“That ICPA (WA) lobby the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA) for the hours Home Tutors who are qualified teachers working with students at home and the Professional Development they carry out to be recognised as counting towards to their hours for meeting their full registration requirements.’’
Throughout Western Australia, there are many qualified teachers who are currently working with their own children as they attend either the School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) or a regional School of the Air (SOTA). Many of these teachers would like to retain or apply for registration with the TRBWA which requires teachers ‘teach’ at least 100 full working days since registration was last granted or renewed (see table below for professional engagement and various categories of 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 parents who are qualified teachers working at home with their children to deliver educational programs appears to fit the definitions of both ‘teach’ and ‘educational venue’.
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Category of Registration |
Minimum number of professional engagement (days taught) required |
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Full Registration |
100 full working days or a period of time that would be equivalent in hours |
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Limited or Provisional granted for 3 years |
60 full working days or a period of time that would be equivalent in hours |
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Limited or Provisional granted for less than 3 years |
Calculated on a pro-rata basis for the period since the registration was last granted or renewed, to the date of application at the rate of 20 full working days for each year |
The current COVID climate has highlighted the importance of retaining accredited teachers and to recognise them as a valuable resource.
