Welcome to the mid-year edition of Registration Buzz. 

As a teacher in South Australia, you must be registered with the Teachers Registration Board (the Board) and this means that at some time, all teachers in schools or early childhood settings will have contact with us in some capacity. However, many may not know exactly what it is that we do.

The Board is a specialist body that regulates the teaching profession in South Australia to ensure quality teaching and provides for the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. The Board’s mission is to foster a profession of capable and effective teachers who are well prepared to teach, are supported in their professional growth, and who practice at a consistently high standard.

Teacher registration ensures a minimum quality standard is applied to all teachers entering or currently teaching in South Australia. Registration verifies you as a qualified teaching professional.

While the Board primarily registers teachers, it also provides a wide range of other statutory functions that are mandated by legislation to ensure only qualified and suitable persons are eligible to work in South Australian schools and early childhood settings. The Board also approves and accredits initial teacher education and supports beginner teachers to develop their practice through professional standards.

Another function of the Board is to investigate instances of unprofessional conduct, incompetence, or lack of suitability to teach. The Board must have the welfare and best interests of children as its paramount consideration.

The Board, as regulator, is committed to ensuring that quality teaching and excellence in education is maintained through best teaching practice.