Consultation about potential reform to the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004 ended recently. As part of the consultation a discussion paper, Enhancing Teacher Registration in South Australia was released and stakeholders were invited to lodge submissions, complete a survey or attend one of a series of information sessions held across the state during May. 

A full report detailing outcomes from the consultation will be available later in the year. Below are some of the results from the survey that was open from 9 April to 31 May and received 2,338 responses. 

• 2,079 (88.92%) teachers
• 43 (1.84%) parents
• 56 (2.40%) community members
• 160 (6.84%) someone who works in the education sector

There was support for the Board taking on HALT certification with 66% supporting this and just under 90% supporting the Board undertaking education research.

A five-year registration term was popular with 66.18% of respondents compared to just under 34% who preferred to keep the three-year term. Over 65% would like to have the choice of when to pay their registration fees; full fee upon registration or annually while over 25% are happy to pay the full fee upon registration.

While a majority of respondents were happy with their registration expiring on 31 January (58%) just under 28% would like their registration to expire on the anniversary of when they first registered.

There was support for a new category of registration for teachers who are not currently teachers but wish to remain registered

As well as support for recognising professional practice in some non-teaching roles.

There was also a preference for recognising some overseas teaching practice for the purposes of transitioning to full registration.