Applicants who have not taught for at least 80 days as a qualified teacher prior to registering are granted provisional registration as an inexperienced teacher.  This would include all recent recent graduates to the profession. Provisional registration is granted for a period of two years.

To become fully registered, these teachers are required to demonstrate through an evidence-based process that they meet the standards of professional practice (PDF - 1.5 MB), and that they have accumulated at least 80 days of teaching.

As part of its responsibility to support provisionally registered teachers seeking full registration, the Institute provides a range of professional development programs for teachers across Victoria. Principals, as significant educational leaders, play a critical role in this support process.

The leadership shown by Victorian principals enables:

• the development of effective programs
• the establishment of leadership positions to support mentoring
• the careful management of the welfare of teachers entering the profession.

The role of principals in establishing recommendation panels enables the support process to culminate in recommendations for full registration.

The Institute supports principals in their leadership of induction, mentoring and support by providing a series of seminars and briefings across Victoria. 

Full details of all Institute support programs can be found in the following documents:

• Principal briefings
  The principal briefings are designed to keep principals up to date with the various elements of the work of the Institute. They also enable principals to provide important feedback on the work of the Institute, particularly in the support program for provisionally registered teachers. COMPLETED for 2012
   
• Mentor Support Program
  For further information about the Mentor Support Program, please contact the Standards and Professional Learning Branch on 1300 888 067 or email Principals@vit.vic.edu.au.
 
• Provisionally Registered Teachers Program 
  For further information about the Provisionally Registered Teachers Program, please contact the Standards and Professional Learning Branch on 1300 888 067 or email principals@vit.vic.edu.au.
   
• CRT forums.
  

Complete a school recommendation report

Teachers applying for full registration need to satisfy the profession that they have achieved the standards for professional practice expected of a registered teacher.  The standard required is described in the Guide to Competent Practice (PDF - 2.2 MB). The Guide describes practice which is competent when referenced against the standards of professional practice. The Guide also provides a description of practice which requires further development.

Teachers should use the Form C - Application for Full Registration for Teachers who are Provisionally Registered (PDF - 264 KB) when applying for full registration.

Principals must make sure that section 3 of the application form is completed.  Applicants should complete sections 1, 2 and 4 of the application form and attach a Recommendation Report completed by their principal (or a delegate of the principal), and forward to the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Required evidence

The Recommendation Report will identify where the Standards of Professional Practice for Full Registration are evident in the documentation complied by a provisionally registered teacher.

Read the details and pro formas for each of the three options available.