Registration and Certification

Joining the profession

Interested in a career in teaching? Find steps and key information about how to get started

For teachers

Find out about applying for or renewing your practising certificate.

For beginning teachers

Find your next steps after graduating from your ITE programme

For relief teachers

Find information about relief teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand

For guidance counsellors

Guidance counsellors in schools play an important role in supporting student learning and wellbeing. Find information about options for renewing a practising certificate.

For overseas-trained teachers

Information for teachers trained overseas who want to teach in New Zealand.

For professional leaders

Find information for professional leaders and employers in the teaching sector, to help you support certificated teachers.

Fees and levy information

Find out about the fee and levy you will need to pay for registration, certification, or renewal of practising certificate.

For Limited Authority to Teach

Limited Authority to Teach (LAT) enables people without a teaching qualification to teach in positions where there’s need for specialist skills or skills are in short supply.

For kura hourua | charter schools

Information for teachers and LAT holders working at a kura hourua | charter school.

Requesting an extension to teach

Find out how to request an extension to teach while your application for a practising certificate is being processed.

Cost breakdown of teachers' triennial fee and levy