Annual Registration Fees

A hallmark of professional regulation is operational and financial independence. To ensure financial independence members of the profession provide the funds for the organization’s operations, typically through payment of an annual registration fee. As a member of a professionally regulated profession, each registered teacher is responsible for completing their annual registration and paying the associated registration fee or ensuring that their fee is paid on their behalf by their employer as per the Provincial Collective Agreement (if applicable).

To facilitate the registration process, we have included instructions below reflecting various employment scenarios and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) below.

Annual Registration fee
The annual registration fee is $95 plus GST ($99.75). 

When to Register
Annual Registration will open for the next school year on May 1st. Instructions for completing your annual registration are located here and should be read carefully prior to starting the Registration Renewal form.

You must be registered for the current school year PRIOR to your first day of employment to be considered current and in compliance with provincial legislation. If you anticipate that you will be employed during the school year, please submit your Registration Renewal form no later than August 31, to ensure accurate reporting between the SPTRB and School Divisions.

If you are on-leave (maternity, medical, long term, etc.), you are expected to maintain a valid Registration if you are receiving employment benefits and employed by a School Division.

If your employment changes after you have registered for the school year, you must update your employment information on your Education Profile so that you appear on the correct School Division employer's report and/or school list.


Annual Registration Fee Payment Process

  1. Registrants will NOT be required to pay at the time of registration if the renewal form is completed between May 1 and December 31.

  2. If registering between January 1 and April 30, payment of the registration fee will be required at the time of completing the Registration Renewal form.

  3. If registering between May 1 and June 30, contact the SPTRB office at annualregistration@sptrb.ca requesting assistance to register as the online registration form for the current year will no longer be available (the online form available after May 1st is for the next school year)


Collection of Annual Registration Fees between May 1 - December 31

   A. Employed by a School Division

  1. In accordance with Section 2.12 of the STF Collective Bargaining Agreement, registration fees shall be paid in full by your employer. The School Division and the SPTRB will complete a reconciliation of educators on a monthly basis during the fall term. Invoices will be issued to the employer for payment of fees.

Notes:
◊ Those employed as substitute teachers are only paid for by the employer after they have worked a minimum of one day.

◊ Those registering on or after January 1 of the school year will be required to submit payment of the registration fee as part of the registration process. A receipt will be available on your SPTRB Educator Profile once your registration has been validated - the following business day; print the receipt and remit a reimbursement claim to your employer. If you are employed by more than one School Division, write on your invoice the School Divisions for whom you work and each employer will reimburse you an equal portion of the fee. Submitting receipts to multiple employers fraudulently is an act of professional misconduct.


   B. Not employed by a School Division

  1.  Once reconciliation with the School Divisions is completed in October, individual invoices will be issued in November to all registrants not employed by a School Division (based on School Division reporting). Invoice notifications will be sent through email to the email address you have listed on your SPTRB Educator Profile.

  2. Anyone registering after October 1 will be invoiced prior to the end of the following month for payment (ie: register in November; invoice issued in December).

  3. A receipt will be available for download/printing from your SPTRB Educator Profile (under the Receipts tab) the following business day. Contact your employer to determine if they reimburse Professional Registration Fees as part of your employment contract. Failure to pay the invoice within 30 days will result in your Registration Renewal being cancelled.

Note: some employers elect to participate in the registration fee reconciliation process along with the 27 School Divisions, and therefore no individual invoice will be issued to you during the year.

If you are a non-School Division employer interested in learning more about the reconciliation/invoicing option for your organization/school, please email annualregistration@sptrb.ca for details.
 


Annual Registration Fee FAQs

The annual registration fee is $95 plus GST ($99.75). 

A hallmark of professional regulation is operational and financial independence. To ensure financial independence members of the profession provide the funds for the organization’s operations, typically through payment of an annual registration fee.

As a member of a professionally regulated profession, each certified teacher is responsible for completing the Annual Registration Renewal form prior to their first day of employment in the school year, and for paying the associated registration fee (or ensuring it is paid as per the Provincial Collective Agreement, if applicable).

The SPTRB operational budget/expenses include wages/benefits for its employees, office space lease, IT and database, meeting expenses, and other expenses typical to a regulatory organization. Additional financial information can be found in the SPTRB annual report at www.sptrb.ca.

The Annual Registration fee is only tax deductible if it is not paid by your employer or if it is not reimbursed to you by your employer.

Registration fees are never pro-rated. The fee remains the same regardless of when you register during the school year.

A printable PDF receipt can be found via your Educator Profile, under the Receipts tab. The receipt will be available 1 business day after payment is submitted.

If your Annual Registration fee remains unpaid after 30 days of issuance of the invoice, your registration will be cancelled. You will be able to re-register if you are employed in a position requiring you to do so, but we encourage you to avoid this unnecessary step.

You will be issued an invoice after the registration reconciliation process is completed with the publicly funded school divisions. You will have 30 days to pay the invoice. If unpaid after 30 days, your registration will be cancelled and you will have to re-apply for Registration Renewal. You must ensure you hold a current registration for the school year PRIOR to your first day of employment in order to be in compliance with provincial legislation.

If you are drawing employment benefits while on leave, you are still considered to be an employee, therefore you must ensure your registration is valid PRIOR to your first day back to work (if you are not registering in advance of the school year starting)

You received an invoice because you registered for the 2024-2025 school year and were not reported as employed by either a publicly funded School Division or one of the 'Other Employers' that participate in the reconciliation/invoicing process

If you feel this was in error, please email the SPTRB at annualregistration@sptrb.ca and indicate the school division/employer where you are employed (you must have worked at least one day for an employer to pay your registration fee). Please include your name and teacher’s certificate number. We will reach out to the indicated school division/employer to determine why you were not included on their report.