Applying for a Tōmua | Provisional Practising Certificate

Requirement

Evidence

You are a New Zealand registered teacher

Teacher registration number - your registration number is provided when your registration is approved. If you are making an application for your first Tōmua |Provisional Practising Certificate at the same time as your registration, we will auto-populate your application with your registration number. 

NZ-trained 

You have completed an approved New Zealand ITE programme in the last five years 

or 

You have completed a TER (Teacher Education Refresh) programme in the five years before your application 

Certified copy of your approved New Zealand ITE qualification;  

or  

A link you provide for the Council to access your ITE qualification details on eQuals. 

Your TER completion certificate;   

or  

Council letter of TER exemption. 

Overseas-trained

You hold an equivalent or comparable overseas teacher education qualification completed in the last five years 

If the overseas teacher education qualification is older than five years, the Council is able to consider overseas teaching experience completed in settings equivalent to New Zealand educational institutions.

A certified copy of your overseas teaching qualification or qualifications that appear on the pre-approved list of qualifications;  

or   

A certified copy of your New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) International Qualifications Assessment that shows your qualification is meeting the core knowledge requirements of a New Zealand ITE qualification.  

We will use information in the system that you have already provided with your application for registration.  

A declaration that you are committed to the values and expectations in the Code | Ngā Tikanga Matatika;  

and  

A declaration about any matters for which you are under investigation, that might impact your teaching or ability to meet the requirements of the Code | Ngā Tikanga Matatika. 

You have a satisfactory New Zealand Police vet

Your consent for the Council to apply to New Zealand Police for your police vet; 

and  

Confirmation of the types of verified identity documents that you provided to your identity referee. 

A certified copy of police vets that you have obtained from the national police service of the issuing country, for any country you have lived in for 12 months or more in the 10 years before you made your application to the Council;  

or  

A statutory declaration if you are unable to obtain a police vet. 

A declaration that you do not have a condition that would affect your ability to teach safely and satisfactorily.  

If required:  

Any additional evidence, such as a medical certificate, to support your ability to teach.