Jirrupin

Just to inform you there are several teachers positions advertised in todays paper

www.thewest.com.au

Larissa

Ta Donna - encouraging to see there's something - I guess as well that there will be more nearer to Christmas as the school year starts in January.

markeh

hI Jirrupin,
what is teaching like in Oz?

My wife is a supply teacher in the UK. I'm just interested in seeing if she would like it in OZ.

Bye
Markeh

sunny_samantha

saw this post with interest as i am a teacher(primary) and heading for adelaide so interested in any info.................

Jirrupin

I am not a teacher, but I know someone was recently asking about vacancies and there have been only a few advertised in the paper until this week. So I thought I would post it so they could them up.

I am not aware of anyone teaching over here that posts regularly but if you do a search you may find different. I think I read something on the forum recently about newly qualified teachers and immigrants teachers may have to do a couple of years in the smaller country towns before getting a position in one of the cities. But I could be wrong.

flying dutchman

hi,
seen a couple of posts on teaching of late and thought i would share what information i have been able to find out on teaching downunder:

anone with a UK B Ed. or PGCE can teach in Australia. in WA the proviso is that you follow a four day course on the Oz curriculum spread over 4 consecutive Friday's.

i will be starting a UK PGCE in September 2004 and we will emigrate as soon as i finish. Again, unlike the UK where you have to do another year to fully qualify following your post-grad, the PGCE is of a higher standard than the equivalent Australian qualification and involves more actual teaching. This means a UK newly qualified teacher can work in Australia at the same standard as an Australian teacher.

Oz has a 'country service rule', which means that in order to gain permanency in a city (i.e. a permanent job contract) all teachers need to do one academic year of country service. without this, you can still teach in urban/suburban schools, but only as a supply teacher.

the country service thing is not as bad as it seems as anywhere outside of the metropolitan area is classified as 'country'. so you might end up only half-an hour or an hour from the CBD.

got all this info from the dept of education in perth and through a teacher contact i have, so its credible.

hope this is of help to someone...
flying dutchman

markeh

Hi flying dutchman,

thanks for the info. It will be of use to my wife.
I likethe idead of being in the countryside.

Bye
Markeh

ACE

[QUOTE]Originally posted by flying dutchman

Thanks for the info, it's just what I was looking for.

I am currently doing a BSc Hons in Computing (graduating June 2004) and I will also be starting my PGCE in September 2004. I am doing a SCITT PGCE and will be based in the southend area. Where are you doing yours?

Do you know if the SCITT PGCE, which includes 18 weeks teaching practice plus 3 days a week in an allocated home school for the duration of the course, is sufficient for Immigration purposes or is it necessary to do a year before you apply as a teacher for skilled migration.

I intend to do my induction year here but I would like to apply as soon as I graduate and continue with my induct while waiting for PR to come through.

Many Thanks
ACE

Larissa

Hiya Flying dutchman
Are you doing your PGCE at Soton uni? Just asking coz thats where I did mine! Its a really hectic course... but you probably know that already!

Darren1971

Hello, If you need 3 years teaching experience for your visa points - I assume your NQT year DOES count towards this.

Can you help,

D

darkless

Hi FD

My partner is a teacher and we have looked into this. I have to say although the 'spend 2 years in the outback' scenario has been mentioned in posts on here, none of the documentation on the website confirms that you are required to do 2 yrs service in the country. At the end of the day not everyone's situation is such that this is possible.

What I did see was that once you had done 2 years in a country post OR 3 years in a metropolitan post, then you could apply for permanency. However my impression was not that not having permenancy meant that you were a supply teacher, rather that you were on fixed contracts for a year for example.

Dave

Larissa

Yes, the NQT year does count. Sorry for taking ages to respond, took me a while to notice your question.

MSB

In some states I believe you have to apply for permission to teach which I have heard can take up to 4 months to get.

Does anyone know if this is so in Aus. Have looked at the Perth Ed Authority web site but it says nothing about this. E mailed them twice and no response.

Thanks

Laura

MSB

Sorry, very tired writing reports night after night at the mo.

I meant is this so in Perth not Aus.

Laura

Darren1971

Larissa, thanks for the reply. I assumed so but wanrted to check. Thanks again.

D