Renewal of Registration
In order to remain registered all registered teachers must pay the annual fee. In addition, under the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005, every five years all fully registered teachers must renew their registration.
The period of full registration is five years from the day the QCT grants the registration. However, if a teacher held provisional registration and
the teacher subsequently obtained full registration, the period of full registration is reduced by the period for which the teacher held provisional registration.
For example, if a teacher was provisionally registered for two years, the initial period of full registration would be three years.
Requirements for Renewal of Registration
FFor renewal of registration, teachers who demonstrate recency of practice must also have undertaken continuing professional development (CPD) as required under the Continuing Professional Development Framework of the QCT. Teachers must also demonstrate their continuing suitability to teach (a criminal history check will be conducted by the QCT).
Recency of Practice defined
The minimum practice requirement for renewal of registration is that a person has practiced as a teacher, whether or not on a full-time basis, for at least one year within the five year period of registration. `One year’ is defined as 200 days or 1000 hours of teaching in a school.
Members of the profession who do not meet recency of practice requirements in a period of registration will have their full registration renewed and will not be required to meet the CPD requirements for renewal of registration at the end of that period of registration. However, their registration will be renewed subject to a Returning to Teaching in Schools condition. Should these teachers wish to return to the classroom, they will be required to complete a "Returning to Teaching in Schools" program prior to or during the first 12 months of returning to teaching in a school, to ensure that their knowledge, skills and practice are up to date.