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Are you interested in a career that involves:

Are you interested in a career that involves:. making a difference to young people’s 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

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Are you interested in a career that involves:

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  1. Are you interested in a career that involves: • making a difference to young people’s 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. 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

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

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