five-year term of registration. This requirement will bring South Australia in line with the requirements for nationally consistent teacher registration agreed to by the Ministerial Council in 2011.

For teachers who are unable to meet the requirements to move to full registration in their first five-year term of registration, due to exceptional circumstances, there is provision for them to make application under a modified process for renewal of their registration. Applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis depending on the individual circumstances of the teacher.

You can read the proposed Transition from Provisional to full registration Policy here.

No. The Board does not undertake the certification of HALT teachers. This will continue to be administered by the South Australian Teacher Certification Committee (SATCC).

However, the Board now annotates the Register of Teachers to reflect a teacher’s Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher career status for the period of their certification. This status will also be recognised on their certificate of teacher registration. Once a teacher has been granted certification by the SATCC, a new certificate will be issued at no cost to the teacher. The annotation of the Register will remain when a teacher successfully renews their certification status and will be removed when the teacher’s certification lapses.

Certificates with HALT status will be issued from mid-2021.

You will be required to have completed a minimum of 100 hours of professional learning over the five-year registration term. (Previously, the requirement was 60 hours of professional learning over the three-year registration term.) You are not required to undertake 20 hours each year, however it is recommended you spread the hours across the five years.

You will be required to have completed 100 days of professional practice during your five-year registration term. (Previously the requirement was to undertake 60 days of professional practice during the three-year registration term.)

As currently occurs, the Registrar is authorised to suspend the registration of a teacher if the Registrar becomes aware that the teacher has been charged with a prescribed offence.

Some new prescribed offences have been added to the proposed Regulations to further enhance the safety of children. These offences of stalking, unlawful threats, domestic violence, and property damage. Please read the Teachers Registration and Standards Regulations 2021 for a full list of prescribed offences. 

This list of prescribed offences closely mirrors those specified under Working With Children legislation which automatically prohibits a person from working with children if they are found guilty of a prescribed offence.

• Proposed Regulation 3 - Interpretation
• Proposed Regulation 6 - Exemption from requirement to be registered
• Proposed Regulation 7 - Prescribed qualifications, experience, and requirements for registration as a teacher
• Proposed Regulation 8 - Assessment by Teachers Registration Board of teaching qualifications
• Proposed Regulation 10 - Replacement of certificate of registration
• Proposed Regulation 11 - Specified amount to accompany a special authority to teach application
• Proposed Regulation 12 - Exemptions from Working With Children Check requirements
• Proposed Regulation 13 - Mandatory notification course to be completed before special authority to teach granted
• Proposed Regulation 17 - Waiver of fees

Required information to be provided by employers to the Board relating to unprofessional conduct, incapacity or incompetence, is no longer included in the proposed Regulations. It is a matter determined by the Board and the Board will require:

• name, address and teacher registration number
• name and address of the school or other place at which the teacher is employed
• names and addresses of all persons who may be able to give material evidence
• provide details describing the circumstances leading to the notification being made
• the employment status of the teacher
• if the teacher has separated from employment or been suspended from teaching, a copy of the letter of dismissal/resignation and/or the letter of teacher suspension; and
• the status of any investigation and/or disciplinary process.

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Your renewal form will be available for submission online through your Teacher Portal account. If you have not yet signed up for an account you can do so here. 

Read about how to create a portal account.

Read about how to access your Renewal of Application on the portal and what you will need before you begin.

No, the renewal form can only be accessed and submitted online. If you do not have access to a computer some other options include submitting the form from a computer at your school, your local library or in the TRB office.

The renewal form will be available through your Teacher Portal account from 12^th October.

Your teacher registration is active until 31 January of the third year following your last registration or renewal. Prior to your registration expiry date, you can apply to renew it for a further three years. You can check your expiry date on the public register.

The due date for renewal is one month before your registration expires 31 December. Your application may be accepted up until 31 January of the following year however there is no guarantee it will be processed by the expiry of your current registration. You will be in breach of the TRB Act if you teach unregistered.

The Application for Renewal of Registration is available online via the Teacher Portal. To use the portal, please register for an account. Once you have created your account, you will be able to log in to the portal at: https://online.trb.sa.edu.au/default.aspx and submit your application online. 

