The VIT has compiled definitions for our most frequently used terms, government departments and regulatory bodies. If you are unable to find a specific term in this list, please contact us.
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Register to teach
- Who needs to register?
- How to register
- Qualifications and prerequisites
- Registration categories
- Professional practice and learning
- Criminal history checks
- Teacher resources
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Maintain my registration
- Annual registration
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Professional practice and learning
- Professional practice and learning
- Recency of practice
- Professional learning
- Professional learning
- Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST)
- Teaching learners from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds
- Teaching learners from culturally diverse and refugee backgrounds
- Inclusive education
- Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
- Illustrations of early childhood teacher practice
- Resources for online teaching and learning
- Checks, clearances and audits
- Changes to registration
- Teacher conduct and suitability
- Teacher mentoring programs
- Teacher resources
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Support my teachers
- Who needs to register?
- Employers’ obligations
- Teacher mentoring programs
- Teacher conduct and suitability
- Support my teachers' registration
- Employer resources
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Teacher education
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Professional learning resources
- Professional learning resources
- Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST)
- Teaching learners from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds
- Teaching learners from culturally diverse and refugee backgrounds
- Inclusive education
- Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
- Illustrations of early childhood teacher practice
- Pre-assessment of overseas qualifications
- Qualifications and other prerequisites for new teachers
- Education for those who wish to become teachers
- Continuing education programs for teachers
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Conduct and suitability
- Suitability and fitness to teach
- Preliminary assessments
- Outcomes
- Investigations
- What if I have a suitability matter?
- Complaints about a teacher
- Immediate action
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For education providers
- Course accreditation and endorsement information
- Education for those who wish to become teachers
- Continuing education for teachers
- Education provider resources
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