Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
sec.10Eligibility for permission to teach
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sec.10 Eligibility for permission to teach
A person is eligible for permission to teach if the college is reasonably satisfied the person— has been offered a teaching position in a school and the employing authority for, or principal of, the school can not find an appropriate registered teacher to fill the position; and has knowledge, qualifications, skills or training reasonably considered by the college to be relevant to the teaching position the person has been offered; and is suitable to teach; and meets any other requirements for professional practice for permission to teach prescribed under a regulation. The requirements mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to (d) are the eligibility requirements for permission to teach. Without limiting subsection (1) , the college may be satisfied the person meets the eligibility requirements for permission to teach by imposing conditions on the permission under section 20 . (sec.10-ssec.1) A person is eligible for permission to teach if the college is reasonably satisfied the person— has been offered a teaching position in a school and the employing authority for, or principal of, the school can not find an appropriate registered teacher to fill the position; and has knowledge, qualifications, skills or training reasonably considered by the college to be relevant to the teaching position the person has been offered; and is suitable to teach; and meets any other requirements for professional practice for permission to teach prescribed under a regulation. (sec.10-ssec.2) The requirements mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to (d) are the eligibility requirements for permission to teach. (sec.10-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (1) , the college may be satisfied the person meets the eligibility requirements for permission to teach by imposing conditions on the permission under section 20 .
- (a) has been offered a teaching position in a school and the employing authority for, or principal of, the school can not find an appropriate registered teacher to fill the position; and
- (b) has knowledge, qualifications, skills or training reasonably considered by the college to be relevant to the teaching position the person has been offered; and
- (c) is suitable to teach; and
- (d) meets any other requirements for professional practice for permission to teach prescribed under a regulation.