The term of registration is up to 3 years (i.e. following the grant of registration your new expiry date will be 31/01/2023 and this will be displayed on your Certificate of Teacher Registration and is available on the Public Register.

This may mean that you may not be granted registration prior to expiry of your current registration, 31 January 2021.

All requirements need to be met before registration is granted, including the completion of your Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check, which can take from several days to several weeks depending on individual circumstances.

Please contact the Board, if you will be unable to access your online Teacher Portal Account between the dates of 12/10/2020 – 31/12/2020. 

All cheques and money orders should be in Australian dollars, addressed to the Teachers Registration Board of South Australia.

No.  Applications for Renewal of Registration must be submitted online. If you wish to pay by cheque or money order or are required to submit any additional documentation for your renewal, you can only provide these components by post or in person at the office. Please ensure that you attach your Money Order/Cheque to the checklist you are issued – to help us identify the payee when it comes via post.

If you do not have access to a computer or the internet, you can submit your Renewal Application using the computer available at the TRB office.

To renew your teacher registration you must complete an approved update of the Mandatory Notification Training course during your current term of registration, providing you have previously provided a full day certificate and kept your registration active.
(i.e. ‘Responding to Abuse and Neglect – Education and Care’)
The required online update course is available for teachers due to renew in 2019 & 2020 at Department for Education.

Mandatory Notification Training is a requirement for renewal of registration. If you need to complete an update course, it is available online at: Department for Education. There is no charge to complete the online course.

The Teachers Registration Board is unable to process incomplete applications for renewal of registration. Please email a copy of the certificate you receive following completion of the update course OR upload it when renewing your registration. 

All teachers in South Australia must undertake appropriate Mandatory Notification Training (MNT). You must first complete a full certification course (RRHAN-EC 2 hour online Fundamentals course followed by the Masterclass Workshop) with an approved trainer to gain registration, and then complete updates to renew your registration.                                          

See the Mandatory Notification Training requirements to find out which course you need to do, when you need to complete it, and where you can access the training. You may also like to check with your employer if they have any other requirements.

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No. Pursuant to the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004, the Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check is to be conducted by the Teachers Registration Board. The Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check Application and Informed Consent Form is part of your online Application for Renewal of Registration.

No. Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check is conducted by way of electronic data exchange. The Teachers Registration Board is unable to provide a copy of the Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check. The results are endorsed on your Certificate of Teacher Registration.

Depending on individual circumstances, a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check may vary from several days to several weeks to be cleared.  Please submit your Application for Renewal of Registration prior to 31/12/2020 to ensure there is sufficient time for it to be processed.

For this renewal cycle the Teachers Registration Board has been granted an exemption from its contractual arrangements with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) regarding the provision of proof of identity documentation.  Documentation relating to proof of identity may need to be submitted when you next renew your registration.

Your response depends on the particular category of offence with which you have been charged.

If you have been charged with, or convicted of, an offence/s in the following categories you will need to declare this in the Fitness and Propriety Declaration of your Application for Renewal of Registration form and provide written details as to the nature and circumstances of the matter under confidential cover to the Registrar:

• an offence for which imprisonment may be a penalty (whether or not a penalty of imprisonment was imposed);

or

• any offence involving:
  
  • illicit drugs;
  • violence;
  • sexual or indecent behaviour;
  • dishonesty;
  • cruelty to animals. 

You will be asked to provide further information in a text box on the application form. You will be contacted if more information is required once your application has been reviewed. 

Yes.  You are only required to provide a national overseas criminal history record check upon renewal if you have resided in any country “outside of Australia for more than 12 continuous months within your current term of registration (3 year period)”.  The check must be issued in the 12 months immediately prior to your registration expiry date. For detailed information, including which checks the Board will accept please refer to Overseas Criminal History Record Checks for further information.

The Board will only accept certain national overseas criminal history record checks for renewal of registration purposes.  To ensure you apply for an acceptable national overseas criminal history record check for renewal of registration purposes please refer to Overseas Criminal History Record Checks for further information.

