Teachers Registration and Standards (Prescribed Qualifications) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SA)

South Australia

Teachers Registration and Standards (Prescribed Qualifications) Amendment Regulations 2024

under the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004

Part 1Preliminary1Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Teachers Registration and Standards (Prescribed Qualifications) Amendment Regulations 2024.

2Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

Part 2Amendment of Teachers Registration and Standards Regulations 2021

3Amendment of regulation 7 – Prescribed qualifications, experience and requirements for registration as teacher

1. (1)

   Regulation 7(1)(b)(ii)—after "qualification" insert:

   (other than a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate that is an approved early childhood teaching qualification under the national regulations)

2. (2)

   Regulation 7(1)—after paragraph (b) insert:

   or

   1. (c)

      an approved early childhood teaching qualification under the national regulations, other than a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate, awarded on satisfactory completion of a higher education course of pre‑service teacher education in pre‑school education; or

   2. (d)

      a qualification determined by the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority under section 169(7) of the Education and Care Services National Law (South Australia) to be equivalent to the qualifications mentioned in paragraph (c); or

   3. (e)

      if the person applying for registration holds a teacher registration (however described) under a corresponding law—a qualification on the list of former qualifications approved as early childhood teaching qualifications and published under regulation 137(2)(a) of the national regulations.

3. (3)

   Regulation 7(5)—delete subregulation (5) and substitute:

   1. (3)

      For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a) and (b), an approved degree, diploma or other qualification means—

      1. (a)

         a degree, diploma or other qualification awarded by a higher education institution that is a member of Universities Australia; or

      2. (b)

         a degree, diploma or other qualification that was at any time nationally registered by the former Australian Council on Awards in Advanced Education or the former Australian Council on Tertiary Awards,

   but does not include a degree, diploma or other qualification that the Teachers Registration Board has determined is not an appropriate qualification for registration.

   1. (4)

      In this regulation—

   approved early childhood teaching qualification has the same meaning as in the national regulations;

   Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority means the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority established under the Education and Care Services National Law (South Australia);

   corresponding jurisdiction means the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth or New Zealand;

   corresponding law means any law of a corresponding jurisdiction that regulates teachers in the jurisdiction;

   national regulations means the Education and Care Services National Regulations.

Editorial note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 6 June 2024

No 44 of 2024