ClosedMixedRound 2 2025-26

Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher (PRT) Grants Program

Department of Education · Australia

The Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher Grants Program provides funding to approved providers of state-funded kindergarten services in Victoria to support provisionally registered early childhood teachers to move to full registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching. Funding is provided per eligible teacher employed by the approved provider.

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Funding

$3K – $3K

Closed

27 Mar 2026

Duration

12 months

Location

Victoria

Who Can Apply

• Applicant must be an approved provider of an early childhood service, or an authorised representative of an approved provider. • The supported PRT must be employed by the applicant at an early childhood service delivering a state-funded kindergarten program in Victoria. • The early childhood service must be listed as 'Funded' in the Kindergarten Information Management System (KIMS). • Applicant must intend to support the PRT to move to full registration within 12 months of receiving the grant. • Applicant must agree to the PRT Grants Program terms and conditions. • Applicant must provide the PRT with the privacy statement before submitting an application. • If applicable, applicant must have complied with terms and conditions from previous rounds of the program. • The PRT can be working in a funded room, an unfunded room in a funded early childhood service, or as a casual relief teacher. • The PRT is ineligible if previous PRT Grants Program funding was fully expended to support them.
Applications must be submitted by an approved provider of an early childhood service, or an authorised representative of an approved provider. The provisionally registered teacher (PRT) being supported must be employed at an early childhood service operated by the approved provider and delivering a state-funded kindergarten program in Victoria, with the service listed as 'Funded' in the Kindergarten Information Management System (KIMS). The applicant must intend to support the PRT to move to full registration within 12 months of receiving the grant, agree to the program terms and conditions, provide the PRT with the privacy statement before applying, and if applicable have complied with terms and conditions from previous rounds. The PRT may work in a funded room, an unfunded room in a funded early childhood service, or as a casual relief teacher. A PRT is ineligible if previous PRT Grants Program funding was fully expended to support them.

What's Funded

Grant funding can support provisionally registered teachers through paid time release, travel, accommodation, engaging a casual relief teacher to backfill the teacher or mentor, and professional learning activities that help the teacher achieve full registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

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Expected Outcomes

Supported provisionally registered teachers move to full teacher registration within 12 months of receiving the grant, with funding acquitted in accordance with program terms and conditions.

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Key Information

Applicant Types

companynon_profitother

Stage

any

Funding Purposes

trainingemploymentcommunity

Keywords

early childhoodteacher registrationprovisionally registered teacherkindergartenVictoriaprofessional developmenteducation workforcestate-funded kindergarten

Official Grant Page

Department of Education

Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher (PRT) Grants Program?

The Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher (PRT) Grants Program is a mixed grant offered by Department of Education in Australia, providing $3K – $3K in funding. The Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher Grants Program provides funding to approved providers of state-funded kindergarten services in Victoria to support provisionally registered early childhood teachers to move to full registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching. Funding is provided per eligible teacher employed by the approved provider.
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How much funding does the Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher (PRT) Grants Program provide?

The Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher (PRT) Grants Program provides $3K – $3K in funding. The typical project duration is 12 months.
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Who is eligible for the Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher (PRT) Grants Program?

  • Applicant must be an approved provider of an early childhood service, or an authorised representative of an approved provider.
  • The supported PRT must be employed by the applicant at an early childhood service delivering a state-funded kindergarten program in Victoria.
  • The early childhood service must be listed as 'Funded' in the Kindergarten Information Management System (KIMS).
  • Applicant must intend to support the PRT to move to full registration within 12 months of receiving the grant.
  • Applicant must agree to the PRT Grants Program terms and conditions.
  • Applicant must provide the PRT with the privacy statement before submitting an application.
  • If applicable, applicant must have complied with terms and conditions from previous rounds of the program.
  • The PRT can be working in a funded room, an unfunded room in a funded early childhood service, or as a casual relief teacher.
  • The PRT is ineligible if previous PRT Grants Program funding was fully expended to support them.
4

When does the Early Childhood Provisionally Registered Teacher (PRT) Grants Program close?

Applications closed on 27 Mar 2026.
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What activities are funded?

Grant funding can support provisionally registered teachers through paid time release, travel, accommodation, engaging a casual relief teacher to backfill the teacher or mentor, and professional learning activities that help the teacher achieve full registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
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