Some countries require an applicant for a criminal history check to provide a letter of support from a requesting organisation. Countries which may require a letter of support include Austria, Bermuda, Curacao, Cyprus, East Timor, Fiji, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Singapore, United Kingdom, Thailand, Venezuela and Yemen. If you require a letter of support please lodge your request to the Teachers Registration Board by completing the form through the website here https://www.trb.sa.edu.au/ochrc. A letter of support for a criminal history record check will be prepared and forwarded.

The supporting letter will be emailed and posted to you.

You must upload a certified copy of your overseas police check with your online renewal of application. You will not be able to complete your renewal application without this.

If your overseas police check is not going to arrive before 31/12/2020 please contact the Board.

Your application for renewal of registration will not be progressed/finalised until the overseas police check has been received by the Board. 

Yes.  For renewal of registration purposes, you can email your overseas police check to us. It MUST be a certified copy of your original document.

If you are in Australia it must be certified by a Justice of the Peace.

If you are currently overseas your documents can be certified by either a Justice of the Peace or a Commissioner for Taking Affidavits (e.g. a solicitor) or a Notary Public.

We require a certified copy of the original and the translated version if the check is provided in a language other than English.

If you wish to maintain your South Australian Teacher Registration while overseas, you will need to continue to meet the requirements in order to renew your teacher registration. These requirements include the 100 hours of professional learning (during the five-year term), mandatory notification training and the required teaching practice days. For more information on the teaching practice requirements you have with your particular teacher registration status (e.g. Provisional Registration or Full Registration) please click here.
Please note: it may be possible to renew your registration with a notation on your certificate if you are unable to complete the teaching practice requirement.

Please also note that if you reside in any country other than Australia, for more than 12 continuous months within your current term of registration, you will also need to provide original or certified copies of national overseas criminal history record checks from those countries. The check must be issued in the 12 months immediately prior to your registration expiry date.

Overseas Criminal History Record Checks can be time consuming and difficult to obtain once you are back in Australia and this will affect the time it takes to finalise an application. The TRB advises that you apply for a criminal history check while you are still residing in the overseas country, before your return to Australia.

No.  You are unable to place your renewal of registration on hold for any circumstances.

The Application for Renewal of Registration is available online via the Teacher Portal.  To use the portal, please register for an account. Once you have created your account, you will be able to log in to the portal at: https://online.trb.sa.edu.au/default.aspx

Please note that if you decide to apply for re-instatement of your registration in the future you may be subject to additional requirements before you can re-enter the register. Further information regarding previously registered teachers is available on our website at http://www.trb.sa.edu.au/previously-registered or you can contact the Board for further information about re-applying.

You can complete the mandatory notification requirements online. Please follow this link to complete the required training. Please email the Board if you would like to confirm your requirements at renewal@trb.sa.edu.au

If you have not completed 200 days of teaching in the last five years then you can renew your Provisional Registration for a second renewal cycle at the end of this year.

If you have completed 200 days of teaching in the last five years it is recommended that you apply for full registration. If you have not completed the TPR process, you will need to provide an explanation on your renewal application as to why you have not complied with this requirement. On consideration of this, the Board may grant you one further term of provisional registration in which you will be expected to transition to (full) registration as soon as practicable.

If you are confident your TPR will be signed off by the end of the school year, please submit it before submitting your renewal. If it appears the evaluator will not sign off please put a note in the TPR reason text box of your application form to say when you expect it will be submitted. You MUST submit your renewal application form by 31 December 2020. You can submit your TPR paperwork once it is ready and a new certificate of registration will be issued even if you have just renewed your registration.

It is a requirement that all teachers complete 60 hours of professional learning within their current learning term. If there are extenuating circumstances as to why you are unable to meet this requirement, please contact the Board on 8253 9700 immediately.

Your current learning term begins from the date of your last renewal (or the date you were registered if it is your first renewal), up until 31/12/2020. Your next learning term will start from the date you renew this year.

Technically yes, but it will hold up renewal of your registration and we cannot guarantee your registration will be finalised by the expiry of your current registration on 31/01/2021. You will be in breach of the TRB Act if you teach unregistered.

Not if you complete it within your current learning term. It will not rollover. As soon as you renew from mid-October, your next learning term will begin and any professional learning completed from this date will count towards your next renewal.

