vitalogy
15th October 2007, 04:42 PM
Hi All,
Myself and my partner will be moving to Napier in January. She is a UTas Degree qualified teacher, with four years experience, and is currently registered with the Tasmanian Teacher Registration Board. Obviously, she is hoping to be able to land a teaching job when we arrive.
I'm hoping to get some advice from other Australian teachers who have made the move to NZ. We are getting conflicting information from the NZQA and the NZ Teachers Council, and can't seem to get any sort of straight answer out of either of them :-)
Basically, we understand that, generally speaking, overseas teaching quals need to be assessed by the NZQA in order to become a registered teacher with the Teachers Council. However, on the Council's website (http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/registration/how/eligibility/overseas.stm) in the section regarding Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition, it seems that currently registered Australian teachers do not in fact need NZQA approval in order to register. It seems fairly unambiguous, to me at least.
So basically, before going ahead and submitting the application to register with the Teachers Council, we were hoping that someone who has been in a similar situation could shed any light on the issue. Basically, if she doesn't need to go through NZQA then that would be great (and $450 saved), but it would be a waste of time to go through the Teachers Council registration process only to be told that she needs NZQA clearance.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers,
Alistair
Myself and my partner will be moving to Napier in January. She is a UTas Degree qualified teacher, with four years experience, and is currently registered with the Tasmanian Teacher Registration Board. Obviously, she is hoping to be able to land a teaching job when we arrive.
I'm hoping to get some advice from other Australian teachers who have made the move to NZ. We are getting conflicting information from the NZQA and the NZ Teachers Council, and can't seem to get any sort of straight answer out of either of them :-)
Basically, we understand that, generally speaking, overseas teaching quals need to be assessed by the NZQA in order to become a registered teacher with the Teachers Council. However, on the Council's website (http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/registration/how/eligibility/overseas.stm) in the section regarding Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition, it seems that currently registered Australian teachers do not in fact need NZQA approval in order to register. It seems fairly unambiguous, to me at least.
So basically, before going ahead and submitting the application to register with the Teachers Council, we were hoping that someone who has been in a similar situation could shed any light on the issue. Basically, if she doesn't need to go through NZQA then that would be great (and $450 saved), but it would be a waste of time to go through the Teachers Council registration process only to be told that she needs NZQA clearance.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers,
Alistair