SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TEACHER EDUCATION

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Are you interested in a career that involves

• making a difference to young peoples lives
• your favourite subjects and interests
• being active and creative
• ongoing career pathways and opportunities
• coaching your favourite sports
• opportunities to study and work overseas
• starting on an above average graduate salary
• having more holiday leave than average

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Love your work
What do teachers enjoy about their career?

• motivating others
• every day is different
• helping students reach personal goals
• helping students recognise their strengths
• playing and coaching sports
• the creativity
• working in a dynamic environment
• being active all the time
• making a positive difference in the lives of
  young people

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Turn your passion into your profession

• Secondary school teachers specialise in one or
  more subjects, and teach students in Years 7 to
  12. What you teach is generally dependent on your
  areas of study at university
• Primary school teachers are trained to teach
  across six key learning areas

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Where the jobs are

• mathematics
• science, particularly physics
• English, especially with drama or history
• special education (primary or secondary)
• school counselling
• western and south western Sydney
• non-coastal rural NSW

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Job security
Your teaching career will be as secure as you
want it to be

• Each year high performing teacher graduates are
  appointed to permanent teaching jobs across NSW
• Permanent employment is also guaranteed for
  recipients of teacher education scholarships
• Stay your whole career or come and go

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Have a career and a life
Teaching in our public schools gives you great
flexibility to balance work with lifestyle and
family responsibilities

• Annual leave entitlements are generous
• Flexible working conditions give you the choice
  to work on a casual or part-time basis
• School holidays mean you get up to 12 weeks
  vacation each year

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A great starting salary

• As at January 2011, four year trained teachers
  start on a salary of 56,829 plus employer
  superannuation contributions and leave loading
• This is above the average starting salary of most
  university graduates
• There is additional pay and a range of incentives
  and benefits for teachers who choose to teach in
  many non-coastal rural areas

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Pathways after a teaching degree

• Retraining is available in other curriculum areas
  or in specialist areas such as English as a
  second language, special education, vocational
  education, teacher librarianship, careers
  education, mathematics and school counselling.
• Promotional positions in schools include head
  teacher, assistant principal, deputy principal
  and principal.
• Specialist and management positions exist at
  local, regional and state offices and in
  government organisations such as zoos, museums,
  environmental education centres and universities.

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Work, study, travel overseas

• The Deferred Salary Scheme could give you a year
  off to teach or study overseas
• Overseas exchange programs for teachers in NSW
  public schools
• There are university overseas exchange
  opportunities for students studying teacher
  education
• Short and long term overseas employment
  opportunities are possible

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Get qualified to take on anything

• The skills you gain after becoming a teacher are
  highly sought across business and industry

• Flexibility
• Planning and organising
• Negotiating and influencing
• Using initiative and drive
• Assessing and managing risks
• Problem solving
• Managing and recruiting resources
• Communicating ideas and information
• Managing projects and teams
• Monitoring and evaluating
• Using creative ideas and processes
• Leadership

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Where to now?
Training generally involves four years of study
at university

• 4 year Bachelor of Education (where you nominate
  your desired area of expertise)
• 3 year Bachelor degree in an area suited to
  teaching followed by a 1 year Diploma of
  Education or a 2 year Master of Teaching
• 4 or 5 year combined degree (Bachelor of Teaching
  combined with another degree of your choice - to
  be negotiated with your university)

Check our website for HSC prerequisites for
admission into teacher education courses
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A scholarship to help you on your way

• Teacher education scholarships are available for
  talented students to train in
• secondary education in the areas of
  mathematics, science and English
• and in special education (K-12)
• Scholarships can be for up to five years

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Charge up your future with a teaching scholarship

• up to 5000 annual allowance
• a guaranteed job when you graduate
• a 3000 one-off grant when you begin teaching
• Over four years, the duration of most education
  degrees, you will receive 23,000 to spend as you
  wish.
• As a teacher, you will also be eligible for the
  HECS-HELP
• benefit from the Commonwealth Government worth up
  to 1,558.50 per annum following graduation.

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We need more Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander teachers

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers
  are great role models for their students
• There are scholarship places specifically for
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
• Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students can
  apply for teaching scholarships in primary or any
  secondary subject

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ENERGISE YOUR FUTURE To obtain a scholarship
information and application package go to
www.teach.nsw.edu.au/scholarships