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Getting full registration can be tough for us Supply Teachers. It’s not so much the 200 days of work requirement, but showing that you meet all of Professional Standards, when they aren’t part of your day to day job, well that can be hard.
It was hard for me. So hard that the first time around I extended my provisional registration rather than face the paperwork. But you can only do that for so long- so I faced up to it and gave myself six months to meticulously document my professional practice. I had located the correct documentation on the QCT website, attended a workshop- and I was ready to go.
I mentioned my intentions to fulltime teaching colleagues only to find out I had to get everything done NOW. The Principal at the main school I was working at was leaving THAT WEEK. It was a now or never proposition in my mind. Sure, there were other Principals who knew me and knew my work- but none who knew it as well as this particular one.
As much as this particular Principal knew my work, she simply couldn’t just sign off that I had met all of the criteria, because in my role as a Supply Teacher I hadn’t. I hadn’t planned units of work, I hadn’t assessed them. I was lucky that I had been able to participate in a few school events so I was able to show my commitment to the learning community.
I was rescued by my peers. I ended up planning, teaching and assessing a unit on chance and data for maths. I was able to complete the unit of work on a pre-booked supply day, even assigning pre-prepared report card comments to each student that night. I was able to show the Principal the planning, along with annotated exemplars of student work that represented each grade on the day I taught the unit. With this in hand, she was able to sign me off… and that boys and girls is how I got my full registration... but like I said- everyone's different.
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