Australia: Statement of Professional Standing

You can obtain a Statement of Professional Standing from:

Australia - Australian Capital Territory

ACT Teacher Quality Institute, PO Box 263, Jamison Centre, ACT 2614
Australia

Australia - New South Wales

NSW Education Standards Authority
117 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
 
Postal address:
GPO Box 5300, Sydney NSW 2001
Australia

Australia - Northern Territories

Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory, PO Box 1675, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia

Australia - Queensland

Queensland College of Teachers, GPO Box 702, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia

Australia - South Australia

Teachers Registration Board of South Australia, Level 6, 70 Pirie Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia

Australia - Tasmania

Teachers Registration Board, (Level 4, Kirksway House, 2 Kirksway Place, Battery Point) GPO Box 539, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia

Australia - Victoria

Victorian Institute of Teaching, PO Box 531, Collins Street West, Melbourne, Victoria 8007, Australia

Australia - Western Australia

Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA)
PO Box 3009
East Perth WA 6892

Statement of Professional Standing

A Statement of Professional Standing is a letter from a licensing body or an education ministry that says your right to teach has never been suspended, revoked or cancelled.

The Statement of Professional Standing provides the Ontario College of Teachers with information regarding your past professional practice as a teacher. For example, it tells the College whether your authorization to teach has ever been taken away for disciplinary reasons or whether you would still be welcome to teach in that country, province or state.

You must arrange to have this statement sent to the College from the jurisdiction where you completed your teacher education and from every jurisdiction in which you have been certified to teach.

The statement must:

  • verify you were authorized to teach in that jurisdiction
  • state that your authorization was never suspended, cancelled or revoked
  • come directly to the College from the licensing authority or department of education
  • be an original and signed by the appropriate official
  • not be more than one year old when the College receives it
  • be in the official language of the country in which you taught.

The College recognizes some jurisdictions have no central authority governing the teaching profession. In these instances the College will accept other documents.