Report Calls for Registration of Early Childhood Teachers

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) was tasked by the Education Council with progressing the National Review of Teacher Registration, including establishing an Expert Panel. The Expert Panel have produced a report, One Teaching Profession: Teacher Registration in Australia, making a number of recommendations. One of the recommendations (number 5) made by the report is that all early childhood teachers, regardless of their employment setting, be registered by State/Territory teacher regulatory authorities, under a consistent national approach. At the moment, across Australia, the majority of early childhood teachers are registered. However, some jurisdictions only register early childhood teachers employed in school settings.