Compliance

The QCT promotes, monitors, and enforces compliance with the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005 (the Act) and associated regulations.

How the QCT approaches compliance

The QCT uses the Regulatory Compliance Framework [PDF 62KB] and the Regulatory Enforcement Strategy [PDF 1.2MB] to support teachers and schools to meet the requirements of the Act. This framework promotes voluntary compliance and helps maintain public trust in the teaching profession.

Who must be an approved teacher?

The QCT has published a position paper [PDF 425KB] to assist school principals and employing authorities to follow the requirement to employ only approved teachers in schools.

Checklist for schools 

Schools have a legislative obligation to ensure that anyone undertaking teaching duties is an approved teacher. Teacher registration contributes to student safety, upholds educational standards, and protects the profession's reputation.

Before employing a person to teach, schools must:

  1. Look at the teacher’s certificate (or eCertificate in the teacher’s myQCT account).
  2. Confirm they are currently on the register of teachers.
  3. Add the teacher to the school’s myQCT account (excluding casual/supply teachers).

Schools must check a teacher's approval regularly during their employment. Approval to teach can be cancelled or suspended. For example, if a teacher is charged with a serious crime or is considered a risk to children, the QCT can revoke their approval. Schools should use the teacher approval checklist [PDF 418KB].

Annual census 

Each year, schools declare to the QCT who is teaching, to check they are all approved teachers. The QCT will email teachers if their records have changed. This also supports teachers in their obligation to notify the QCT when they have been appointed to a permanent teaching position.

Non-state schools

Principals submit an online census [PDF 607KB]. The QCT will send an email when the form is in their school's myQCT account.

State schools

The census for state schools is done through a data exchange with the Department of Education.

Last updated:
16 June 2026