A career that moves with you
Mentoring and support
Ongoing professional development
Benefits you and others
  • Make a difference in the community
  • Receive additional benefits and incentives teaching in rural or remote NSW
  • Enjoy generous leave provisions

Teaching opens doors

Teaching opens doors

Start your teaching journey with the NSW Department of Education

High school students:
  1. Meet teaching course pre-requisites
  2. Update UAC preferences to include an initial teacher education course
  3. Apply for a future teacher scholarship

University students:
  1. Enrol in an approved initial teacher education course
  2. Apply for a future teacher scholarship
  3. Apply for approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education

Career changers:
  1. Select your subject area specialisation
  2. Enrol in an initial teacher education course
  3. Be supported while you study/retrain to become a teacher

Interstate/International teachers:
  1. Apply for NESA
    accreditation
  2. Apply for approval to teach in NSW public schools
  3. Explore employment opportunities across NSW


See how teaching has opened doors for current NSW public school teachers

For Sarah, a teaching career has opened doors to a community of like-minded individuals.
Teaching opened doors for Iginas. He is now doing the same for his students.

Start your journey to becoming a teacher in a NSW public school

Credit for book featured in Sarah's image and video: Author/illustrator, title, publisher, place and date of first publication. Find out more: www.allenandunwin.com.

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