The requirement to enter your professional learning on the portal came in on 1 February 2018 and you must now enter your learning on the portal. Please ensure you explain how your learning connects to one or more of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

No, you just need to have completed the learning. You can go back in and enter your professional learning at a later date. Please note: The learning should be entered in time for the professional learning audit which will be conducted in February 2020.

If you hold full registration you need to have completed 60 days of teaching within your renewal cycle. If you have not completed 60 days of teaching but meet all other requirements to renew your registration you will still hold full registration but you will have a notation on your certificate saying “60 days employment as a teacher under Part 5 of the Act to be verified”. Once you have completed 60 days of teaching you can submit a statement of service to the Board and have the notation removed and a new certificate issued.

If you hold provisional registration you need to have completed 200 days of practice in order to apply for full registration. If you have not completed 200 days you can renew for a second term of registration on Provisional Registration with no minimum professional practice requirements.

The Board will be conducting audits of the professional learning and professional practice requirements. These audits will be managed by a random computer generation of applications submitted for renewal. The audits will be conducted after 1 February each year and will not delay your application for renewal of registration in any way.

As you are a currently registered teacher the Board is still obligated to send you information about your Renewal of Registration. However, if you should choose not to lodge your application, which is only available through the Teacher Portal, by the end of your term of registration your name will be removed from the register of teachers and you will receive no further correspondence from the Board.

Please note that if you decide to apply for re-instatement of your registration in the future you may be subject to additional requirements before you can re-enter the register. Further information regarding previously registered teachers is available on our website at https://www.trb.sa.edu.au/previously-registered or you can contact the Board for further information about re-applying.

100 hours of professional learning referenced to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers during each five-year term of registration is a compulsory requirement for all registered teachers.

This minimum requirement applies regardless of whether you are working full-time, part-time, or as a temporary relief teacher, are interstate or overseas, have been on leave from employment (e.g. parenting leave, long service leave, retired) or you are not employed as a teacher.

You must complete a total of 100 hours of professional learning within your five-year term of registration, but the hours do not have to be evenly distributed between those years. 

Some employers will expect that you participate in professional learning on-site and/or in your own time. Any learning you do for this purpose can also be counted towards your 100 hours for registration requirements, as long as the activity meets the definition of professional learning given on the Professional Learning page.

You are encouraged to take ownership of your learning by using your professional judgement to seek out activities specific to your teaching circumstances. The information on the Professional Learning and Types of Professional Learning pages can help you determine the kinds of activities you could count and so find learning opportunities that are interesting and relevant to you and the students/children you are teaching now or into the future. Examples of possible resources can be found on the Professional Learning Resources page.

Professional learning does not have to be (but can certainly include) face-to-face and/or paid learning opportunities, such as workshops and conferences. The definition of professional learning also includes self-directed learning, such as online courses, professional reading, research, listening to podcasts, participating in webinars, etc. These types of professional learning activities would be particularly suited to those who are not teaching full-time or who are working in regional/remote areas. Check Types of Professional Learning for more examples.

You can choose from a broad range of professional learning opportunities and it is anticipated that a variety of learning opportunities will be undertaken depending on your particular circumstances. Please refer to Types of Professional Learning to find out about the many ways you can access your learning.

You need to keep both a summary record of your professional learning and supporting evidence for each learning activity you have recorded.

Professional learning must be recorded on the Teachers Portal. Please refer to Recording Professional Learning.

You also need to retain supporting evidence for completing each learning activity, such as a certificate, your own notes, a record of attendance, a reflection journal, etc. Please refer to Evidence of Professional Learning. It is recommended that you keep your evidence for at least a year after renewal

Yes, it is a requirement that you enter your professional learning on the Teachers Portal.

There are many alternative forms of evidence you can keep for learning activities where you don’t receive a certificate. These include your own notes, an attendance record, annotated handouts, a booking receipt, etc. Please refer to Evidence of Professional Learning for more examples.

The professional learning information on the Teachers Portal  will remain available on the portal indefinitely. Within the My Professional Learning History tool you can toggle between your current and previous terms of registration to view and/or edit professional learning you have already recorded. You can also download and print off the Professional Learning Summary Record for each term of registration.

