Teaching in Adelaide

[Guest davidoc10]

There's a long process to go through before you can teach in SA. Once you have your Skills Assessment you need to wait until you have your PR status (which will seem like ages). You then need to register with the TRB of SA http://www.trb.sa.edu.au/ which is another form with loads of documents attached. Hopefully you had plenty of copies made when you had them certified for your Skills Assessment. You cannot teach anywhere in SA until you have registered here. You also need to do a Mandatory Notification course (also known as Child Safe Environments) which you can only do when you arrive; it takes a day, and costs from $70 - $90. To teach in Catholic Schools you will need to do a First Aid course, although I have been told that the course I have done in the UK will be OK for this. You will also need another Police Check from the UK. The system could change before you go there, but at the moment it is very different from England. DECS; http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/; recruits centrally and sends your form to schools which have a vacancy. They can also send teachers to another school after a certain length of time, which is unpopular with staff and schools alike. Most teachers have to work in country or unpopular metropolitan areas for a few years before they are considered for work in Adelaide Metropolitan schools.

There is also a Catholic school system, and an independent school system, both of which employ teachers directly. Many, though not all, of the Independent schools are Christian, and expect you at the very least to support the ethos of their school. Again you need to be registered with the TRB to work in these schools. Most of their jobs are advertised in The Advertiser http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/

Hope this is helpful and doesn't put you off too much. Good luck, and hope your application goes well.

 

 

Thanks for this detailed response. Im in a very similar situation of wanting to move to Adelaide on a 4 year education visa late next year. I am right at the beginning of this process and am confused about the skills assessment!! Is this the first stage of an application? if so where do I find it? And once this is completed if its successful are you then granted a visa?

 

thanks in advance:)

[Guest Libby1971]

Some of this information is wrong... I am trying to fiddle with it.

 

Originally Posted by Kath_and_Ian

There's a long process to go through before you can teach in SA. Once you have your Skills Assessment you need to wait until you have your PR status (which will seem like ages).

You don't need PR status, just a visa allowing you to work.

You then need to register with the TRB of SA http://www.trb.sa.edu.au/ which is another form with loads of documents attached. Hopefully you had plenty of copies made when you had them certified for your Skills Assessment. You cannot teach anywhere in SA until you have registered here.

Not only is this forms, there is also the $200 it costs. You can't register until you have done your Mandatory Child Protection and First Aid although you could do these as part of a reccie trip meaning your registration process would be complete when you arrived and could, in theory, hit the ground running. You also need to do a Mandatory Notification course (also known as Child Safe Environments) which you can only do when you arrive; it takes a day, and costs from $70 - $90.

To teach in Catholic Schools you will need to do a First Aid course, although I have been told that the course I have done in the UK will be OK for this.

You need a First Aid certificate for any school position, not just Catholic. Not only will schools not take you without it, neither will any agencies.

A First Aid certificate from the UK will NOT be OK for this and is not acceptable. Partly because the UK first aid certificate makes no mention of venomous Aussie spiders.

You will also need another Police Check from the UK.

This is generally done as part of your Teacher Registration and costs $20.

The system could change before you go there, but at the moment it is very different from England. DECS; http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/; recruits centrally and sends your form to schools which have a vacancy. They can also send teachers to another school after a certain length of time, which is unpopular with staff and schools alike. Most teachers have to work in country or unpopular metropolitan areas for a few years before they are considered for work in Adelaide Metropolitan schools.

The system when we arrived worked as in the UK but was changed. It is due to change back again.

There is also a Catholic school system, and an independent school system, both of which employ teachers directly. Many, though not all, of the Independent schools are Christian, and expect you at the very least to support the ethos of their school. Again you need to be registered with the TRB to work in these schools. Most of their jobs are advertised in The Advertiser http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/

You should also look at the website of Catholic Education Office South Australia (CESA), specifically their job pages. Teachers here need only give 2 weeks notice so vacancies crop up all year round.

Hope this is helpful and doesn't put you off too much. Good luck, and hope your application goes well.

 

Thanks for this detailed response. Im in a very similar situation of wanting to move to Adelaide on a 4 year education visa late next year. I am right at the beginning of this process and am confused about the skills assessment!! Is this the first stage of an application? if so where do I find it? And once this is completed if its successful are you then granted a visa?

 

thanks in advance:)

The skills assessment must be done because you claim on your visa that you have a certain number of points. Your birth certificate etc all meet certain criteria but you need to prove that your skills are worth the points that you claim. Once this confirmation is received, then you can submit your application. Please be warned that just because your skills may be approved does not mean you will get a visa or be cleared to teach here. Teachers who qualified according to the GTP are not recognised to teach here in Australia and this has caused a great deal of heartache when their skills assessment was positive.

 

I strongly urge you to contact one of the visa migration agencies to help you in your application if you are uncertain. You can get advice for free before signing up, nothing specific but it may help. You will find all sorts of threads on this site detailing agencies which others have found useful.

[Guest davidoc10]

thanks alot,,im going to get onto this asap..just out of interest are you enjoying teaching in Adelaide? Im a secondary teacher in Liverpool, UK and must say that its a really tough job here. Discipline is a massive problem. Hardly any respect in school for fellow students or staff and very low expectations all around. Do you think there worst schools in Adelaide are comparable?

[Guest Bee]

Hi guys! Just thought I would sign up to get some advice.

 

Im currently studying psychology at degree level and am planning to do my teacher training after (probably PGCE). I was then thinking of saving up some money and emigrating to Australia.

I was just wondering if anyone could give me any advice on whether this is a good idea. I know I may have a very difficult time finding work but as I'm only 19 and have no kids its not as though I need to worry about childcare and therefore would be easily able to do relief work. Will I be able to get a job with a PGCE? I know there's lots of red tape to get through!!

It will be at least 3-4 years before I even get to the stage of applying for a visa but I thought starting to check things out now wouldn't hurt!

 

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[Guest Libby1971]

Hi David

 

Not sure how I missed the post you made but yes, I enjoy teaching here. Mind you I loved it in the UK too. I worked in a great school, with some kids who had some disadvantages and some who didn't. I think at that school there was a greater opportunity to help the kids see the value of education. I think UK are more streetwise.

 

Here I am fortunate in that I work at a school with children from far more privileged backgrounds but still kids. They have the same insecurities, but different solutions. As for discipline, it doesn't really compare although there have been occasions I didn't expect and am now ready for.

 

Respect? Well, yes, I suppose there is more. As a migrant, Aussies want to know what you can contribute and if you say you have a skill/ trade/ whatever, then they are happy that you are helping Aus. As for in school, yes I would say that there is more respect but hardly any kids want to be teachers, some things never change.

 

Bee I answered your query elsewhere.