Sydney model’s defiant TikTok rant not to renew mandatory teaching accreditation

A teacher and model has made a defiant claim about her teaching career in one Aussie state to her thousands of social media followers.

A Sydney teacher and model has posted a defiant social media post to her thousands of followers, vowing she would not pay to renew her mandatory teaching accreditation.

She mocked the education department while saying she was “not f**king giving into the government again”.

Digital creator and model Daphne Berry attracted hundreds of comments on her latest video, posted to TikTok on Tuesday, when she claimed she was not going to get a renewal on a teaching accreditation that would allow her to teach in NSW schools.

She claimed to her 180k+ followers she was “not going to pay it” and would “see what happens”.

Sydney woman Daphne Berry defiantly claimed she would not be renewing her teaching registration in a video posted to her 180k+ followers on TikTok. Picture: Supplied / TikTok

Ms Berry explained teachers had to pay hundreds of dollars a year for their accreditation status to be renewed. Picture: Supplied / TikTok

Ms Berry is heard saying in the video: “This is just money to the government and what are you going to do? Tell me I can’t teach?”

“There’s a teacher shortage … enjoy having children in the class without a casual teacher.”

In the video, Ms Berry explained NSW teachers had to pay “$200” a year for their accreditation status to be renewed?

“So I have to pay $200 every year just to go and do my job,” she says.

“I’m not doing it this year, like I’m not f**king giving into the government again.”
She continued her video by parodying the response from the Department of Education and mocking the prospect of not being able to come into work today.

“‘Hi, we noticed you haven’t paid your accreditation, you can’t come to work today,’” Ms Berry says, pretending to be from the department.

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She then scoffs: “S**t, f**k, that sucks.”

Ms Berry ends the video with: “I’m starting to question everything, like where are my taxes going?”

The clip has been viewed more than 160,000 times since it was posted.

Many people shared similar experiences of having to pay hundreds of dollars for registration for jobs like radiographers or pharmacists, and even real estate agents.

Some appeared to call out Ms Berry’s act.

“Wait till (sic) you hear about drivers that have to get a license and rego,” one user wrote.

Another wrote: “You have a choice, pay it and teach or don’t pay it and don’t teach. Most professions have to pay a yearly renewal.”

Others corrected her claim it was $200 a year, when the department’s website states the accreditation renewal fee is only $100.

Despite her claims, Ms Berry’s name does not currently appear on state’s public list of accredited teachers, which is managed by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).

The register lists all teachers, permanent or casual, who hold active accreditation in NSW, from all school sectors.

NESA’s website states all teachers in NSW require active accreditation to teach in any school of centre-based early childhood service. Picture: Supplied

In a statement, a NESA spokeswoman said teachers pay an annual fee of $100 to hold a license to teach “consistent with other teacher registration fees across the country and lower than comparable occupations.”

“The license fee has remained unchanged since 2011 and is tax refundable,” the spokeswoman said.

“Where a teacher does not pay their license fee, NESA may suspend their accreditation. This means the individual cannot work as a teacher in a school or early childhood setting.”

Under the state’s 2004 Teaching Accreditation Act, people who teach in schools or in centre-based early childhood services in NSW without accreditation face a maximum penalty of $11,000 in fines (100 penalty units).

Ms Berry has been contacted for comment.