When most teachers first register with the Teachers Registration Board, they receive provisional registration. This is because the highest career stage of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) they have been assessed against is the ‘graduate’ career stage. The process of transitioning to full registration evaluates teachers against the ‘proficient’ career stage.
It is a requirement of the Act and a condition of your registration that you transition from provisional to full registration within your five (5) year registration term.
How to transition from provisional to (full) registration
You will need to collate a portfolio of evidence showing how you meet the APST at the proficient career stage and engage an evaluator at your site. It is recommended to use the Summary Record of Evidence (also available as a Word document Summary Record of Evidence document) to detail your evidence. This portfolio will be the basis for your evaluation.
If your evaluator is a registered teacher, you will be able to follow the first process detailed below. If you are teaching at a site without a registered teacher (like an early childhood service) you will need to follow the Modified Process. The steps outlined in each process may occur separately or at the same time, but all steps must be completed.
Transition process
- collate your portfolio of evidence
- engage an evaluator at your site to review your portfolio and observe your teaching practice, evaluating these against the APST at the proficient career stage
- collect your Statement of Service, or Statements if at multiple sites, to show your 200 days of teaching service within the previous five (5) years
- complete the Application to transition from provisional to full registration with your evaluator and have the form endorsed by your sites approved endorser
- submit the original form to the Teachers Registration Board within six (6) months from the evaluator recommendation date
Modified process
For teachers whose evaluator is not a fully registered teacher in South Australia (eg. Early childhood teachers)
- collate your portfolio of evidence using the Summary Record of Evidence (also available as a Word document Summary Record of Evidence document). This must be completed and submitted with your application
- engage an evaluator at your site to review your portfolio and observe your teaching practice, evaluating these against the APST at the proficient career stage
- collect your Statement of Service, or Statements if at multiple sites, to show your 200 days of teaching service within the previous five (5) years
- complete the Application to transition from provisional to full registration with your evaluator and have the form endorsed by your sites approved endorser
- submit the original form to the Teachers Registration Board within six (6) months from the evaluator recommendation date
- a Project Officer will contact both yourself and your evaluator to discuss and review your application
Please note: Some Long Day Care employers have an agreement in place with the Board for an appropriate registered person within their organisation to oversee these applications – please contact the Board if you are unsure.
Teachers who need advice or clarification on either process are welcome to call the Board, or contact professional.standards@trb.sa.edu.au
What happens if you do not transition?
If you are due to renew your registration and you have not yet transitioned to full registration, you will need to apply for an additional term of provisional registration.
To apply for an additional term of provisional registration you will need to follow the prompts in the portal when renewing registration. Providing as much detail as possible during this process will assist the Teachers Registration Board in evaluating your application.
What is a transition audit, and what happens if you are selected?
The Board conducts random audits of Applications to transition from provisional to full registration.
If your application is selected for inclusion in the audit, you will be contacted and asked to provide a completed Summary Record of Evidence, (also available as a Word document Summary Record of Evidence document) which is why you are encouraged to complete this form when you do your evaluation.
You should retain your evidence portfolio and summary record for at least 12 months after the date your application is approved.
