“That ICPA (WA) lobby the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA) for the hours REVISE tutors work with students and the Professional Development they carry out to be recognised as counting towards to their hours for meeting their full registration requirements.’’
REVISE tutors are retired teachers who assist parents with the supervision of children’s education through the School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) and regional Schools of the Air (SOTA). Though they may be retired teachers, REVISE tutors may want to remain fully registered with the TRBWA which requires teachers ‘teach’ at least 100 full working days since registration was last granted or renewed (usually 5 years for full registration).
In the Professional Engagement (for the Renewal of Registration) Policy, it states that ‘teach’ is defined as:
(a) the delivery of an educational programme designed to implement a prescribed curriculum and the assessment of student participation in such an educational programme; or
(b) the administration of any such educational program.
It also states that an ‘educational venue’ is ‘(a) a school as defined in s4 of the School Education Act 1999’.
The work of REVISE Tutors appears to fit the definitions of both ‘teach’ and ‘educational venue’.
The current COVID climate has highlighted the importance of retaining accredited teachers and to recognise them as a valuable resource.
