New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS ACT 2004 - SECT 7

7 Functions of Institute

(1) The Institute has the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.

(2) The functions of the Institute include the following:

(a) to provide advice to the Minister on the development, content and application of the professional teaching standards,

(b) to provide advice to the Minister on any of the Minister’s other functions under this Act (including the function of approving persons or bodies as teacher accreditation authorities in relation to non-government schools or the suspension or revocation of any such approval),

(c) to advise and assist teacher accreditation authorities in accrediting persons under this Act,

(d) to monitor the accreditation process across all schools,

(e) to ensure that the professional teaching standards are applied fairly and consistently.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the functions of the Institute include providing advice to the Minister on:

(a) the approval by the Minister of initial and continuing teacher education courses or programs that are relevant for the purposes of accreditation under this Act, and

(b) the approval by the Minister of persons or bodies who may provide professional development in accordance with the requirements of the professional teaching standards.

(4) The Institute may delegate to any person or body any of the functions of the Institute (other than this power of delegation).

(5) The functions of the Institute do not extend to industrial matters concerning teachers (such as the salaries of teachers or their conditions of employment).

(6) The Institute cannot employ any staff.

Note: Staff may be employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 in the Government Service to enable the Institute to exercise its functions.