You must record a minimum of 100 hours of your learning on the Teachers Portal in the Professional Learning Summary Record and keep your supporting evidence for at least a year after each period of registration. The record must provide a range of information, including a description in your own words of how you believe each learning activity could be linked to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

You do not need to have your Professional Learning Summary Record or supporting evidence signed by anyone. As the registered teacher you are responsible for ensuring the recording of your own professional learning is complete and correct on the Teachers Portal.

It is recommended that you break down your study program into more manageable “chunks” by recording separate entries for the individual modules or units you completed rather than the course as a whole. You will find it easier to adequately describe a link between specific topics and one or more of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) than trying to explain how the entire course could be connected to a large range of APST. This also allows you to record professional learning study hours even if you have not completed the course at the time of renewing your registration.

It is your professional judgement as to how many hours you allocate to your study. The course outline may include information about the expected time commitment. See the examples for Study on the Referencing Professional Learning to the Standards page.

For each learning activity recorded towards the professional learning requirement, you need to be able to briefly describe, in your own words, how you have made a connection to one or more of the APST. For examples of this refer to Referencing Professional Learning to the Standards.

Some professional learning providers may nominate which of the APST they consider the learning activity relates. However, you still need to describe the link between the learning and one or more APST in your own words. 

Your description will generally only need to be one or two sentences long. You should assume that a person reading your Professional Learning Summary Record does not know your teaching context or the particular professional learning activity. Using your own words, specify how the learning activity was relevant to the APST and your professional growth as a teacher.

Please do not use acronyms, vague descriptions or list the focus areas for your learning activity. Refer to Referencing Professional Learning to the Standards for more information.

Each learning activity needs to address at least one of the APST, but it is not compulsory to cover them all. 

The Focus Area Descriptors are there to help you unpack the APST and work out where your learning activity best fits. You only need to describe how the learning fits one or more of the APST, so focus areas are not required.

‘As described’ refers to the requirement under the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004 that a person employed as a teacher, principal or director at a school or prescribed service (Directors in Long Day Care and Out of School Hours Care services are exempt) must be registered. 

Please note: During a three year term of registration (offered prior to 1 July 2021), the required number of days is 60. During the new five-year term of registration, 100 days (an average of 20 days per year) is the requirement.

A prescribed service means a registered kindergarten, preschool or centre-based Long Day Care service, including pre-school education (Out of School Hours Care services are exempt).

If you declare on your renewal application that you have not been able to undertake the required number of days employment as described and you meet all other application requirements including professional learning, you may be granted (full) Registration for a further term of five years with a notation; ‘100 days employment as a teacher under Part 5 of the Act to be verified’. 

Yes, you will still hold (full) Registration, which will enable you to undertake employment as a teacher, principal or director at a school or prescribed service as you are now (Directors in Long Day Care and Out of School Hours Care services are exempt). 

No, employment in another capacity will not fulfil the professional practice requirement for renewal of (full) Registration. The practice required must be undertaken whilst employed as a teacher, principal or director at a school or prescribed service (Directors in Long Day Care and Out of School Hours Care services are exempt). 

You do not submit your evidence on application for renewal (Refer to question: When do I submit evidence of meeting the professional practice requirement?).

The application for renewal of (full) Registration will include questions relating to the professional practice requirement. On application to renew, you will self-declare whether or not you have undertaken the required days of professional practice as described within your term of registration and retained supporting evidence to verify your declaration. 

An audit of a randomly selected number of applications will take place to ensure the declarations made by teachers of having met the professional practice requirement are supported by evidence. Teachers who are selected will be notified of their participation after their renewal of registration has been finalised. Those teachers will be asked to provide their evidence to the Board within 28 days of being notified of their inclusion in the audit.

Teachers are required to retain evidence supporting their professional practice for 12 months after renewing their registration.

You will need to provide a Statement of Service to the Board as evidence of undertaking required days of professional practice (60 days during a three-year term and 100 days across the new five-year term).

A statement of service is a statement signed and dated by a principal/director/site leader/employing authority detailing the dates of employment at the site(s). This statement must be on the official letterhead of the site/employing authority and include the following:

• name and registration number of the teacher
• classification of the position held by the teacher (e.g. teacher, coordinator, senior leader, principal, director etc.)
• start and end dates of the appointment(s) and fraction(s) of time worked
• name and contact details of the principal/director/site leader/employing authority.

