Education and Training Reform Act 2006

An application for registration as a teacher may be made to the Institute.

A person may not apply for registration as a teacher within 5 years after having been given a WWC exclusion under the Worker Screening Act 2020 unless, since the person was given the WWC exclusion, the WWC exclusion has been set aside or the person has been given a WWC clearance under that Act.

An application must be—

made in the form approved by the Institute; and

subject to subsection (5), accompanied by—

evidence that the person is qualified for registration in accordance with section 2.6.8; and

details of any information required by section 2.6.57; and

the application fee fixed by the Minister; and

a consent signed by the applicant for the Institute to conduct a national criminal history check on the applicant; and

the information specified in the application form relating to the identity of the applicant required for the purposes of the national criminal history check; and

the fee fixed by the Minister for the national criminal history check.

The application must include an authorisation by the applicant for the Institute to arrange for the conduct of a State police record check—

on the applicant in connection with the consideration of the application; and

if registration is granted, on the teacher from time to time during the period of that registration.

The application must include an address for the applicant to be used by the Institute in corresponding with the applicant.

The Institute may require an applicant to provide further information or material in respect of the application.

In considering an application for registration, the Institute—

subject to subsection (5), must conduct a national criminal history check on the applicant; and

may arrange for the conduct of a State police record check on the applicant; and

The Institute may require an applicant for registration to—

provide information about criminal records;

provide information about—

any current or previous right to teach or to be employed as a teacher in another jurisdiction; or

any refusal, including the cancellation, of the right to teach or to be employed as a teacher in another jurisdiction and the reasons, including those given by the body responsible in that jurisdiction for any such refusal or cancellation, for the refusal or cancellation;

provide information about any previous refusal to register the applicant, or any cancellation of the applicant's registration, to carry out a profession in Victoria or in another jurisdiction and the reasons, including those given by the body responsible in that jurisdiction for any such refusal or cancellation, for the refusal or cancellation;

provide information about any previous or current work involving children (including as a volunteer) engaged in by the applicant;

submit to any tests or provide any references or reports to determine the suitability of the person to teach;

submit to any medical or psychiatric examination that the Institute considers appropriate and, if required by the Institute, to provide any results or reports of the examination.

If the applicant is a registered early childhood teacher on whom a national criminal history check has been conducted in the previous 5 years—

the Institute is not required to conduct a national criminal history check on the applicant; and

the application is not required to comply with subsection (2)(b)(iv) to (vi).