Employment limitations and VIT registration
The application of an employment limitation is a process internal to the department, and relates to a person’s conduct, performance and/or suitability to be an employee of, or to otherwise be engaged by, the department.
The question of a teacher’s suitability to be registered to teach in Victorian schools is legally a separate question. The Victorian Institute of Teaching , an independent statutory body established by Part 2.6 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) (ETR Act), is responsible for the registration of teachers in government and non-government schools and ELV centres in Victoria.
Under section 2.6.30 of the ETR Act, the department (as an employer) is required to notify VIT if it has taken any action against a teacher in response to any allegations of serious incompetence, serious misconduct, unfitness to be a registered teacher, detrimental effect to the ability to practice as a teacher or that may be relevant to the teacher’s fitness to teach. Under section 2.6.21B of the ETR Act, the department may also advise VIT of information that is necessary for the purpose of regulating and registering teachers and early childhood teachers, screening persons who work or intend to work with children, or necessary to promote the safety and wellbeing of a child or children.
The fact that an employment limitation has been imposed by the department does not necessarily mean that a teacher’s registration to teach will be affected.
If VIT does not take further action following the notification by the department, the employment limitation is not automatically removed and is not automatically invalidated.
The department reserves the right to maintain an employment limitation on a teacher who VIT has permitted to retain their teacher registration.
Reviewed 11 June 2025