Cabinet has approved the drafting of a Bill to amend the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004 (the Act). A discussion paper ‘Enhancing Teacher Registration in South Australia’ was released by the Minister on 18 April 2019. The paper was promoted by the Board and on the YourSAy website. The consultation period closed on 31 May 2019 with written submissions received from 11 stakeholders.

The Board conducted a survey as part of the consultation process with 2,338 respondents. Nearly 89% of respondents identified as teachers with the remainder being parents, community members and other education sector employees. Read more about the survey here.

Consultation sessions were held across 14 regional and metropolitan locations with approximately 400 attendees representing a broad range of stakeholders and all teaching genres. A paper has been prepared for the Minister for approval of drafting instructions for Parliamentary Counsel to prepare draft amendments to the Act.

Since these consultations, the Act has gone through initial amendments and the Board held four stakeholder consultations meetings in late October to discuss these.