The Teachers Registration Board is a Statutory Authority which operates under the auspices of the Education Minister.

It’s object is to establish and maintain a teacher registration system and professional standards for teachers, to ensure that members are competent educators and fit and proper persons to have children in their care.

All South Australian teachers must be licensed by the Teachers Registration Board to teach in public or independent schools.

The board meets twelve times per calendar year and is comprised of members of the SA community; primarily teachers and members of the SA branch of the teacher’s union.

Since the Rann Government’s review in 2004, there has not been a public school parent sit on the board.

In 2008, a parent representative from SAASSO was appointed a ‘deputy’ member of the board. Apart from an induction, this parent representative only attends a meeting if the representative from Catholic sector is unavailable.

To date, the SAASSO parent representative has not been invited to any meetings and receives no briefing materials on any current business of the board.

The Teachers Registration Board consists of ten members appointed by the Governor of whom:

•One must be a person nominated by the Minister, who will be the presiding member of  the  board

•Two must be persons nominated by the person holding or acting in the office of Chief Executive of the Department

•Five must be registered teachers

•One must be a person nominated by the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia

•One must be a person nominated by the Catholic Education Office

•Two must registered teachers nominated by the Independent Education Union (SA branch)

•One must be employed in the field of teaching and nominated by the Universities of the State

•One must be a person nominated by the person holding or acting in the office of the Director of Children's Services

•One must be a parent of a school student nominated by the Minister to represent the   community interest

•One must be a legal practitioner nominated by the Minister

•Not less than half of the members must be registered teachers.

For more information visit:

http://www.trb.sa.edu.au/