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Composition of the Quality Teaching Council
10 elected members:
- five members are to be elected by and from persons employed to teach (other than as a principal) in a government school and of those five at least two must be rural teachers
- one member elected by and from persons employed as a principal in a government school that is a primary school
- one member elected by and from persons employed as a principal in a government school that is a secondary school
- one member elected by and from persons employed to teach (other than as a principal) in a Catholic systemic school
- one member elected by and from principals in a Catholic systemic school
- one member elected by and from those employed to teach (whether or not as a principal) in a non-government school that is not a Catholic systemic school.
Note: After the third anniversary of the first election of elected members of the Council, each person who is an elected member must be a teacher who is accredited.
10 persons appointed by the Minister:
- the Chairperson -- currently Dr Jim McMorrow
- a nominee of NSW Teachers Federation
- a nominee of NSW/ACT Independent Education Union
- a nominee of the Board of Studies
- a nominee of the Director-General of Education and Training
- a nominee of the Association of Independent Schools of NSW
- a person who, in the opinion of the Minister, represents the parents of school-age children
- a nominee of the NSW Teacher Education Council
- two persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, represent the interests of teachers with at least one such person being a member of the Professional Teachers' Council NSW.
Will this composition be maintained?
A person may hold office for terms totalling no more than six years.
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