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        • Illustrations of early childhood teacher practice
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      • Moving to full registration
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      • What do teachers need to report?
      • What happens if VIT receives complaint about me?
      • Codes of Conduct and Ethics
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        • Registration categories
        • Provisional registration
        • Full registration
        • Non-practising registration
        • Permission to teach
        • Casual relief teachers
        • Dual registration
        • Interstate or overseas teachers
    • Employers’ obligations
      • Employers’ obligations
      • Confirm my teachers' registration status
      • Maintain and monitor my teacher list
      • Obligation to report teacher conduct matters
      • Responding to requests for information
    • Teacher mentoring programs
      • Teacher mentoring programs
      • Effective Mentoring Program
      • Other mentor programs
    • Teacher conduct and suitability
      • Teacher conduct and suitability
      • What do employers need to report?
      • What should I do if one of my teachers is being assessed or investigated by VIT?
      • Codes of Conduct and Ethics
    • Support my teachers' registration
      • Support my teachers' registration
      • Are your teachers ready to teach?
      • Support provisionally registered teachers moving to full registration
      • Support experienced returning registered teachers returning to full registration
      • Initiate applications for permission to teach
      • Assist with teacher audits
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      • Application assessment process, timeframes and consent
  • Teacher education icon Teacher education
    • Teacher education icon Teacher education
    • 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
      • Qualifications and other prerequisites for new teachers
      • What qualifications do I need to become a teacher?
        • What qualifications do I need to become a teacher?
        • In a school setting
        • In an early childhood service
      • Overseas qualifications
      • Providing evidence of qualifications
      • Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education
      • English language competency
    • Education for those who wish to become teachers
      • Education for those who wish to become teachers
      • Initial teacher education programs
      • Pathways to initial teacher education programs
    • Continuing education programs for teachers
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      • Suitability and fitness to teach
      • What does suitable to teach mean?
      • What could impact a teacher's suitability to teach?
      • How does VIT assess a teacher's suitability to teach?
      • Codes of Conduct and Ethics
    • Preliminary assessments
      • Preliminary assessments
      • What is a notification and where does VIT get its information from?
      • What does VIT do when it receives a notification or complaint?
      • What happens afterwards?
    • Outcomes
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        • Conditions, restrictions or limitations placed on registration
        • Decision in relation to a pending application for registration
        • Suspension of registration
        • Cancellation of registration
        • Outcomes by agreement
        • Referral to a hearing
      • Upcoming hearings
      • Register of Disciplinary Decisions
      • Register of Disciplinary Action
    • Investigations
      • Investigations
      • When does VIT investigate teachers?
      • Investigations into fitness to teach
        • Investigations into fitness to teach
        • What conduct does VIT investigate?
        • What happens during an investigation into a teacher's fitness to teach?
      • Investigations into physical and mental impairments
        • Investigations into physical and mental impairments
        • What types of impairments does VIT investigate
        • What happens during an investigation into a teacher's impairments?
    • What if I have a suitability matter?
      • What if I have a suitability matter?
      • Who makes the decision about my application if I have a suitability matter?
      • Can I make submissions to support my case?
      • Can I appeal a decision?
    • Complaints about a teacher
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      • How can I make a complaint about a teacher?
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      • Conduct reporting guide
    • Immediate action
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      • What action may be taken against a teacher prior to an investigation?
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        • Combined early childhood / primary program accreditation
        • How providers can get their courses accredited
      • Pathway programs for entry into initial teacher education
      • Continuing education program endorsement
    • Education for those who wish to become teachers
      • Education for those who wish to become teachers
      • Initial teacher education programs
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        • VIT accredited initial teacher education programs
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