For employers

You can login to your Employer portal by entering your username and password.

Your username is the official education setting email address held by VIT.

To reset your password, select ‘Forgot your password’. This will prompt you to enter your username (i.e. the official education setting email address held by VIT).

You will receive an email with a reset password link - it is important that you only click on the link once. The email may take up to 2 hours to receive - ensure you check your junk mail folder. Please note: the link will expire within 24 hours.

If you cannot remember your password, and do not have access to the email address you set up your account with, please contact us.

We recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome.

You can reset your password by selecting ‘Forgot your password?’ on the Employer portal login page.

This will prompt you to enter your username (i.e. your email address held by VIT).

You will receive an email with a reset password link - it is important that you only click on the link once. The email may take up to 2 hours to receive - ensure you check your junk mail folder. Please note: the link will expire within 24 hours.

We recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome. Check your junk mail and add VIT to your safe sender list.

If you cannot remember your password, and do not have access to the email address you set up your account with, please contact us.

The Employer portal allows schools and early childhood services to maintain and monitor their teacher list, recommend PRTs for full registration, apply for permission to teach (PTT) grants, confirm contact details and access important communications and resources.

It allows the employer to

• confirm the current registration status of a teacher in your employ or a teacher you wish to employ for the start of the new year 
• maintain, monitor and download your teacher list  
• apply for PTT to address a workforce shortage within your school 
• complete a recommendation for full registration of a provisionally registered teacher 
• confirm your contact details  
• access important communications and resources.  

Download the Employer Portal User Guide to learn more about accessing and using the Employer portal. 

The following video explains how to complete a teacher's application for full registration in the Employer portal.

Video transcript: How to complete your teacher's application for full registration in your Employer portal

The following video explains how to manage an application for PTT in the Employer portal.

Video transcript: Employer portal - how to manage an application for PTT

The following video explains how to manage an application for VET PTT in the Employer portal.

Video transcript: How to manage an application for VET PTT

No. Under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, only persons who hold a current VIT registration or permission to teach (PTT) grant can undertake the duties of a teacher in a Victorian school. Victorian schools must not employ persons to undertake teaching duties if they do not hold current registration or a PTT grant, even if they are supervised by a registered teacher.

No. It is an offence under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 for anyone to undertake teaching duties in a Victorian school if they do not hold current registration or a permission to teach (PTT) grant (including education support staff under the supervision of a registered teacher).

The duties of a teacher, as defined in the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, are described as the 'delivery of an educational program or the assessment of student participation in an education program'.

An education program is defined as 'a school-based planned program of learning and assessment that delivers an approved curriculum and reports formally to parents about student progress. Schools have flexibility in the design of their education program to ensure sequencing of knowledge and skills across the years of schooling to support a progression of learning such that students of all achievement levels are able to progress'.

A person with an early childhood qualification to teach learners up to 8 years of age must hold teacher registration in order to teach in primary setting. If they wish to teach in an early childhood service, they require early childhood teacher (ECT) registration.

The type of VIT registration that ECTs are required to hold is determined by the sector they work in.

Please note:

• schools must not employ persons who only hold ECT registration to undertake the duties of a teacher in a school - this applies to all primary / secondary school settings, including Cycle One Montessori; and
• early childhood services must not employ a person in a substantive role if they only hold teacher registration (i.e. they must employ persons who hold either ECT registration or both teacher and ECT registration).

Non-practising teachers cannot be employed / engaged as a teacher in any Victorian school or early childhood service.

If a person with non-practising registration wishes to undertake the duties of a teacher or early childhood teacher, they must successfully make an application to return to teach via their MyVIT account before they can teach.

It is important to update your school and / or early childhood service's current contact details as VIT uses email to communicate important information about legislative amendments, employer obligations and teacher registration matters.

It is also important as

• the principal / early childhood service manager / other leadership in charge of VIT registration matters must be the recipient of VIT communications 
• leadership in some schools and EC services are not receiving important VIT communications – this includes information about teachers who are about to become suspended or have been removed from the register.  
• failure to access timely information on teacher registration matters can lead to unregistered teaching practice and possible prosecution 
• an Employer Pack will be emailed in the coming months – this will be a helpful tool in the induction of new staff and ongoing recruitment for the year
• you will also receive an email invitation to attend a VIT information session webinar where you will have the opportunity to speak with VIT representatives about any questions or concerns you may have about VIT or teacher registration.