Obtaining a Statement of Service

• For South Australian Department for Education sites, you may be able to retrieve a Statement of Service from the Employee Information Kiosk or apply for a Statement of Service from the Department for Education.
• For non-government sites, you will need to ask each site you have worked at for a signed Statement of Service on official school/prescribed service letterhead.

The Board does not receive teaching service information directly from employers, so it is your responsibility to obtain a Statement of Service as evidence of meeting the requirements. We can’t accept copies of employment contracts, payslips or any other documents in place of Statements of Service.

Please contact us if you’re unsure.

You can apply to have the notation removed on verification of the full-time equivalent of the required days of employment as a teacher, principal or director at a school or prescribed service in Australia or New Zealand within your term of registration (Directors in Long Day Care and Out of School Hours Care services are exempt).

While you must be registered as a teacher, the Teachers Registration Board does not employ teachers. You can visit employer websites for information about application requirements and to find vacancies, or contact the relevant employing authority. Please refer to the employment information section for more details.

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You are issued a hard-copy Certificate of Teacher Registration each time you register or renew your registration. This certificate is formal evidence of your teacher registration and you may need to present it to an employer. You can check your registration number and expiry date on the online Register of Teachers.

If you require a new copy of your certificate you can complete an Application for a Replacement Certificate of Registration. This application form is not available online. Please contact us to have one emailed to you.

You will be required to complete the application form, have the statutory declaration signed by a Justice of the Peace, provide a certified copy of photo identification (signed by the same Justice of the Peace) and pay the replacement certificate fee of $30. Applications must be submitted by post or in person. Scanned or faxed applications cannot be accepted.

Your new certificate will be sent to you by post (or you could collect it in-person). We cannot send you a faxed or scanned copy of your certificate.

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Authority to Teach letters are issued by the Department for Education and are specific to employment as a teacher in the government sector. Please refer any queries about the Authority to Teach letter or the online Employable Teacher Register (ETR) application to the Department for Education.

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Yes. Please contact the Project Officers, Professional Standards to advise of your intentions and discuss appropriate timelines for submission of your documentation. Please note that accreditation submissions should be submitted to the Board at least 8 months before the intended commencement date of the program. Project Officers will provide advice and assistance on the format of your submission.

Applications for accreditation or re-accreditation* should be submitted to the Board according to agreed timelines but no later than eight months before the planned commencement of the program or at least eight months before the expiry of existing accreditation.

* The first national accreditation for a program will be considered as a first or initial accreditation and re-accreditation will usually occur after 5 years of national accreditation.

A separate application should be submitted for each program.

Documentation should include:

• Template 1 - Coversheet - captures program information and declaration
• Template 2 - Program Standards Matrix - captures a map of evidence against the Program Standards
• Template 3 - Graduate Standards Matrix - captures a map of evidence against the Graduate Teacher Standards
• Template 4 - Plan for demonstrating impact - describes the performance and outcomes measures that will be collected, reported, and relied upon to demonstrate the impact of a program

and can be accessed here

For further information about submissions refer to the Standards and Procedures

The Teachers Registration Board of South Australia will convene an accreditation panel comprised of people trained in the national accreditation process. Each panel will undertake to assess the program against the national program and graduate teacher standards. The panel will provide a final accreditation report and recommendation to the Board.

The Board will make the decision to accredit or re-accredit the submitted program after giving consideration to the panel report and the Board’s legislative responsibilities. The Board will advise the provider in writing of its decision and any further information of relevance to the decision.

In general, programs will be accredited or re-accredited for a period of up to five years.

The Board will advise AITSL in writing of accredited programs and AITSL will update the national database accordingly.

The majority of teachers are first registered with Provisional Registration. To apply to transition to (full) Registration you need to have completed 200 days full-time (or the part-time equivalent) satisfactory teaching service within the past 5 years, and have achieved the Proficient level in each of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Once you have met those requirements you need to complete an Application to Transition from Provisional to (full) Registration. See our information about transition from Provisional to (full) Registration to find out more about the application process and when you should complete it.

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