South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations7—Prescribed qualifications, experience and requirements for
registration as teacher
(1) For the purposes
of section 21(1)(a) of the Act, the qualifications required for
registration as a teacher are as follows:
(a) an
approved teacher education degree, diploma or other qualification awarded on
satisfactory completion of a higher education course of pre-service teacher
education in pre-school, primary or secondary education that—
(i)
is of at least 4 years' full-time duration or
part-time equivalent duration; and
(ii)
includes a practical student teaching component
undertaken at a school or prescribed service; or
(i)
an approved non-teacher education degree, diploma or
other qualification awarded on satisfactory completion of a higher education
course that is of at least 3 years' full-time duration or part-time
equivalent duration; and
(ii)
an approved postgraduate degree, diploma or other
qualification (other than a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate that is
an approved early childhood teaching qualification under the
national regulations) awarded on satisfactory completion of a higher education
course of pre-service teacher education in pre-school, primary or secondary
education that—
(A) is of at least 1 year's full-time
duration or part-time equivalent duration; and
(B) includes a practical student teaching
component undertaken at a school or prescribed service; or
(c) an
approved early childhood teaching qualification under the
national regulations, other than a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate,
awarded on satisfactory completion of a higher education course of pre-service
teacher education in pre-school education; or
(d) a
qualification determined by the Australian Children's Education and Care
Quality Authority under section 169(7) of the Education and Care Services
National Law (South Australia) to be equivalent to the qualifications
mentioned in paragraph (c); or
(e) if
the person applying for registration holds a teacher registration (however
described) under a corresponding law—a qualification on the list of
former qualifications approved as early childhood teaching qualifications and
published under regulation 137(2)(a) of the national regulations.
(2) For the purposes
of section 21(1)(a) of the Act, the experience required for registration
as a teacher is 1 year's full-time (or part-time equivalent of
200 days') satisfactory service as a teacher (as determined in accordance
with any policy of the Board) at a school or prescribed service in Australia
or New Zealand.
(3) For the
purposes of subregulation (1)(a) and (b), an "approved" degree, diploma
or other qualification means—
(a) a
degree, diploma or other qualification awarded by a higher education
institution that is a member of Universities Australia; or
(b) a
degree, diploma or other qualification that was at any time nationally
registered by the former Australian Council on Awards in Advanced Education or
the former Australian Council on Tertiary Awards,
but does not include a degree, diploma or other qualification that the
Teachers Registration Board has determined is not an appropriate qualification
for registration.
(4) In this
regulation—
"approved early childhood teaching qualification" has the same meaning as in
the national regulations;
"Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority" means the
Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority established under
the Education and Care Services National Law (South Australia) ;
"corresponding jurisdiction" means the Commonwealth, another State or a
Territory of the Commonwealth or New Zealand;
"corresponding law" means any law of a corresponding jurisdiction that
regulates teachers in the jurisdiction;
"national regulations" means the Education and Care Services National
Regulations .