On 28 February 2020, Dr Peter Lind completed his distinguished five-year tenure as Registrar of the Teachers Registration Board.

During his tenure, Dr Lind was involved with and oversaw, a number of initiatives and developments in the education sector including:

• amendments to the Teachers Registration and Standards Act (2004)
• the introduction of mandatory professional learning for all teachers
• the introduction of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for initial teacher education graduates
• the introduction of the Working with Children Check for teachers
• the Board being given the power to suspend a teacher’s registration in the event of a teacher being charged with a proscribed offence.
• the National Review of Teacher Registration
• the initial collection of data for the Teacher Workforce Data Strategy that aims to build a nationwide picture of the teaching workforce.

Dr Lind also represented the TRB as a key member of the International Forum of Teacher Regulatory Authorities (IFTRA), was a non-executive director with AITSL and worked as an adviser to the UNESCO International Task Force on Teachers for Education.

The Board will continue to support and promote the work of teachers under the guidance of our new Registrar, Leonie Paulson.