New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS ACT 2004 - SECT 31

31 Conditional accreditation of new scheme teachers

(1) This section applies to a person who is a new scheme teacher but who:

(a) does not meet the requirements specified in the professional teaching standards for provisional accreditation, or

(b) has not completed an approved course.

(2) A teacher accreditation authority may, on application by a person to whom this section applies:

(a) conditionally accredit the person, or

(b) refuse to conditionally accredit the person.

(3) A teacher accreditation authority may conditionally accredit any such person if:

(a) the person holds a degree in an area that is relevant to the area in which the person is or is to be employed to teach, or

(b) the authority is satisfied that the person has completed a substantial part of an approved course.

(4) It is a condition of a person’s conditional accreditation under this section that the person undertakes such professional development or further teacher education (or both) as may be determined by the teacher accreditation authority for the school in which the person is employed.

(5) In making any determination in relation to a person for the purposes of subsection (4), the teacher accreditation authority is to have regard to:

(a) any advice of the Institute, and

(b) the skills, knowledge and relevant experience of the person.

(6) The conditional accreditation of a person under this section ceases (unless sooner revoked by a teacher accreditation authority):

(a) at the end of the relevant period, or

(b) if, before the end of the relevant period, the person is accredited at professional competence level by a teacher accreditation authority-when the person is accredited at that level.

(7) In this section:
"relevant period", in relation to a person who is conditionally accredited under this section, means:

(a) if the person is employed on a full-time basis-the period of 4 years (or such longer period as may be determined by the Minister in any particular case) following the date on which the person was conditionally accredited, or

(b) if the person is employed on a casual or part-time basis:

(i) the period determined in accordance with the regulations to be commensurate with the 4-year period for persons employed on a full-time basis, or

(ii) such longer period as may be determined by the Minister in any particular case,

following the date on which the person was conditionally accredited.