should I move my family from the uk to Tassie - honesty appreciated.

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Mar 11th 2008, 3:37 pm

pompington34

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should I move my family from the uk to Tassie - honesty appreciated.

Looking to move my family - wife teacher - primary, and two kids to Tasmania. it looks gorgeous and everything we've read sounds fab. How difficult is it to get in? We both teach - I am secondary PE teacher.
Need some advice about how to fo about it really - off to expos etc in next few weeks!!

Mar 11th 2008, 5:05 pm

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Re: should I move my family from the uk to Tassie - honesty appreciated.

Sorry that I can't help on Tas but just wanted to say welcome to BE & good luck

I am sure you will have plenty more replies

There is also a very long thread on here on tas started by ozzienurse.
You could also try the teacher forum for job specific info!

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Mar 11th 2008, 7:46 pm

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Re: should I move my family from the uk to Tassie - honesty appreciated.

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Originally Posted by pompington34

First question is are you both 4 year trained- i.e. 4 year BEd or 3 year degree plus PGCE. If not you won't be able to teach in Oz I'm afraid as they won't recognise you qualifiations. As with most places secondary teachers are much more in demand than primary.

Teaching Australia (google it) is a good place to start.