The process to gain registration to work as a tutor under the TLI will depend on your individual circumstances.
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If you can meet all the current requirements for teacher registration, you should apply for full registration or provisional registration.
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If you cannot meet all the current requirements for teacher registration, you can apply for a new permission to teach (PTT) (Teacher Tutor) category. The employing school will need to initiate the process with VIT. Once we receive confirmation that you have been offered a position, you will be able to apply for PTT (Teacher Tutor) through your MyVIT account.
You will be assessed in accordance with the requirements of PTT (Teacher Tutor), English language competence, and suitability – including Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and overseas criminal record check (CRC) as applicable.
Please note that if you are a pre-service teacher, you will not be eligible for PTT (Teacher Tutor), however you can be engaged as an education support staff member and perform the duties of a tutor under direct supervision.
Proving your identity and suitability to teach
The VIT’s key function is to provide for the safety and wellbeing of children by ensuring only qualified and suitable persons are teaching Victorian learners. Suitability to teach means determining whether a person is fit to teach and whether a person is physically or mentally able to teach. The VIT must assess whether the character, reputation and conduct of a person are such that a person should be allowed to teach in a school / early childhood service.
You will be required to provide evidence that proves your identity as well as give consent so VIT can undertake a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) on your behalf. We may carry out other criminal record checks from time to time.
Declaring physical and / or mental health conditions
You need to declare any physical or mental impairment that may seriously detrimentally affect your ability to practise as a teacher.
Overseas criminal record check (CRC)
If you were over the age of 18 and lived continuously in any country other than Australia for 12 months within the last 10 years, you will need to provide a certified copy of a police certificate issued by the national police service in the country you lived in. Please refer to Australian Department of Home Affairs for accepted overseas CRCs.