Queensland College of Teachers

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.