Stage 1: Child Safety

• attend a VIT Code of Conduct Webinar
• complete the Protecting Children: Mandatory Reporting and Other Obligations (PROTECT) online training
• complete a Professional Responsibilities Report.

Stage 2: Priority Standards

Engage in a minimum of five hours of professional learning focusing on the five identified priority areas based on standards

• 1.4: Strategies for Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Learners
• 2.4: Understand and Respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People to Promote Reconciliation Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians
• 1.6: Strategies to Support the Full Participation of Learners with Disabilities
• 3.2: Plan, Structure, and Sequence Learning Programs
• 5.1: Assess Learning.

Stage 3: Professional Practice

• observation of a fully registered teacher
• observation conducted by a fully registered teacher
• two professional conversations to identify and develop a professional learning plan.

Stage 4: Identified Learning

Identify areas for improvement and professional learning that aligns with the APST. Topics may include, but are not limited to

• inclusive education
• curriculum-focused initiatives
• technology in the classroom
• assessment techniques
• classroom management strategies
• classroom practices
• workplace priorities.

Stage 5: Attestation

• meet with employer to discuss progression through each stage of the pathway and present evidence of meeting the requirements
• employer to confirm if the requirements have been met and Intention to make a recommendation for full registration.

The employer recommendation must be completed by one of the following

• VIT fully registered principal
• VIT fully registered early childhood Director/Service Leader
• VIT fully registered early childhood teacher delegate.