trb.wa.gov.au Teacher Registration : Western Australia Board

Organization : Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
Type of Facility : Teacher Registration
Country: Australia

Website : https://www.trb.wa.gov.au/Teacher-Registration
Apply Here : http://www.trb.wa.gov.au/Further_information/forms/Pages/default.aspx

Teacher Registration:

Many professions require registration including teaching.

Related : Northern Territory Board Teacher Registration : www.statusin.org/9501.html

Registration is a requirement in all Australian States and Territories and New Zealand.

The Teacher Registration Act 2012 gives paramount consideration to the best interests of school children in Western Australia.

Teachers must be appropriately qualified and fit and proper to be a registered teache

Who needs to be registered in WA?:
The Teacher Registration Act 2012 (Act) requires all teachers who are teaching in Western Australian schools and other educational venues to be registered with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA).

Teach means to undertake duties in an educational venue that includes:
** the delivery of an educational programme designed to deliver a prescribed curriculum and the assessment of student participation in such an educational programme; or
** the administration of any such educational programme.

All teachers teaching in the following educational venues must be registered:
** all government and non-government schools
** community kindergartens
** child care centres (a place where a child care service as defined in the Child Care Services Act 2004 Section 4 is provided)
** a place where centre-based services operate as defined in the Education and Care Services National Law (Western Australia) Act 2012
** a juvenile detention centre.

Generally those teachers who teach in an educational venue in the above list must be registered.

People not required to be registered:
Generally teachers not teaching a prescribed curriculum or who are not teaching in an educational venue are not required to be registered with the TRBWA, although they may obtain registration if eligible.

Teachers in venues not listed above, such as private coaching colleges, volunteer tutoring programs and home tutoring, are not required to register although they may obtain registration if eligible.

Teaching does not include the duties performed by:
** a teacher’s aide
** a teacher’s assistant
** a student teacher on practicum placement
** a care giver in childcare centre.

A person who tutors, coaches or teaches an extra-curricular subject is also not considered to be teaching for the purpose of the Act.

A person who is a trainer and assessor as defined within the Australian Quality Training Framework or the Commonwealth’s Standards for National VET Regulation Registered Training Organisations (2011), delivering Vocational Education and Training courses is not required to be registered. This is the also the case if they are working in a school.

Application fees:
The application fee is determined on where your initial teacher qualification was completed. For information on the application fees please click here.

If the TRBWA requests mandatory information or information to support your application, this must be provided to the TRBWA in a timely manner. Applications that have outstanding information or remain inactive for more than 60 days may be cancelled.

Application processing times:
While the majority of applications are finalised within 10 weeks of receipt, the time taken may be longer depending on when it is submitted, the completeness of the documentation supplied, the accuracy of the answers given, the complexity of the application and the time it takes for the results of the Criminal Record Check to be returned to the TRBWA by the CrimTrac agency. ?

Registration requirements:
In order to make an application for registration, you must complete an application for registration, pay the appropriate fee and have your application assessed as meeting the following requirements for registration:
** qualification requirements
** English language
** be a fit and proper person to be a teacher in Western Australia
** meet the required Professional Standards for the registration category.

Please refer to the respective application form for the evidence you need to meet these requirements.

Please ensure only certified copies are presented with your application. Do not send your original qualifications or transcripts.