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Victorian Government Tutor Learning initiative

Victorian schools are recruiting more than 4,100 teaching professionals as tutors to support students in catching up with any learning they may have missed due to the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.

Victorian schools are recruiting more than 4,100 teaching professionals as tutors to support students in catching up with any learning they may have missed due to the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.

If you are a pre-service teacher, a teacher on leave, a teacher working part-time who is looking for more hours, a recently retired teacher or a casual relief teacher, you may be eligible to apply for a tutoring position as part of the Victorian Government’s $250 million initiative.

The VIT is working with the Department of Education and Training (DET) to ensure applications are processed in time for the commencement of the program (Term 1 2021).

If you haven't done so already, please confirm your eligibility and pre-register your interest in participating in the Tutor Learning initiative with DET.

FYI

The employing school will initiate the process with VIT to ensure that only those recruited for tutoring roles are asked to register with VIT. Once we receive confirmation that you have been offered a position, you will be able to apply for teacher registration (if you aren’t already registered).

Pre-service teachers will not need to register with VIT. The Tutor Learning initiative will relate to their teacher education program and professional placement and they will always be under the supervision of a fully registered teacher.

Please note: early childhood teachers are excluded from this initiative. Under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, only registered teachers or holders of permission to teach are able to undertake the duties of a teacher in Victorian schools.

Registration entry pathways for tutoring roles

I currently hold (practising) teacher registration, provisional registration or permission to teach

If you are a registered teacher or provisionally registered teacher, you are able to undertake the duties of a teacher. You are eligible to apply for the Tutor Learning initiative thorough DET. You are not required to contact VIT or apply for a different category of registration.

I am a recently retired teacher who can meet current VIT registration requirements (including a minimum of 4 years of tertiary education)

ou can apply for teacher registration – immediate full or provisional registration – through your MyVIT account.

You must meet all current registration requirements including the completion of a minimum of four years of tertiary education, and provide all necessary evidence.

You will be assessed in accordance with current policies and procedures including qualifications, LANTITE (only where applicable), English language competence and suitability (including a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and an overseas criminal record check as applicable). Read more about the application modules and how to apply.

Note – applicants for immediate full registration must provide evidence of full registration held in the past five years, and evidence they have taught in one or more Australian or New Zealand schools for at least 80 days within the five years prior to the date of the application.

I previously held teacher registration with VIT but CANNOT meet current VIT registration requirements (including a minimum of 4 years of tertiary education and / or significant time away from practice and professional learning)

If you have previously held registration with VIT, you can apply for a new category of permission to teach (PTT) – PTT (Teacher Tutor) – through your MyVIT account.

You will be assessed in accordance with the requirements of Teacher Tutor category of permission to teach (PTT), English language competence, and suitability (including a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and overseas criminal record check as applicable).

PTT (Teacher Tutor) will be granted until 31 December 2021 to undertake small group tutoring in any Victorian school.

Pre-service teachers will not need to register with VIT. The Tutor Learning initiative will relate to their teacher education program and professional placement and they will always be under the supervision of a fully registered teacher.

I currently hold non-practising teacher registration with VIT

You can apply to return from non-practising through your MyVIT account.

You will be assessed in accordance with current policies and procedures including suitability.

  • fully registered teachers who are returning will be required to complete 20 days professional practice and 20 hours professional learning by 30 September 2021 or within the next full registration period 
  • provisionally registered teachers who are returning will be required to move to full registration within 2 years.
I am a currently registered teacher from another Australian state / territory or New Zealand

You can apply for mutual recognition – immediate full or provisional registration – through your MyVIT account.

You will be assessed in accordance with the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 or Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 including suitability (a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and overseas criminal record check as applicable). Read more about the application modules and how to apply.

I am a pre-service teacher

You are not eligible for registration with VIT while undertaking your teacher education program, however you are able to register your interest in participating in the Tutor Learning initiative with the Department of Education and Training.

The Tutor Learning initiative will relate to your teacher education program and professional placement and you will always be under the supervision of a fully registered teacher.

I don’t meet any of the above situations

You are not eligible for registration with VIT and therefore cannot register to participate in the tutoring initiative.

Read our FAQs

For more information relating to the Victorian Government Tutor Learning initiative, read our FAQs.

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