Who we are

The Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) is an independent statutory authority for the teaching profession, whose primary function is to regulate members of the teaching profession to ensure quality teaching, and provide for the safety and wellbeing of children.     

The VIT was established by the Victorian Institute of Teaching Act (2001) in December 2002 and undertakes its functions in accordance with the Education and Training Reform Act (2006). Read more about VIT’s legislative requirements.

It is a legal requirement for all teachers to be registered with VIT in order to undertake the duties of a teacher in a Victorian school or early childhood service. Teacher registration helps maintain professional status, standing and public confidence in the teaching profession, particularly in the suitability of teachers to work with children.

Our vision is to ensure that Victorian learners have the best teachers. The term ‘teachers’ refers to both school and early childhood teachers. 

We achieve this by accrediting initial teacher education (ITE) programs that prepare early career teachers for working in Victoria, monitoring the suitability of registered teachers, and supporting beginner teachers to enter the profession and develop their practice through professional standards. 

The VIT also investigates instances of misconduct, incompetence or lack of fitness to teach and regulates compliance with the Codes of Conduct and Ethics.

Strategic Plan

The VIT’s Strategic Plan will be implemented over 3 financial years from 2024-2027. During this time we will work to achieve the following objectives

1. Provide for the safety and wellbeing of children and young people
2. Set and uphold the standards to enable quality teaching
3. Collaborate effectively with stakeholders
4. Provide an efficient and effective registration process to facilitate quality teaching, workforce supply and child safety and wellbeing
5. Be a high performing regulator

Our Strategic Plan is aligned to VIT’s 2024 statement of expectations to ensure consistency between the Minister’s expectations and VIT’s strategic direction. In preparing the Strategic Plan, we have translated our vision and purpose into a clear set of objectives with specific areas of focus. We intend on delivering actions that contribute to achieving our objectives, and have defined what success looks like.

Information about our progress and performance against the Strategic Plan will be provided in future VIT annual reports. 

Our regulatory approach

The VIT’s regulatory approach sets out our strategy to regulate the teaching profession in Victoria, reflecting best practice and strengthening our risk-based approach to teacher registration.

Our regulatory approach includes the following principles that outline how we perform our functions.