Accreditation & Standards

Teachers may submit their completion of a TTA professional development course as a Teacher Identified PL for registration purposes.

State Teaching Authority: ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI)

Any TTA courses completed by teachers that develop their professional knowledge and practice to support student learning and are relevant to their teaching context can be counted as professional learning.

Teachers will need to be currently registered with VIT as a registered teacher for their PD to contribute to their annual registration.

State Teaching Authority: Victoria Institute of Teaching (VIT)

Completion of a TTA professional development course can contribute to Queensland teachers' continuing professional development (CPD) providing it is:

• Relevant to a teacher's role
• Aligned with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
• Different from activities that are normal expectations of the teacher's role or engagement in extra-curricular activities

Certificates of completion should include:

• Participant's name
• Course name
• Facilitator and provider details
• Australian Professional Standards for Teachers covered by the PD*
• Length of the course in hours, e.g. five hours
• Completion date

*Please contact TTA to request standards be included on your completion certificate.

State Teaching Authority: Queensland College of Teachers (QCT)

Teachers may submit their completion of a TTA professional development course for registration purposes, providing it meets the appropriate Australian teaching standard.

State Teaching Authority: Teachers Registration Board of South Australia (TRB)

Teachers have the discretion to undertake relevant and appropriate professional learning that matches their current teaching career needs.

State Teaching Authority: Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA)

The Teachers Registration Act of Tasmania does not require Tasmanian teachers to undertake a set number of hours of professional learning, nor does it require professional learning to have been accredited against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Tasmanian teachers can attend any relevant professional learning and be in a position to count it towards either renewal processes or their progression to registration.

State Teaching Authority: Teachers Registration Board of Tasmania (TRB)

Teachers may submit their completion of a TTA professional development course for registration purposes, providing it meets the appropriate Australian teaching standard.

State Teaching Authority: Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory (TBI)