Provisional registration is in place to acknowledge the period of time after graduating an ITE course, that a teacher’s practice moves from graduate to proficient level, as defined by the APST.  

The length of time it takes for a teacher’s practice to move from graduate to proficient level is dependent on the person. However, each teacher who holds full registration has demonstrated their proficiency through evidence against the proficient level of the APST. Thus, a new graduate cannot skip the provisional registration category to move directly to full registration.