Registration Committee
The Terms of Reference of the Registration Committee are:
To make decisions about contentious matters referred by the Director of the Office of the College or matters in which the Director considers that s/he has a conflict of interest, concerning:
- eligibility for teacher registration of applicants where it is not clear that they meet the professional practice requirements for registration;
- eligibility for permission to teach;
- applications for full registration where a Principal’s Report assesses that some or all of the Professional Standards have not been met and the applicant disagrees with that assessment;
- applications for renewal of full registration or permission to teach;
- applications from approved teachers for review of conditions imposed on registration or permission to teach;
- failure by a teacher holding provisional registration or a person holding permission to teach to comply with a condition imposed on their registration or permission to teach; and
- failure by a teacher holding full registration to comply with a returning to teaching condition. And;
To provide expert advice on the application and development of policy of the Board of the Queensland College of Teachers on issues relating to:
- applications for full or provisional registration or permission to teach;
- applications for renewal, and issues related to, full registration or permission to teach;
- conditions on registration (apart from conditions concerning suitability to teach); and
- English language proficiency required for registration.
Membership:
- A member of the Board of the QCT (as Chair);
- One additional Board member;
- A nominee of the Deans of Education Forum;
- A nominee of the Director of the Office of the QCT;
- A nominee of Education Queensland;
- A nominee of Queensland Catholic Education Commission;
- A nominee of Association of Independent Schools of Queensland; and
- Two registered teachers who are not Board members of whom:
- One is identified by the Queensland Teachers Union;
- One is identified by the Queensland Independent Education Union of Employees.