Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

EDUCATION (EARLY CHILDHOOD) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 54 OF 2023) - SECT 76

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12B     Eligibility for early childhood teacher registration—teaching qualifications—Act, s 33A (a)

    (1)     The prescribed teaching qualifications are—

        (a)     an approved early childhood teaching qualification under the national regulations; or

        (b)     a qualification determined by the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority, under the Education and Care Services National Law (ACT) , section 169 (7), to be equivalent to the qualification mentioned in paragraph (a); or

        (c)     if the person applying for registration holds a teacher registration (however described) under a corresponding law—a qualification on the list of former qualifications approved as early childhood teaching qualifications under the national regulations, section 137 (2) (a).

Note     The Education and Care Services National Law (ACT) Act 2011

, s 6 applies the Education and Care Services National Law set out in the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010

(Vic), schedule as if it were an ACT law called the Education and Care Services National Law (ACT) .

    (2)     In this section:

"national regulations" means the Education and Care Services National Regulations .

12C     Eligibility for early childhood teacher registration—English language communication requirements—Act, s 33A (b)

The prescribed English language communication requirements are that—

        (a)     the person has completed 1 or more years of academic study leading to a higher education award, other than a doctoral degree, in English in 1 or more recognised countries; or

        (b)     the person has, in the 2-year period before the day the application for registration as an early childhood teacher is made, undertaken—

              (i)     the IELTS test and achieved a score of at least band 8 in speaking and listening and at least band 7 in reading and writing; or

              (ii)     an English language proficiency test that the institute is satisfied is equivalent to the IELTS test and achieved a result that the institute is satisfied is sufficient for registration.