The Change of Registration Category process
1. Lodge a Change of Registration Category Expression of Interest Form ............................................. 1
2. An Information pack and Application Form will be emailed to you ................................................... 1
3. Establish your workplace panel ......................................................................................................... 1
4. Prepare evidence of your teaching proficiency for the workplace assessment ................................. 2
5. Undertake a workplace assessment of your teaching proficiency ..................................................... 2
7. Assessment of Change of Registration Category Application and notification of outcome ............... 3
8. Audit Processes ................................................................................................................................... 4
Each stage of the process in detail
1. Lodge a Change of Registration Category Expression of Interest Form
As part of the Expression of Interest (EoI) process you will be required to:
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Provide details of your recent employment history,
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Indicate if you have the endorsement of your principal/supervisor and;
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Indicate when you expect to complete your workplace assessment
2. An Information pack and Application Form will be emailed to you
The information pack will provide detailed information about how to undertake the
school/workplace assessment and how to complete and submit your Change of Registration
Category application.
3. Establish your workplace panel
The Change of Registration Category process involves a workplace assessment of your teaching
proficiency against the Australian Professional Teaching Standards, Proficient Stage, undertaken by a
panel of fully registered teaching colleagues. You should work with your principal/supervisor to
establish your workplace panel and identify who will assist you in gathering relevant evidence e.g.
the classroom observations.
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4. Prepare evidence of your teaching proficiency for the workplace assessment
Evidence of your teaching proficiency against the Proficient Stage must be provided to your
workplace panel. The information pack will detail the type of evidence you must gather for the
Change of Registration Category process. It will include annotated evidence demonstrating your
capacity to meet the Proficient Standards compiled from your everyday practice in the form of:
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observations of your teaching practice;
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planning for and assessment of student learning and
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self-reflection on your teaching practice and relevant professional learning.
The evidence must be current – that is selected from your teaching practice within the last five
years.
5. Undertake a workplace assessment of your teaching proficiency
The workplace assessment must be undertaken by a panel of fully registered teaching colleagues.
The panel will review your evidence and:
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determine whether each of the 7 Standards has been demonstrated;
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whether on balance, each descriptor within the Standards has been demonstrated;
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determine if you are suitable for recommendation for full registration.
The panel will then complete the relevant section of the Application Form and return this to you.
Please contact the Board for advice on how the workplace assessment can be aligned to other
employment processes:
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Annual Performance Review
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Fixed term teacher assessment
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Probation assessment
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6. Submit the Change of Registration Category Application
Ensure the Application Form has been completed in full. It must contain:
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The recommendation from the school/workplace panel
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Evidence of your teaching experience;
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The recommendation by the principal/ supervisor
Send your Application Form to the Board – GPO Box 539, Hobart, TAS, 7001
DO NOT SEND YOUR EVIDENCE WITH THE APPLICATION FORM - You and your workplace must retain
your evidence for at least 12 months and make it available to the Board if required – you do not
have to send it to the Board unless a formal request is made for you to do so.
Receipt of the Application Form will be acknowledged by email and an Invoice for the nonrefundable application fee will be created in your TRB Online account. Once full payment is received
your Application will be assessed.
7. Assessment of Change of Registration Category Application and notification of outcome
The assessment process involves:
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Ensuring that the Change of Registration Category process has been undertaken as required
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Confirming that the appropriate recommendations have been made;
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Confirming that you have met any additional conditions placed on your provisional
registration (if relevant);
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Confirming that you meet the requirements for full registration, including good character
and fitness to be a teacher requirements.
If the Application meets requirements and is accepted your registration category will be updated to
“full registration”. You will be notified of this by email.
If the Application is assessed as not meeting requirements e.g. it is incomplete, the process has not
been undertaken in accordance with requirements, the recommendation is to maintain provisional
registration only; the Application will be returned to you and you will be advised in writing that your
registration category will remain as “provisional registration”.
If, as part of the assessment process it is identified that you do not meet all requirements for full
registration, despite a recommendation from your workplace panel that you have demonstrated
your teaching proficiency, your Application will be placed on hold until such time as you can meet all
other requirements. This might occur if you have additional conditions on your provisional
registration, or if there are issues in relation to good character or fitness to be a teacher which must
be addressed before full registration can be granted. In this circumstance you will be advised of the
relevant issues in writing.
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8. Audit Processes
The Board conducts regular audits of Change of Registration Category Applications. This is done for
moderation and quality control purposes.
If you are selected for audit you will be asked to provide the evidence that was used by your
workplace panel for the Change of Category process.
You must retain your evidence for a period of 12 months following the completion of your Change of
Category process.
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