Edition 3, August 2008
This is the third edition of the TRB Update for 2008. If you know a teacher who has not received an email from the Board, please encourage them to advise the Board of their current contact details.
New Board members
The Minister has appointed two new members to the Teacher Registration Board.
Peter Clisby is the Australian Education Union nominee to the Board and Karen Piening is the Chief Executive's nominees.
Karen has been teaching in the NT since 1987. She has taught in a variety of educational contexts including Homeland Schools, Community Education Centres, Primary and Secondary Schools. Karen has been an ESL advisor in NE Arnhem Schools and the manager of the NT and Numeracy Program based in Darwin. Currently Karen is enjoying her fourth year of classroom teaching at Ludmilla Primary School.
Peter teaches at Darwin High School. His teaching career spans 30 years in government schools and he has been employed as a secondary teacher for most of the time. Peter has a Bachelor of Economics and a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of South Australia
New Board committees
The Board has created two new committees to better reflect its work. The Professional Development and Course Advisory Committee has been disbanded as its terms of reference was too broad to work effectively into the future. The two new committees are:
- Preservice Accreditation Committee, chaired by Jean Memery
- Professional Learning Committee, chaired by John Sarev
For more information go to the Committees of the Board page.
Registrations
In the coming weeks the Board will be confirming the registration data for inclusion in the Annual Report for 2007-2008.
We can confirm, however, the data will show a significant increase in the number of teachers registered in the 2007-2008 up from 721 teachers granted registration in 2006-2007 to over a 1000 teachers being registered in 2007-2008 financial year.
Applications for registration under the Mutual Recognition arrangements continue to be at least 50% of all applications the Board receives.
Welcome to new staff
The Board welcomes Josie Klee to the TRB Office. Josie is providing assistance with administration and registrations.
Online register search
Any registered teacher can now access the register online and call up your registration number and expiry date.
Are your contact details up to date?
If you have changed your name, you will need to complete the Change details form.