Teachers who are registered interstate or in New Zealand or completed their initial teacher education (ITE) or early childhood (EC) education studies overseas are required to provide additional documentation when applying for teacher registration in Victoria.
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Applicants providing copies of documents in a language other than English must also provide translations prepared and certified as correct by a translator accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (NAATI).
English language competency
If an applicant has completed any of their ITE or early childhood teacher program studies outside of Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada or the Republic of Ireland, they may be required to complete an approved English language competency test.
Visit the English language competency page for more information.
Overseas criminal record check
If the applicant lived continuously in any country other than Australia for 12 consecutive months navigate within the last ten (10) years, while over the age of 18, they will need to provide a certified copy of an overseas criminal record check (CRC) issued by the national police service from each overseas country they lived in.
This CRC must be as specified by the Department of Home Affairs and cover the entire period of residence in the country.
This means if the teacher is already in Australia, the issue date must be on or after the day they left that country. If the teacher is applying from overseas (within 3 months of arrival) the issue date must within 7 days of their application being submitted.
Visit the Criminal history checks page for more information.
How to find an accepted overseas police check
- navigate to the ‘Offices and locations’ page on the Department of Home Affairs website
- search for relevant country in the ‘Find an office’ search bar
- navigate to the ‘Police check’ heading and select ‘Details’ and then ‘View more…’ to view instructions on how to apply for an accepted check.
Early childhood qualifications
The Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) assesses all early childhood teacher qualifications for equivalence. If a qualification is not listed on the ACECQA approved qualifications list, it will need to be assessed. Before applying for registration you must obtain an ACECQA Certificate of Equivalence and Outcome Letter (Early childhood qualification assessment | ACECQA) to submit alongside your qualification documents.
Read VIT's Qualifications Policy to find out more.
Visit the How to register page to find out more about registering to teach in Victoria. You can also find out more about the registration timeline on the How long does it take to register page.
Last updated: 07 Oct 2024