VIT are updating the provisional to full inquiry process
Hi all Victorian teachers,
I know you're working over the school holidays, so please spend 15 minutes of your day when you see this to email VIT at vitinquiryrefresh@vit.vic.edu.au to let them know about absolutely everything that's wrong with the current provisional-to-full inquiry process and everything they can do to fix it.
And before you suggest scrapping the provisional to full process altogether, that's not going to happen, so please don't waste your opportunity to contribute meaningfully.
Instead, focus on providing input that would make getting full registration simpler and easier, provide more options for teachers to demonstrate the required standard has been met, and provide avenues for bypassing and challenging principals as the sole decision-makers.
Think about casual relief teachers without consistent employment, those with limited access to a mentor or a supportive school principal, and those experienced teachers - some new to teaching in Australia - who still have to undertake the process as though they were brand new to the profession.
Also think about the experience at your school and how they almost certainly set a higher bar to clear than that set by the VIT. And contemplate how the process could work better for early childhood teachers who don't have the same supports or structures in place as teachers working in schools.
Please also share this with your colleagues, because there needs to be strength in numbers for significant yet meaningful changes to be made.
There's also a VIT LinkedIn post about this you may wish to view/share here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/victorian-institute-of-teaching\_if-youve-recently-moved-from-provisional-activity-7478324112260517888-pyuP
The more feedback received, the harder it will be for VIT to ignore, so get those emails in and get ready to attend the subsequent consultation sessions being held on 28 July and 25 August.