I have provisional registration
To be eligible to apply for (full) Registration you need to have undertaken at least one year of full-time (or part-time equivalent of 200 days) satisfactory teaching service within the five years prior to the date you lodge your application.
For registration purposes, teaching service is considered to be employment as a registered teacher at a school or pre-school setting in Australia or New Zealand. These are the roles for which teacher registration is required by legislation. No other employment can be considered towards the requirements for (full) Registration.
Please check with your employer or request a statement of service from them if you are uncertain about how you are employed.
I have provisional registration, but have not completed the equivalent of 200 days service
Should you not attain (full) Registration within your five-year term of Provisional Registration you will need to make a new application for Provisional Registration under an extended transition process.
As part of your application, you will be required to provide an explanation as to why you have not complied with the condition of your five-year Provisional Registration to meet the requirements for (full) Registration.
If you make a new application for Provisional Registration under this extended transition process, you must meet legislative and Board requirements including 100 hours of professional learning referenced against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. Further, teaching experience remains current for five years only.
Teachers under this process should not expect that their applications for provisional registration will be approved as a matter of course.
The Board will consider the individual merits of each application under the extended transition process to determine whether or not to grant extra time. The Board will look at the efforts taken by a teacher to attain the experience and/or requirements for (full) Registration during their five-year term of provisional registration, together with any explanations as to why the teacher has been unable to successfully transition to (full) Registration.
In some circumstances, an application will be placed before a sub-committee of the Board for hearing and determination. In such circumstances, the teacher is entitled to appear before the Board and make submissions.
Should the Board determine to grant a teacher provisional registration, it will be an expressed condition of that grant that the teacher acquire the necessary experience and/or requirements to move to (full) Registration. The Board may, in its discretion, set further conditions to ensure that this is achieved.
I have full registration
To renew your registration, you need to have completed the required number of days of teaching practice during your term of registration.
Teachers are required to work, at least, an average of 20 days per year (60 days across a three-year registration term and 100 days during the new five-year registration term) as a:
- teacher (including early childhood teacher);
- principal; or
- director (directors in Long Day Care and Out of School Hours Care services are exempt)
at a:
- school in Australia or New Zealand; or
- prescribed service in South Australia (including preschool and long day care)
Your days of employment as a teacher, principal or director must be completed in your current term of registration.
I have full registration, but have not completed the equivalent of 60 days service
If you haven’t been able to undertake the required number of days of employment as described above; and you meet all other renewal requirements (including professional learning) you may be granted (full) Registration for a further term of five years with a notation on your Certificate of Teacher Registration which will advise that, over the five-year term; "100 days employment as a teacher under Part 5 of the Act to be verified".
